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Motion Control of Space Structures

by Larry Silverberg, Carolina State Univ, United States,
William Dunn, Carolina State Univ, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space II

Abstract:

A new area of civil engineering is emerging as we begin to establish a permanent presence in space. The new area of civil engineering is the motion control of space structures. This paper describes why the motion control of space structures problem is fundamentally a civil engineering problem.

Subject Headings: Space structures | Aerospace engineering | Space exploration | Motion (dynamics) | Structural engineering | Structural control | Hydraulic structures

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