A Correction Method of Estimating the Pointing Error for Reflector Antenna
The pointing error caused by the structural deformation of large reflector antennas has become the most challenging problem of antenna servo control. Especially with the increase of the antenna diameter and the working frequency, environmental loads not only make the structure deformation more obvio...
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| author | Jie Zhang Jin Huang Wei Liang Youran Zhang Qian Xu Letian Yi Congsi Wang |
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| description | The pointing error caused by the structural deformation of large reflector antennas has become the most challenging problem of antenna servo control. Especially with the increase of the antenna diameter and the working frequency, environmental loads not only make the structure deformation more obvious, but also make the pointing accuracy influenced by deformation more sensitive. In order to solve this problem, accurately estimating the pointing error caused by the structural deformation is the key. Based on the dynamic model of antenna structure and the analyzing model of pointing error, using the displacement information of sampling points on reflector, this paper proposes a correction method to achieve the purpose of accurately estimating the pointing error caused by the structural deformation. Using a 7.3-m Ka band antenna, the results show that the antenna maximum pointing error in theoretical model calculation is 0.0041° at 10m/s wind speed condition; however, the corrected pointing error would be about 0.0054° with considering the modeling error. After compensating the controller, the pointing error could be reduced to only 0.0008° and the performance of antenna pointing was improved. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7ebf6d9ecb2f4393b36264dde551e0062025-02-03T05:46:21ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032018-01-01201810.1155/2018/32628693262869A Correction Method of Estimating the Pointing Error for Reflector AntennaJie Zhang0Jin Huang1Wei Liang2Youran Zhang3Qian Xu4Letian Yi5Congsi Wang6Key Laboratory of Electronic Equipment Structure Design, Ministry of Education, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaKey Laboratory of Electronic Equipment Structure Design, Ministry of Education, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaKey Laboratory of Electronic Equipment Structure Design, Ministry of Education, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaKey Laboratory of Electronic Equipment Structure Design, Ministry of Education, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaXinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy, Xinjiang 830011, ChinaXinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy, Xinjiang 830011, ChinaKey Laboratory of Electronic Equipment Structure Design, Ministry of Education, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaThe pointing error caused by the structural deformation of large reflector antennas has become the most challenging problem of antenna servo control. Especially with the increase of the antenna diameter and the working frequency, environmental loads not only make the structure deformation more obvious, but also make the pointing accuracy influenced by deformation more sensitive. In order to solve this problem, accurately estimating the pointing error caused by the structural deformation is the key. Based on the dynamic model of antenna structure and the analyzing model of pointing error, using the displacement information of sampling points on reflector, this paper proposes a correction method to achieve the purpose of accurately estimating the pointing error caused by the structural deformation. Using a 7.3-m Ka band antenna, the results show that the antenna maximum pointing error in theoretical model calculation is 0.0041° at 10m/s wind speed condition; however, the corrected pointing error would be about 0.0054° with considering the modeling error. After compensating the controller, the pointing error could be reduced to only 0.0008° and the performance of antenna pointing was improved.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3262869 |
| spellingShingle | Jie Zhang Jin Huang Wei Liang Youran Zhang Qian Xu Letian Yi Congsi Wang A Correction Method of Estimating the Pointing Error for Reflector Antenna Shock and Vibration |
| title | A Correction Method of Estimating the Pointing Error for Reflector Antenna |
| title_full | A Correction Method of Estimating the Pointing Error for Reflector Antenna |
| title_fullStr | A Correction Method of Estimating the Pointing Error for Reflector Antenna |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Correction Method of Estimating the Pointing Error for Reflector Antenna |
| title_short | A Correction Method of Estimating the Pointing Error for Reflector Antenna |
| title_sort | correction method of estimating the pointing error for reflector antenna |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3262869 |
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