Mechanics and Control of Large Flexible Structures

Washington, DC: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1990. Hardcover. Fine.. Hardcover blue quarto. xix, 705 pages: b/w illustrations; 24 cm. Series: Progress in astronautics and aeronautics;; v. 129; Contents: Recent literature on structural modeling, identification, and analysis / Roy R. Craig Jr. -- Orthogonal projection approach to multibody dynamics / H. Flashner -- Integrated structure-control optimization of space structures / Raphael T. Haftka -- Multibody dynamics formulations via Kane's equations / Ronald L. Huston -- Input-output system identification: learning from repeated experiments / Jer-Nan Juang, Lucas G. Horta and Richard W. Longman -- Multibody dynamics formulations using Maggi's approach / A.J. Kurdila -- Dynamics and control of tethered spacecraft during deployment and retrieval / V.J. Modi and P.K. Lakshmanan -- Staggered solution procedures for multibody dynamics simulation / K.C. Park, J.C. Chiou and J.D. Downer -- Precision pointing of large antennas by static shape estimation / R.E. Scheid and G. Rodriguez. Optimal projection approach to robust fixed-structure control design / Dennis S. Bernstein and David C. Hyland -- Low-order control of linear finite-element model of large flexible structures using second-order parallel architecture / Mark J. Balas -- Boundary-element method for shape control of distributed-parameter elastostatic systems / Goong Chen and Jianxin Zhou -- Stability of time-varying structural dynamic systems / S. Pradeep -- Robust eigensystem assignment for second-order dynamic systems / Jer-Nan Juang and Peiman G. Maghami -- Minimum sensitivity design method for output feedback controllers / John L. Junkins and Youdan Kim -- Component model reduction by component cost analysis / R.E. Skelton, R. Singh and J. Ramakrishnan -- Controller design by eigenspace assignment / G.L. Slater and Q. Zhang. Recent literature on experimental structural dynamics and control research / W.L. Hallauer Jr. -- Large-angle maneuver experiments in ground-based laboratories / Alok Das -- Control-structure interaction: effects of actuator dyanmics / Daniel J. Inman -- Controlled component synthesis: a CSI approach to decentralize control of structures / K. David Young -- Near-minimum-time maneuvers of flexible vehicles: a Liapunov control law design method / John L. Junkins, Z. Rahman and H. Bang -- Minimum-time maneuvers of flexible spacecraft / G. Singh, P.T. Kabamba and N.H. McClamroch -- Feedback control of space structures: a Liapunov approach / Srinivas R. Vadali -- Insights and approximations in dynamic analysis of spacecraft tethers / Andreas H. von Flotow and Norman M. Wereley. Large space structures (Astronautics) Astrodynamics.