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Bistable Over the Whole Length (BOWL) CFRP Booms for Solar Sails

  • Fernandez J
  • Viquerat A
  • Lappas V
  • et al.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, (2014), 609-628
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_38
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Abstract

This paper presents novel ultra-light booms for solar sails and other large deployable space structures. These CFRP booms have a unique property: bistability over the whole length (BOWL), which enables simple and compact deployment mechanism designs that can reduce...

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Fernandez, J. M., Viquerat, A., Lappas, V. J., & Daton-Lovett, A. J. (2014). Bistable Over the Whole Length (BOWL) CFRP Booms for Solar Sails. In Advances in Solar Sailing (pp. 609–628). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34907-2_38

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