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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2004
Applicant:
Che-hang C. Ih, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Inventor:
Che-Hang C. Ih, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/60 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for modeling a structure deployed on a spacecraft. The method includes determining a geometric shape that resembles the structure in a fully deployed configuration; generating time functions for a change in shape of at least one structural component of the structure, the change in shape occurring as the structure expands into the fully deployed configuration; and calculating mass properties of the geometric shape as a function of the time functions.