Compensator development and examination of performance and robustness
Abstract
A compensator was synthesized to minimize the mean square surface error of a wrap rib antenna. Two separate cases were considered; one in which the flexible ribs and mesh were given weight, thereby penalizing the actual error of the reflecting area; and the other in which the antenna is considered rigid, thus penalizing only the rigid body rotation. The numerical results show that the flexible modes of the antenna have to be included in the performance criterion to obtain a better performance.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- October 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984STIN...8520244.
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Design;
- Compensators;
- Control Systems Design;
- Large Space Structures;
- Mathematical Models;
- Simulation;
- Mesh;
- Ribs (Supports);
- Surface Distortion;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering