Optimal tendon placement of a tendon control system for large flexible structures

The optimal tendon placement of a tendon control system for a 2-D N-bay, truss is considered. With the criterion of optimality for optimal tendon placement being controllability and robustness of the tendon control system, the optimal tendon placement problem can be formulated as a constrained optimization problem which can be solved using dynamic programming; therefore, the globally optimal solution to the optimal tendon problem can be obtained efficiently. A tendon control system is designed for a 2-D 11-bay truss using this technique