On control method of cable-mesh reflector adjustment for a deployable antenna

Considering the special characteristic of a cable-mesh deployable antenna, the adjustment method for the cable-mesh reflector is studied in this paper. The cable-mesh model first is developed based on Lagrange principle and its stiff matrix is deduced. Then, an adaptive control algorithm is presented based on the stiff matrix to only require coordinate values of part nodes. Finally, numeral result shows the validity and effectiveness of the algorithms