One of the main difficulties encountered in the design and implementation of control systems for spacecraft is the interaction between the control system and the flexibility of the vehicle. This difficulty has resulted in problems for a multitude of spacecraft including the earliest U.S. spacecraft, Explorer I; the Orbiting Geophysical Observatory III; Mariner 10; Galileo; and the Hubble Telescope. Recognizing the importance of the issue, NASA has an ongoing Controls-Structures Interaction (CSI) technology program to develop the methodology to design optimally and simultaneously both the control system and the structure. The CSI program is a multicenter program involving research teams from NASA's Langley Research Center (LaRC), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). JPL's area of interest is in optics-class vehicles and MSFC's in astrophysics vehicles. The aim of this paper is to explain the ongoing activities at LaRC, which are of a theoretical, ground test, and flight test nature, with focus on applications to spacecraft with multiple experiment-pointing mounts, large space radiometers, Space Station Freedom (SSF), and the Space Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (RMS).


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    Title :

    The NASA-LaRC Controls-Structures Interaction (CSI) technology program


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    Publication date :

    1992-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    NASA Controls-Structures Interaction Technology Program

    J. R. Newsom / W. E. Layman / H. B. Waites et al. | NTIS | 1990


    The NASA controls-structures interaction technology program

    Newsom, Jerry R. / Layman, W. E. / Waites, H. B. et al. | NTRS | 1990


    The NASA controls-structures interaction technology program

    Newsom, Jerry R. / Layman, W. E. / Waites, H. B. et al. | NTRS | 1990