ABSTRACT

Optical Systems .......................................................................................... 242 8.5 Shape-Memory Polymer Composite for Ground-Based

Deployable Mirrors .................................................................................... 243 8.6 Shape-Memory Polymer Composite Re ector ....................................... 244

8.6.1 Stiffeners for a Flexible Re ector ................................................. 244 8.6.2 Truss Structure ............................................................................... 245 8.6.3 Parabolic Dish Antenna Re ector ............................................... 246 8.6.4 Singly Curved Re ector ................................................................ 246

8.7 Shape-Memory Polymer for Morphing Structures ............................... 247 8.7.1 Folding Wing ..................................................................................250 8.7.2 Variable Camber Wing ..................................................................253 8.7.3 Deployable Morphing Wing .........................................................258