Overview
- Presents design and implementation of the modern modeling and control theories in the antenna and telescope industrial application (e.g., system identification, model reduction, LQG and H_infinity controllers)
- Shows not only the analysis but the implementation results (all the presented methods have been implemented and are in use at the NASA Deep Space Network antennas)
- Includes wide use of Matlab and Simulink
- Shows the improvement of pointing precision of the antennas and telescopes by factor 10, when the presented techniques are applied
- Presents how to deal with the nonlinear phenomena
- Covers techniques for the RF beam control (monopulse and conscan)
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Mechanical Engineering Series (MES)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Modeling
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
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"The book presents the author’s research and experience in the area of antenna modeling, dynamics, and control. The analytical approach and the experimental approach to the subject are explained. The text is clearly written up-to-date authoritative reference describing the application part of the antenna control engineering. The monograph is primarily addressed to the antenna, telescope, and radiotelescope engineers, as well as researchers and students in motion control and mechatronics." (Lubomír Bakule, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1159, 2009)
“This book is addressed to engineers and students interested in motion control and primarily to antenna, telescope, and radio telescope engineers. It is based on the author’s experience with the NASA Deep Space Network antennas. The first part of the book covers the modeling of antennas, while the second part covers control … .” (IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol. 30, February, 2010)
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modeling and Control of Antennas and Telescopes
Authors: Wodek Gawronski
Series Title: Mechanical Engineering Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78793-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-78792-3Published: 24 June 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4624-9Published: 19 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-78793-0Published: 11 July 2008
Series ISSN: 0941-5122
Series E-ISSN: 2192-063X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 228
Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Solid Mechanics, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques