Effects of folding parameters on surface accuracy of deployable membrane space structures

41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Furuya, Hiroshi ^a   Kawasaki, Yoko ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE PLATFORMS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

EQUILIBRIUM EQUATION; EXPLICIT FORMULATION; FOLDING PARAMETER; MEMBRANE SPACE STRUCTURES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL DEPLOYABLE MEMBRANES; RESIDUAL DISTORTIONS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SURFACE DISTORTION;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 85068981722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-1731     Document Type: Conference Paper

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