Dynamic testing of a subscale sunshield for the next generation space telescope (NGST)

19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Lienard, Sebastien ^a   Johnston, John D ^b   Ross, Brian ^b   Smith, James ^b  

^a IDEAMECH   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

DEPLOYABLE BOOM; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; DYNAMIC TESTING; MULTIPLE LAYERS; NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPES; SCALE MODELING; THIN FILM MEMBRANE; VACUUM ENVIRONMENT;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 84919656229     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-1268     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

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6. Johnston, J., Lienard, S., Ross, B., and Smith, J., Dynamic Testing of a One Tenth Scale NGST Sunshield in a Vacuum Environment - Test Report, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, February 2001, available online at: sunshield.gsfc.nasa.gov.