Date of Award
1992
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Program/Concentration
Mechanical Engineering
Committee Director
Colin P. Britcher
Committee Member
Jen K. Huang
Committee Member
Gene W. Hou
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E56G46
Abstract
The Large Angle Magnetic Suspension Test Fixture is a five degree-of-freedom system, developed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. It is intended for study of control techniques in magnetic suspension systems with large angular capabilities. In this study, steps have been taken to prove the system in practice, using the existing hardware. A classical control approach, using dual phase advance compensators, is applied in simulation and hardware. A single decoupled degree-of-freedom of the system is stabilized and controlled in simulation. The procedure is then employed for all five degrees-of-freedom. The design and implementation of an analog and a digital controller are described. Results from simulation and the actual system are compared and analyzed. The ability of the system to sustain suspension over a large angular range has been proven in hardware.
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DOI
10.25777/qxtx-sm71
Recommended Citation
Ghofrani, Mehran.
"Approaches to Control of the Large Angle Magnetic Suspension Test Fixture"
(1992). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/qxtx-sm71
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/mae_etds/502