Computer graphics display of motion of a shuttle-attached dipole antenna / by F.R. Vigneron and M. Savoie.: Co24-3/7-1359-1982E-PDF
"This report describes a computer-generated animation of the dynamics of a flexible body which consists of a long dipole antenna mounted on the Shuttle. The work is a part of a joint NRC-NASA program, Waves in Space Plasma (WISP). The animation facility consists of a PDP-11/45 and a modified NORPAK Incremental Graphics Processor (IGP). An analytical formulation, in which the antenna deformation is represented with a product series of time-dependent variables and simple polynomial shape coordinates, was found to be a good choice for the animation. The computer and graphics facility enabled efficient on-line animation. In a mode where calculations are done off-line, speeds of 60 times faster than real-time were achieved with no problems"--Abstract, page 1.
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| Department/Agency | Communications Research Centre (Canada), issuing body. |
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| Title | Computer graphics display of motion of a shuttle-attached dipole antenna / by F.R. Vigneron and M. Savoie. |
| Series title | CRC report ; no. 1359 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | "Space Technology and Applications Branch." Digitized edition from print [produced by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada]. Some pages rotated in this copy. Includes bibliographical references (page 17). Issued also in print format. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : Communications Research Centre, September 1982. |
| Author / Contributor | Vigneron, F. R., author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (vi, 26 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Subject terms | Space shuttles -- Electronic equipment. Antennas, Dipole. Flexible structures. Computer animation. Navettes spatiales -- Équipement électronique. Antennes doublets. Structures flexibles. Animation par ordinateur. |
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