Hollow cones easily assembled to form trusses. Struts made of graphite-fiber-reinforced epoxy resin tapered for stiffness and compact nesting for transportation. Developed for building large truss structures in space. Useful on Earth in small structures where great strength not required.
Lightweight, Nesting Struts
NASA Tech Briefs ; 10 , 6
1986-11-01
Miscellaneous
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English
Lightweight Structures Based on CFRP Sandwich Struts and CFRP Connections
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994
|Engineering Index Backfile | 1938
|Emerald Group Publishing | 1938
|Engineering Index Backfile | 1938
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