Estimation of Elastic and Damping Characteristics of Viscoelastically Constrained Carbon Strands

<p> Traditional large space structure construction incorporates the use of lightweight tubular metal alloys that have good strength to weight and stiffness to weight ratio. Recently, however, space structure construction has shifted focus on materials that are ultra lightweight, have high stre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vasudeva, Sumit
Other Authors: Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36467
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12282005-135319/