Modeling, Analysis and Control of Multiple-Link Flexible Structures.

Abstract

The project had four major goals. The first was the development of distributed parameter models of the transient behavior of some or all of the state and internal variables describing the motion of multiple-link flexible structures. The structures under consideration consist of finitely many interconnected flexible elements such as strings, beams, plates arid shells or combinations thereof and are representative of trusses, frames, robot arms, solar panels, antennae, deformable mirrors, etc. The second goal of the project was to provide rigorous mathematical analyses of the resulting models. Its third goal was to develop control theoretic properties of, and control strategies for, multiple-link flexible structures based on the control-theoretic properties of the models. The fourth emphasis was on model validation and illustration with the aid of extensive numerical simulations of the predictive capabilities of the mathematical models. (AN)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1995
Accession Number
ADA295563

Entities

People

  • John E. Lagnese

Organizations

  • Georgetown University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Combinatorial Analysis
  • Computational Science
  • Control Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Flexible Structures
  • Frequency Domain
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematics
  • Mirrors
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Simulations
  • Solar Panels
  • Two Dimensional
  • Universities

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Structural Dynamics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control