Publication detail

Computationally Fast Dynamical Model of a SATCOM Antenna Suitable for Extensive Optimization Tasks

NAJMAN, J. BASTL, M. APPEL, M. GREPL, R.

English title

Computationally Fast Dynamical Model of a SATCOM Antenna Suitable for Extensive Optimization Tasks

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

en

Original abstract

Development of new SATCOM (Satellite Communications) antennas and their control systems is a complex problem, in which strict requirements for mechanical design, drives, sensors and the overall speed and accuracy of the control algorithm must be met. Therefore, a simulation model is often used at different stages of development, which greatly accelerates the process of designing and optimizing the whole system. The computationally most demanding part of the simulation is the dynamical model of antenna. This article proposes an alternative approach for dynamical model creation, and the results are compared to a model created by using a universal multibody simulation environment. It is shown that the proposed new approach gives nearly the same-quality results and it is several times computationally faster.

English abstract

Development of new SATCOM (Satellite Communications) antennas and their control systems is a complex problem, in which strict requirements for mechanical design, drives, sensors and the overall speed and accuracy of the control algorithm must be met. Therefore, a simulation model is often used at different stages of development, which greatly accelerates the process of designing and optimizing the whole system. The computationally most demanding part of the simulation is the dynamical model of antenna. This article proposes an alternative approach for dynamical model creation, and the results are compared to a model created by using a universal multibody simulation environment. It is shown that the proposed new approach gives nearly the same-quality results and it is several times computationally faster.

Keywords in English

mobile SATCOM, antenna pointing, dynamical model, simulation, MATLAB, Simulink.

Released

15.06.2019

Publisher

University of Defence in Brno

Location

Brno

ISSN

1802-2308

Volume

14

Number

1

Pages from–to

21–30

Pages count

10

BIBTEX


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  author="Martin {Brablc} and Jan {Najman} and Michal {Bastl} and Martin {Appel} and Robert {Grepl},
  title="Computationally Fast Dynamical Model of a SATCOM Antenna Suitable for Extensive Optimization Tasks",
  year="2019",
  volume="14",
  number="1",
  month="June",
  pages="21--30",
  publisher="University of Defence in Brno",
  address="Brno",
  issn="1802-2308"
}