Hanaflex: A large solar array for space applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9467, Issue January, 2015, Pages

  Zirbel, Shannon A ^a   Trease, Brian P ^b   Thomson, Mark W ^b   Lang, Robert J ^c   Magleby, Spencer P ^d   Howell, Larry H ^d  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Lang Origami ^*  (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Origami inspired design; Solar array

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE RESEARCH;

CLEAN ENERGY SOURCES; FOLDING PATTERNS; LARGE ARRAYS; MANNED MISSIONS; SOLAR ARRAYS; SPACE EXPLORATIONS; SPECIFIC POWER; UNIQUE FEATURES;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

EID: 84937053332     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2177730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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