• DocumentCode
    2508500
  • Title

    Gemini 8 m telescopes-structural simulation and wind loading study

  • Author

    Davies, M.S. ; Hutton ; McGonegal, R.

  • Author_Institution
    British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    24-26 Aug 1994
  • Firstpage
    977
  • Abstract
    The Gemini 8 m telescope is modeled as a three body rigid structure. Structural dynamics are analyzed for three different pier designs in order to establish the effect of the pier mass on pointing control system performance. It is found that, for this model, the effect of pier parameters is not significant
  • Keywords
    astronomical telescopes; position control; Gemini 8 m telescope; pier designs; pointing control system performance; structural dynamics; structural simulation; three body rigid structure; wind loading study; Pointing systems; Position control; Telescopes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Control Applications, 1994., Proceedings of the Third IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Glasgow
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1872-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CCA.1994.381200
  • Filename
    381200