Controlled deployment of a foldable tensegrity-membrane system is investigated in this article. A membrane folding technique referred to as the spiral folding pattern is applied to the attached membrane to achieve compact folded shapes for the system. The foldable tensegrity-membrane system experiences transitions between two system configurations (i.e., the tensegrity configuration and the tensegrity-membrane configuration) due to the variation of membrane loading states during system deployment. A closed-loop control strategy consisting of two linear parameter-varying (LPV) controllers is designed based on control-oriented models to regulate system dynamics. A nonlinear finite element model is used to examine the control performance. Senor noise is considered in another nonlinear finite element simulation to examine the robustness of the designed controllers.

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通过使用线性参数变化控制的配置转换部署可折叠张拉整体膜系统

本文研究了可折叠张拉整体膜系统的受控部署。将称为螺旋折叠模式的膜折叠技术应用于附着的膜，以实现系统的紧凑折叠形状。由于系统部署期间膜加载状态的变化，可折叠张拉整体膜系统经历两种系统配置（即张拉整体配置和张拉整体膜配置）之间的转换。基于面向控制的模型设计了由两个线性参数变化 (LPV) 控制器组成的闭环控制策略来调节系统动态。非线性有限元模型用于检查控制性能。