The presence of small levels of low-frequency accelerations on the Space Shuttle orbiters has degraded the microgravity environment for the science community. Growing concern about this microgravity environment has generated interest in systems that can isolate microgravity science experiments from vibrations. This interest has resulted primarily in studies of isolation systems with active methods of compensation. The development of a magnetically suspended, six-degree-of-freedom active vibration isolation prototype system capable of providing the needed compensation to the orbital environment is presented. A design for the magnetic actuators is described, and the control law for the prototype system that gives a nonintrusive inertial isolation respone to the system is also described. Relative and inertial sensors are used to provide an inertial reference for isolating the payload.


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    Development of a vibration isolation prototype system for microgravity space experiments


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    1991-01-01



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    English




    Development of a vibration isolation prototype system for microgravity space experiments

    Logsdon, K.A. / Grodsinsky, C.M. / Brown, G.V. | Elsevier | 1991





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