Shape control of membrane reflector with electrostatic forming

Author

Feng Gao ; Chao Liu ; Yiqun Zhang ; Jia Hao

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Electron. Equip. Struct. Design, Xidian Univ., Xi´an, China

fYear

2013

fDate

20-22 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

2888

Lastpage

2892

Abstract

A high accuracy membrane reflector shape control approach is presented in this paper. Based on the electrostatic forming theory, the shape of the membrane reflector can be corrected by adjusting the voltages on electrodes which are attached to the mesh reflector as a foundation. An analytical model of the system is deduced based on the virtual work principle, including the membrane reflector, electrodes and controller. Distortions caused by external disturbances are dealt with this method and the feasibility of this control system is demonstrated by numerical simulations.

Keywords

electrodes; electrostatics; reflector antennas; shape control; voltage control; analytical model; electrodes; electrostatic forming theory; external disturbance distortion; high accuracy membrane reflector; mesh reflector; shape control; virtual work principle; voltage control strategy; Accuracy; Apertures; Educational institutions; Electrodes; Electrostatics; Force; Shape control; electrostatic forming; membrane reflector; shape controll;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechatronic Sciences, Electric Engineering and Computer (MEC), Proceedings 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shengyang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2564-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEC.2013.6885524

Filename

6885524