The IUTAM-IASS Symposium on Deployable Structures: Theory and Applications was held on 6-9 September 1998 in the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. The Scientific Committee was appointed jointly by the two sponsoring organisations, the International Union for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) and the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (lASS). Its membership was as follows: S. Pellegrino (UK, Chairman) C. R. Calladine (UK) L. B. Freund (USA) M. Geradin (Belgium) Y. Hangai (Japan) K. Kawata (Japan) B. Kroplin (Germany) S. ]. Medwadowski (USA) M. M. Mikulas (USA) A. Samartin Quiroga (Spain) F. P. ]. Rimrott (Canada) T. Tarnai (Hungary) The opening lecture of the Symposium was given by Professor C. R. Calladine. It was followed by seven lecture sessions on Concepts, Structural Mechanics, Reflectors, Deployable Structures in Nature, Design and Testing, Inflatable Structures, Simulation, plus a large interactive session during which posters and physical models were shown. A discussion of topics suggested by the participants took place during the closing session. There were 83 participants from 18 countries, and a total of 50 papers were presented. Financial support was generously provided by the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM). Additional support was provided by the British Council, the British National Space Centre (BNSC), and Kluwer Academic Publishers. We thank the members of the Scientific Committee for their willingness to referee to a high standard both the abstracts and the papers for the proceedings. Professor G. M. L.

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Scissors-Action Deployables Based on Space-Filling Polygonal Hyperboloids.- Inflatable Tensioned Membrane Waveguide Antenna Array for Space Applications.- Inflatable Triangulated Cylinders.- Folding Tensegrity Systems.- Wing Folding in Beetles.- Symmetry as a Basis for Morphological Analysis and Generation of NASA-Type Cubic Deployables.- High Precision Deployment and Shape Correction of Multi-mirror Space Designs.- Deployable Structures: What Can We Learn from Biological Structures?.- Design, Construction and Testing of the Deployable UHF Antenna for SKYNET 4 Stage 2.- Finite Element Analysis and Deployable Structures.- Foldable Rigid Connections.- Combining Active and Passive Sub-Structures in Snap-Through-Type Deployable Structures.- Florín System.- Scaling of Nonlinear Phenomena with Emphasis on Thin Film Deployable Structures.- Wing Folding in Insects: a Natural, Deployable Structure.- Microdynamics of Lightweight Precision Deployable Spacecraft Structures.- Bi-stable Composite Slit Tubes.- Thermal-Structural Performance of Rigid Panel Solar Arrays.- Self-Deployable Antenna Using Centrifugal Force.- Deployable Swimming Pool Enclosures.- A New Approach to Retractable Membrane Structures.- Accurate Design Sensitivities for Deployable Structures by Exact Differentiation of Rigid-Body Modes.- Folding/Unfolding Manner of Tree Leaves as a Deployable Structure.- Foldable Bar Structures on a Sphere.- Coupled Mechanisms in Biological Deployable Structures.- Computational Issues in the Modeling of Wrinkling During Parachute Deployment.- Development of Space Inflatable/Rigidizable Structures Technology.- Ovep onstrained Sliding Mechanisms.- The Kinematics of Large Rotations Using Clifford Algebra.- A FEM for Complex Deployable Structure Analysis.- Tension Truss Antenna Concept, Reality and Future.- Constructional Solutions for Two-Way-Fold-Deployable Space Trusses.- Bending of Three-Dimensional Pantographic Column.- Fundamentals of STEM Mechanics.- Sandwich Structures with Negative Poisson's Ratio for Deployable Structures.- Dynamical Analysis of the Deployment Process of Tethered Satellite Systems.- Deployment of a Panel by Tape-Spring Hinges.- Deployment Dynamics of Flexible Beams.- Systematic Design of Micro and Macro Systems.- Conceptual Study on Cylindrical Deployable Space Structures.- Inflation of Rolled Tubes.- Controlling the Performance and the Deployment Parameters of a Self-Locking Satellite Boom.- Dynamics of Spacecraft Antenna During Deployment.- Tools of Analysis on Mobility and Structural Morphology.- The AstroMesh Deployable Reflector.- Dynamics of Large Deployable Structures.- Double-Chain Mechanisms.- Design, Integration and Testing of an Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar.- A New Approach to Design of Retractable Roofs.- Closing Session.- Author Index.