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On the Cable Car Feed Support Configuration for FAST

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Ren Gexue
Affiliation:
Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China. E-mail: rengx@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Lu Qiuhai
Affiliation:
Beijing Astronomical Observatory, The Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing100080, China
Zhou Zhou
Affiliation:
Beijing Astronomical Observatory, The Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing100080, China

Abstract

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This paper introduces the cable car feed support configuration for China’s FAST project. Recent advances on the mechanics of the proposed supporting structure and the control of the Stewart platform for secondary feed stabilization are presented. Difficulties associated with the configuration are also discussed.

Type
Chapter Five Future Large Telescope Projects: SKA and FAST
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 2001

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