Publication Date:
2011-08-18
Description:
Simple, practical methods for damping reflector vibrations and designing antenna-feed attitude control systems in large deployable spaceborne antennas are proposed. The former involves a movable damper which is positioned so that the rate-of-change of total vibrational energy is minimized. The latter introduces a mechanical decoupler between the flexible boom and the antenna-feed, whereby the feed-attitude control system can be designed independent of boom dynamics. The validity of these approaches are substantiated by analytical studies, computer simulation, and experimental studies.
Keywords:
COMMUNICATIONS AND RADAR
Type:
Proc. of the Workshop on Appl. of Distributed System Theory to the Control of Large Space Struct.; p 143-161
Format:
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