A rationale for defining structural requirements for large space telescopes

19th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Lake, Mark S ^a   Peterson, Lee D ^b   Levine, Marie B ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEFORMATION; MIRRORS; SPACE TELESCOPES; STABILITY;

ACTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MIRROR SUPPORTS; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE; STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TELESCOPE STRUCTURES; TENSIONED MEMBRANES;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 85067321851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-1685     Document Type: Conference Paper

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