Vibration Analysis and Control of an Inflatable Toroidal Satellite Component Using Piezoelectric Actuators and Sensors
Inflatable structures have been a subject of renewed interest in recent years for space applications such as communication antennas, solar thermal propulsion, and entry/landing systems. This is because inflatable structures are very lightweight and on-orbit deployable. In addition, they have high st...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28243 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07102002-020043/ |