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Article
Optimal Design of Tension Truss Antennas
| Authors: |
Tibert, G. |
| Document Type: |
Conference |
| Pubstate: |
Accepted |
| Journal: |
Proc. 44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 7-10 April 2003, Norfolk, VA, USA |
| Volume: |
AIAA-2003-1629 |
| Year: |
2003 |
AbstractAn approach for the design of stiff, prestressable tension truss antennas is presented. The approach combines a basic rule for the construction of stiff trusses with an efficient form-finding method for cable net structures. First, statically determinate tension truss configurations for a given supporting structure were created. Then, prestressable geometries of the tension trusses were generated using the form-finding method. Three tension truss antennas with different supporting structures were analysed to demonstrate the advantages of the approach.
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