Modeling and Control of Antennas and Telescopes

by Wodek Gawronski

Overview

Mechanical engineering, and engineering discipline born of the needs of the industrial revolution, is once again asked to do its substantial share in the call for industrial renewal. The general call is urgent as we face profound issues of productivity and competitiveness that require engineering solutions, among others. The Mechanical Engineering Series is a series featuring graduate texts and research monographs intended to address the need for information in contemporary areas of mechanical engineering. The series is conceived as a comprehensive one that covers a broad range of c- centrations important to mechanical engineering graduate education and research. We are fortunate to have a distinguished roster of series editors, each an expert in one of the areas of concentration. The names of the series editors are listed on page vi of this volume. The areas of concentration are applied mechanics, biomechanics, computational mechanics, dynamic systems and control, energetics, mechanics of materials, processing, thermal science, and tribology. Preface This book is based on my experience with the control systems of antennas and radiotelescopes. Overwhelmingly, it is based on experience with the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) antennas. It includes modeling the antennas, developing control algorithms, eld testing, system identi cation, performance evaluation, and 1 troubleshooting. My previous book emphasized the theoretical aspects of antenna control engineering, while this one describes the application part of the antenna control engineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387787930
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	07/11/2008
Series:	Mechanical Engineering Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
File size:	4 MB

Table of Contents

Modeling.- Analytical Models.- Models from Identification.- Model Reduction.- Wind Disturbance Models.- Control.- Preliminaries to Control.- PI and Feedforward Controllers.- LQG Controller.- H ? Controller.- Single Loop Control.- Non-Linear Control.- RF Beam Control.- Track-Level Compensation.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"The book presents the author’s research and experience in the area of antenna modeling, dynamics, and control. The analytical approach and the experimental approach to the subject are explained. The text is clearly written up-to-date authoritative reference describing the application part of the antenna control engineering. The monograph is primarily addressed to the antenna, telescope, and radiotelescope engineers, as well as researchers and students in motion control and mechatronics." (Lubomír Bakule, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1159, 2009)

“This book is addressed to engineers and students interested in motion control and primarily to antenna, telescope, and radio telescope engineers. It is based on the author’s experience with the NASA Deep Space Network antennas. The first part of the book covers the modeling of antennas, while the second part covers control … .” (IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol. 30, February, 2010)

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