Powersail: The challenges of large, planar, surface structures for space applications

44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Adler, Aaron L ^a   Hague, Nick ^a   Spanjers, Greg ^a   Engberg, Brian ^a   Goodding, James ^a   Murphy, David M ^b   Mikulas, Martin M ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY; GOSSAMER STRUCTURES; GROUND TESTING; IN-ORBIT; MASS PROPERTIES; ON-ORBIT; PACKING EFFICIENCY; TESTING PROCEDURE;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 85088760745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-1828     Document Type: Conference Paper

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