Some preliminary results of research on control of flexible structures performed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory are presented. It was shown that the thermoelectric device is a feasible actuator and may effectively be used to control structures, provided the structure has a relatively low thermal inertia. The control law only depends on the open-loop system natural frequency.
Document ID: 19870013314. Accession ID: 87N22747. NASA. Marshall Space Flight Center Structural Dynamics and Control Interaction of Flexible Structures; p 1214-1250.