...Xuefeng Zhao; Xiaolin Chen; Jia Lu Following the theoretical and computational developments of the pointwise membrane identification method reported in the first part of this paper, we perform a finite inflation test on a rubber balloon to validate the method. The balloon is inflated using a series...

...F. Baginski, Associate Professor; W. Collier, Graduate Student A large scientific balloon is constructed from long flat tapered sheets of thin polyethylene film called gores which are sealed edge to edge to form a complete shape. The balloon is designed to carry a fixed payload to a predetermined...