A multifunctional flexure hinge for deploying omnidirectional solar arrays

19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Hinkley, David ^a   Simburger, Edward J ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BINARY ALLOYS; HINGES; NICKEL ALLOYS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER SATELLITES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

AEROSPACE CORPORATIONS; ASSEMBLY PROCESS; DEPLOYMENT MECHANISMS; ELECTRICAL BUS; ENERGY DEVICES; SINGLE ELEMENT; SMALL-SATELLITE; THIN FILM SOLAR ARRAYS;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85067319803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-1260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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