A control system for a microgravity isolation mount

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 313-325

  Jones, Dewi I ^a,b   Owens, A R ^b   Owen, R Gareth ^b  

^a IEEE

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FORCE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL CONTROL EQUIPMENT; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; ORBITS; SENSORS; SPACECRAFT;

MICROGRAVITY ISOLATION MOUNT; PAYLOAD; VIBRATION TESTS;

VIBRATION CONTROL;

EID: 0030191955     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/87.508880     Document Type: Article

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