Interdisciplinary analysis procedures in the modeling and control of large space-based structuresThe paper describes a computer software system called the Integrated Multidisciplinary Analysis Tool, IMAT, that has been developed at NASA Langley Research Center. IMAT provides researchers and analysts with an efficient capability to analyze satellite control systems influenced by structural dynamics. Using a menu-driven interactive executive program, IMAT links a relational database to commercial structural and controls analysis codes. The paper describes the procedures followed to analyze a complex satellite structure and control system. The codes used to accomplish the analysis are described, and an example is provided of an application of IMAT to the analysis of a reference space station subject to a rectangular pulse loading at its docking port.
Document ID
19870055404
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Cooper, Paul A. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Stockwell, Alan E. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Kim, Zeen C. (PRC Kentron, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)