Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The NASA/MFSC Large Space Structures Ground Test Facility (LSS GTF) is described in terms of the testing, evaluation, and implementation of control and system identification techniques for typical large space structures. The GTF comprises Control, Astrophysics, and Structures Experiment in Space (CASES) GTF which is being developed and the operational Single Structure Control (SSC) laboratory (an LSS flexible beam suspended vertically with sensor and actuator systems, a real-time computer system, a disturbance system, and an optical pointing system). The configuration of the laboratory and the systems used are set forth in terms of monitoring simulated disturbances. The Shuttle-based CASES experiment involves a 105-foot boom as part of an X-ray experiment, and the control of this structure will be tested at the CASES GTF. The actuation, measurement, sensor, and computer systems are described, and the configuration of the GTF is given.
Keywords:
GROUND SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND FACILITIES (SPACE)
Type:
NASA-UCLA Workshop on Computational Techniques in Identification and Control of Flexible Flight Structures; Nov 02, 1989 - Nov 04, 1989; Lake Arrowhead, CA; United States
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