Modeling and Control of Inflatable Space Structures
The doctoral thesis defence took place on the 21st of May 2010.
Description
In this project mathematical models of inflatable space structures, specifically inflatable space reflectors, are developed. To be able to control the shape of a reflector one can use piezoelectric polymers as actuators which are bonded to the reflecting surface. The modeling of theses piezoelectric elements is done in the infinite dimensional port-Hamiltonian framework. We are also focusing on the spatial discretization of the infinite dimensional port-Hamiltonian models to be able to design a finite dimension shape controller by using passivity based control methods. The main focus in the spatial discretization step is to preserve the structure of the model.
Projectleader
PhD student
T. Voss
Funding
Microned
Contact information
| Telephone | +31 50 363 8493 |
| FAX | +31 50 363 8498 |
| Secretariat | Frederika Fokkens |
| Postal address | University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 NL-9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands |
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secdtpa@rug.nl |
| Last modified: | 21 December 2018 11.54 a.m. |