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Modeling and Control of Antennas and Telescopes

Author : Wodek Gawronski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387787933
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Book Synopsis Modeling and Control of Antennas and Telescopes by : Wodek Gawronski

Download or read book Modeling and Control of Antennas and Telescopes written by Wodek Gawronski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-07-11 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mechanical engineering, and engineering discipline born of the needs of the industrial revolution, is once again asked to do its substantial share in the call for industrial renewal. The general call is urgent as we face profound issues of productivity and competitiveness that require engineering solutions, among others. The Mechanical Engineering Series is a series featuring graduate texts and research monographs intended to address the need for information in contemporary areas of mechanical engineering. The series is conceived as a comprehensive one that covers a broad range of c- centrations important to mechanical engineering graduate education and research. We are fortunate to have a distinguished roster of series editors, each an expert in one of the areas of concentration. The names of the series editors are listed on page vi of this volume. The areas of concentration are applied mechanics, biomechanics, computational mechanics, dynamic systems and control, energetics, mechanics of materials, processing, thermal science, and tribology. Preface This book is based on my experience with the control systems of antennas and radiotelescopes. Overwhelmingly, it is based on experience with the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) antennas. It includes modeling the antennas, developing control algorithms, eld testing, system identi cation, performance evaluation, and 1 troubleshooting. My previous book emphasized the theoretical aspects of antenna control engineering, while this one describes the application part of the antenna control engineering.

Systems Engineering for Astronomical Telescopes

Author : Paul A. Lightsey
Publisher : SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
ISBN 13 : 9781510616547
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis Systems Engineering for Astronomical Telescopes by : Paul A. Lightsey

Download or read book Systems Engineering for Astronomical Telescopes written by Paul A. Lightsey and published by SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering. This book was released on 2018 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Tutorial Text provides an introduction to systems engineering principles, tools, and practices as applied to astronomical systems. Written for engineers, scientists, and managers, it is intended to aid in the transition from a discipline specialist to a systems engineer. Topics include interface control, the lifecycle model, the role of trade studies, and the flow and allocation of requirements. Particular attention is paid to deriving the law of error propagation because it is the basis for formal performance budgeting and estimating the probability of success. Several examples supplement this derivation. The book concludes with a case study for a space science mission.

Control Engineering and Information Systems

Author : Zhijing Liu
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315724383
Total Pages : 1050 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Control Engineering and Information Systems written by Zhijing Liu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Control Engineering and Information Systems contains the papers presented at the 2014 International Conference on Control Engineering and Information Systems (ICCEIS 2014, Yueyang, Hunan, China, 20-22 June 2014). All major aspects of the theory and applications of control engineering and information systems are addressed, including: Intelligent s

Robotic telescopes

Author : Alberto J. Castro-Tirado
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832522351
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Book Synopsis Robotic telescopes by : Alberto J. Castro-Tirado

Download or read book Robotic telescopes written by Alberto J. Castro-Tirado and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Modern Control Systems

Author : Richard C. Dorf
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Modern Control Systems by : Richard C. Dorf

Download or read book Modern Control Systems written by Richard C. Dorf and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2005 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written to be equally useful for all engineering disciplines, this book is organized around the concept of control systems theory as it has been developed in the frequency and time domains. It provides coverage of classical control employing root locus design, frequency and response design using Bode and Nyquist plots. It also covers modern control methods based on state variable models including pole placement design techniques with full-state feedback controllers and full-state observers.The book covers several important topics including robust control systems and system sensitivity, state variable models, controllability and observability, computer control systems, internal model control, robust PID controllers, and computer-aided design and analysis.For all types of engineers who are interested in a solid introduction to control systems.

The Principles of Astronomical Telescope Design

Author : Jingquan Cheng
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387887911
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (878 download)

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Book Synopsis The Principles of Astronomical Telescope Design by : Jingquan Cheng

Download or read book The Principles of Astronomical Telescope Design written by Jingquan Cheng and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-03-14 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a complete summary of the author's twenty five years of experience in telescope design. It provides a general introduction to every aspect of telescope design. It also discusses the theory behind telescope design in depth, which makes it a good reference book for professionals. It covers Radio, Infrared, Optical, X-Ray and Gamma-Ray wavelengths. Originally published in Chinese.

Optical Telescope Technology

Author : George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Optical Telescope Technology written by George C. Marshall Space Flight Center and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design optics and technology for large spaceborne astronomical telescopes.

Automatic Control Systems

Author : Benjamin C. Kuo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Book Synopsis Automatic Control Systems by : Benjamin C. Kuo

Download or read book Automatic Control Systems written by Benjamin C. Kuo and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CD-ROM contains: MATLAB files for ACSYS, PowerPoint files for the illustrations in the text, and appendices.

Technology for Large Space Systems

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 688 pages
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Download or read book Technology for Large Space Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Real-time Space Station Dynamics and Control System Simulation

Author : Carolyn Grantham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book A Real-time Space Station Dynamics and Control System Simulation written by Carolyn Grantham and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A real-time computer-hardware simulation for the investigation of space station dynamics and control problems is described. The simulation utilizes full-scale control moment gyro (CMG) hardware mounted on a moving base simulator, a manual console, and a Control Data (CDC) 6600 digital computer to represent a space station and its control system. The digital computer software is programed in modular form by using separate subroutines or modules to represent the simulated spacecraft, onboard control computer, isolated experiment packages, and other disturbance or dynamics functions associated with space station operation. A complete functional and operational description of the major elements of the space station simulation is included.

Integrated Modeling of Telescopes

Author : Torben Andersen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461401496
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Integrated Modeling of Telescopes written by Torben Andersen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-23 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ground- or space-based telescopes are becoming increasingly more complex and construction budgets are typically in the billion dollar range. Facing costs of this magnitude, availability of engineering tools for prediction of performance and design optimization is imperative. Establishment of simulation models combining different technical disciplines such as Structural Dynamics, Control Engineering, Optics and Thermal Engineering is indispensable. Such models are normally called Integrated Models because they involve many different disciplines. The models will play an increasingly larger role for design of future interdisciplinary optical systems in space or on ground. The book concentrates on integrated modeling of optical and radio telescopes but the techniques presented will be applicable to a large variety of systems. Hence, the book will be of interest to optical and radio telescope designers, designers of spacecrafts that include optical systems, and to designers of various complex defense systems. The book may also find use as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses within the field. "Adaptive Optics" is an exciting and relatively new field, originally dedicated to correction for blurring when imaging through the atmosphere. Although this objective is still of high importance, the concept of Adaptive Optics has recently evolved further. Today, the objective is not only to correct for atmospheric turbulence effects but also for a range of static and dynamical telescope aberrations. The notion of adaptive optics has expanded to the field of "Wavefront Control", correcting for a variety of system aberrations. Wavefront control systems maintain form and position of optical elements with high precision under static and dynamical load. In many ways, such systems replace the steel structures of traditional optical systems, thereby providing much lighter systems with a performance not possible before. Integrated Modeling is the foremost tool for studies of Wavefront Control for telescopes and complex optics and is therefore now of high importance. Springer has recently published two books on telescopes, "Reflecting Telescope Optics" by R. Wilson, and "The Design and Construction of Large Optical Telescopes" by P. Bely. Noting that a new (and expensive) generation of Extremely Large Telescopes with apertures in the 30-100 m range is on the way, the present book on integrated modeling is a good match to the existing books and an appropriate specialization and continuation of some subjects dealt with in those books.

Model-Driven Engineering Languages and Systems

Author : Juergen Dingel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319116533
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Book Synopsis Model-Driven Engineering Languages and Systems by : Juergen Dingel

Download or read book Model-Driven Engineering Languages and Systems written by Juergen Dingel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2014, held in Valencia, Spain, in September/October 2014. The 41 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 126 submissions. The scope of the conference series is broad, encompassing modeling languages, methods, tools, and applications considered from theoretical and practical angles and in academic and industrial settings. The papers report on the use of modeling in a wide range of cloud, mobile, and web computing, model transformation behavioral modeling, MDE: past, present, future, formal semantics, specification, and verification, models at runtime, feature and variability modeling, composition and adaptation, practices and experience, modeling for analysis, pragmatics, model extraction, manipulation and persistence, querying, and reasoning.

Software Systems for Astronomy

Author : Albert R. Conrad
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461470587
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Software Systems for Astronomy written by Albert R. Conrad and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the use and development of software for astronomy. It describes the control systems used to point the telescope and operate its cameras and spectrographs, as well as the web-based tools used to plan those observations. In addition, the book also covers the analysis and archiving of astronomical data once it has been acquired. Readers will learn about existing software tools and packages, develop their own software tools, and analyze real data sets.

Instrumentation for Ground-Based Optical Astronomy

Author : Lloyd B. Robinson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461238803
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Book Synopsis Instrumentation for Ground-Based Optical Astronomy by : Lloyd B. Robinson

Download or read book Instrumentation for Ground-Based Optical Astronomy written by Lloyd B. Robinson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, the discovery of tools, or evidence that tools have been used, has been taken as proof of human activity; certainly the invention and spread of new tools has been a critical marker of human progress and has increased our ability to observe, measure, and understand the physical world. In astronomy the tools are telescopes and the optical and electronic instruments that support them. The use of the telescope by Galileo marked the beginning of a new and productive way to study and understand the universe in which we live. The effects of this new tool on what we can see, and how we see ourselves, are well known. However, after almost four centuries of developing ever more sensitive and subtle instruments as tools for astronomy, it might have been expected that only a few minor improvements would remain to be made, or that possibly the law of diminishing returns would have taken effect. On the contrary, the new instruments and ideas for new instruments described in this book make it clear that the rate of progress has not diminished, and that this subject is still as exciting and productive as ever. Instrumentation for Ground-Based Optical Astronomy was chosen as the theme for the Ninth Santa Cruz Summer Workshop in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

NASA Technical Note

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book NASA Technical Note written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Design and Construction of Large Optical Telescopes

Author : Pierre Bely
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387226060
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Book Synopsis The Design and Construction of Large Optical Telescopes by : Pierre Bely

Download or read book The Design and Construction of Large Optical Telescopes written by Pierre Bely and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-05-26 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no dearth of books on telescope optics and, indeed, optics is clearly a keyelementinthedesignandconstructionoftelescopes.Butitisbynomeans the only important element. As telescopes become larger and more costly, other aspects such as structures, pointing, wavefront control, enclosures, and project management become just as critical. Although most of the technical knowledge required for all these ?elds is available in various specialized books, journal articles, and technical reports, they are not necessarily written with application to telescopes in mind. This bookisa?rstattemptatassemblinginasingletextthebasicastronomicaland engineering principles used in the design and construction of large telescopes. Itsaimistobroadlycoverallmajoraspectsofthe?eld,fromthefundamentals ofastronomicalobservationto optics, controlsystems,structural,mechanical, andthermalengineering,aswellasspecializedtopicssuchassiteselectionand program management. This subject is so vast that an in-depth treatment is obviously imprac- cal. Our intent is therefore only to provide a comprehensive introduction to the essential aspects of telescope design and construction. This book will not replace specialized scienti?c and technical texts. But we hope that it will be useful for astronomers, managers, and systems engineers who seek a basic understanding of the underlying principles of telescope making, and for s- cialists who wish to acquaint themselves with the fundamental requirements and approaches of their colleagues in other disciplines.

Instrumentation for Astronomy with Large Optical Telescopes

Author : C.M. Humphries
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400977875
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Instrumentation for Astronomy with Large Optical Telescopes by : C.M. Humphries

Download or read book Instrumentation for Astronomy with Large Optical Telescopes written by C.M. Humphries and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest world-wide in the provision of new observational astro nomical facilities in the form of ground-based optical telescopes of large aperture has never been higher than exists at present. The benefits to be gained from increased aperture size, however, are only utilised effectively if efficient instrumentation is also available. There have been significant improvements recently in this area, part icularly in detector technology and data handling as well as in optical design, so that systems which are currently being developed have the capability of being vastly more powerful in terms of the efficient use of photons than those which existed only 5 years ago. The rationale for the decision by Commission 9 of the International Astronomical Union to hold IAU Colloquium 67, therefore, was to obtain reports on these developments with the emphasis placed upon overall efficiency of the complete observational system - from telescope aperture right through to detector output. A fitting venue for the meeting was the site of the 6 metre BTA (Bolshoi Azimuth Telescope) at Zelenchukskaya in the Caucasus mount ains, USSR. The BTA is operated by the Special Astrophysical Observatory located at Nizhnij Arkhyz, a few kilometres from the telescope itself.