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  1. Active Shape Control of Membrane Structures Using Spin-Synchronous Vibrations

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi

  2. Synchronized Dynamic Deployment of Rolled Tubular CFRP Booms for Lightweight Membrane Structures

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi

  3. Analytical Investigation of Global Deployed Shape of a Spinning Solar Sail Membrane

    Article • AIAA Journal, December 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi

  4. Efficient Storage and Deployment of Tubular Composite Boom Using Spring Root Hinges

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, November 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi

  5. Improvement of sail storage and deployment mechanism for spin-type solar power sail

    Article • Astrodynamics, August 2019, Tsinghua University Press

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi

  6. Influence of thin-film device with curvature on natural frequency of rectangle membrane under uniaxial tension

    Article • Astrodynamics, August 2019, Tsinghua University Press

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi

  7. Effects of Glued Thin-Film Solar Cells on Shape of Membrane Structure

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi

  8. Investigation of the Deformation and Stiffness of Spinning Solar Sail Membrane of IKAROS

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi

  9. Stepwise Deployments of Membrane Structure with Rolled-up Braided CFRP Bi-Convex Booms

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi

  10. Deformation Properties of Solar Sail IKAROS Membrane with Nonlinear Finite Element Analyses

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi

  11. Wrapping Fold and Deployment Characteristics of Boom-Membrane Integrated Space Structures

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi

  12. Nonflatness of Solar Sail Membrane Predicted by Nonlinear Finite Element Analyses

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi, Go Ono

  13. Stepwise Deployment of Membrane Space Structures with Rolled-up Booms: Experiments and Simulations

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Nobukatsu Okuizumi