Optimal tendon configuration of a tendon control system for a flexible structure
Jin Lu, James S. Thorp, Brian H. Aubert, Lauran B. Larson · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics · 1994
This paper considers the optimal tendon configuration of a tendon control system for a two-dimensional, eleven-bay truss. With the criterion for optimal tendon configuration being controllability and robustness of the tendon control system, the optimal tendon configuration problem can be formulated as a constrained optimization problem which can be solved using dynamic programming; therefore, a solution to the optimal tendon configuration problem can be obtained efficiently. The robustness of the resulting tendon control system with respect to modeling imperfections is studied.