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Showing 1 to 20 of 113 for “"Space Structures"”.
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Smart deployable space structures
Nowadays, space structures are often designed to serve only a single objective during their mission life, examples range from solar sail for propulsion over shields for protection to antennas and reflectors for communication and observation. By enabling a structure to deploy and change its shape to …
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Optimization of Tapered Deployable Space Structures
Modern spacecraft utilize deployable structures for many applications to strike a balance between functionality and size within a launch vehicle. Due to volume restrictions in a launch vehicle these deployable structures are stowed in a collapsed configuration during launch and deployed when the …
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Dynamics of space structures with nonlinear joints
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1988.
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Active vibration isolation for precision space structures
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1996.
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Thermal creak induced dynamics of space structures
Space structures may be subjected to a continually changing thermal environment due to Earth eclipse transients and changes in the spacecraft orientation. During the transient thermal state, components in a structure may experience different amounts of thermal strain due to temperature gradients or …
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Real time identification of large space structures
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1987.
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Modeling Cable Harness Effects on Space Structures
… to the high mass ratio of cables on lightweight spacecraft, the dynamic response of cabled structures must be understood and modeled for accurate spacecraft control. Models of cable behavior are reviewed and categorized into three major classes consisting of thin rod models, semi-continuous …
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Tensegrity space structures : static, kinematic and stability behaviour
… study of the design and behaviour of tensegrity space structures. It deals with various aspects of these systems including form-finding and analysis. The dynamic relaxation method is employed to develop a software solution for the design and analysis of tensegrity systems with a focus on its …
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Stability analysis of electromagnetically supported large space structures
… respectively incentivize the reduction of spacecraft mass and stowed volume, while the performance boosts that come from an increase in spacecraft dimensions incentivize the maximization of spacecraft deployed size. Also, specific missions might benefit from a particular capability that …
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Modeling and ground modal identification of space structures
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1992.
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Design of passive piezoelectric damping for space structures
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1993.
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Modeling passing damping mechanisms of large space structures
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1993.
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Gain scheduling for geometrically nonlinear flexible space structures
… for the control of geometrically nonlinear structures is developed. The objective is to improve performance over current linear design techniques that are applied to the same control problem. The approach is applicable to a variety of structures that have complex dynamics with slow …
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Damage location and estimation in large space structures
… a unique method of damage detection in large space structures. The goal is to develop an efficient algorithm which can be automated in an on-line format, and can asses damage in many elements. Theses are goals not realized by current methods. Damage incurred in a structural member is modeled …
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Microdynamics and thermal snap response of deployable space structures
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1998.
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Analysis of thermally induced damage in composite space structures
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1994.
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