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Recent Developments in Smart Adaptive Structures for Solar SailcraftThe "Smart Adaptive Structures for Solar Sailcraft" development activity at MSFC has investigated issues associated with understanding how to model and scale the subsystem and multi-body system dynamics of a gossamer solar sailcraft with the objective of designing sailcraft attitude control systems. This research and development activity addressed three key tasks that leveraged existing facilities and core competencies of MSFC to investigate dynamics and control issues of solar sails. Key aspects of this effort included modeling and testing of a 30 m deployable boom; modeling of the multi-body system dynamics of a gossamer sailcraft; investigation of control-structures interaction for gossamer sailcraft; and development and experimental demonstration of adaptive control technologies to mitigate control-structures interaction.
Document ID
20070031722
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Whorton, M. S. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Kim, Y. K. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Oakley, J. (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Adetona, O. (Tennessee State Univ. Nashville, TN, United States)
Keel, L. H. (Tennessee State Univ. Nashville, TN, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
May 14, 2007
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Meeting Information
Meeting: 54th JANNAF Propulsion Meeting, 5th Modeling and Simulation Subcommittee Meeting
Location: Denver, CO
Country: United States
Start Date: May 14, 2007
End Date: May 17, 2007
Sponsors: Department of the Air Force, NASA Headquarters, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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