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This section lists some of the literature to which Mevicon employees have contributed to over the years as authors or coauthors. As these papers cross so many traditional technical boundaries, the references below are organized by general theme. Within each theme, the papers are organized in chronological order.

Gossamer and Membrane Structures

Smart Structures and Control

Gossamer/Large Space Structure Applications

  • Eric M. Flint, Jonathan L. Hall, Jason E. Lindler, Larry Bradford, Charles Rankine, Marc E. Regelbrugge, Overview of Form Stiffened Thin Film Shell Characteristic Behavior, To have been presented at the 6th Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, (Subsequently cleared for release), Austin, Texas, 2005.
  • Eric M. Flint, Robert L. Forwards Solar Photon Thruster Solar Sail Architecture Revisited, 5th Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Paper # AIAA-2004-1578, Palm Springs, California, 2004.
  • Eric M. Flint, SPS Based Emergency Power Supply For Disaster Prevention and Alleviation, Proceedings of the 11th SSI Conference on Space Manufacturing, Vol 11, , 1997, pp. 287-298.
  • Eric M. Flint, Thin Film Disc Shaped Space Structures (Sunsat or Solar Sail): A Proposed Construction/Assembly Method, Proceeding of the 10th SSI Conference on Space Manufacturing, Vol 10, , 1995, pp 306-319.
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Precision Thin Film-Shell Apertures / Membrane Optics

  • Jonathan L. Hall, Eric M. Flint, Jason E. Lindler, Experimental Validation of Discrete Location Boundary Shape Control for Thin Film Shells, To have been presented at the 6th Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, (Subsequently cleared for release), Austin, Texas, 2005.
  • Jason E. Lindler, Eric M. Flint, Boundary Actuation Shape Control Strategies for Thin Film Single Surface Shells, 5th Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Paper # AIAA-2004-1825, Palm Springs, California, 2004.
  • Eric M. Flint, Keith K. Denoyer, Approach for Efficiently Evaluating Internally Reacted Global Shape Control Actuation Strategies for Apertures, 4th Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Paper #AIAA-2003-8052, Norfolk, VA, 2003.
  • Keith K. Denoyer, Eric M. Flint, John A. Main, Jason E. Lindler, Actively controlled thin-shell space optics, Smart Structures and Materials, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5054, San Diego, CA, 2003, pp. 263-274.
  • Keith K. Denoyer, Eric M. Flint, Membrane Optical Systems for Space-Based Surveillance, AMOS Tech Conference, Maui, 2002.
  • Keith K. Denoyer, Eric M. Flint, Smart Actuation for Membrane Optical Systems, National Space and Missile Materials Symposium, Colorado Springs, CO, 2002.
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Membrane/Gossamer Structural Dynamics

  • Eric M. Flint, Greg Bales, Roger Glaese, Rodney Bradford, Experimentally Characterizing the Dynamics of 0.5m+ Diameter Doubly Curved Shells Made From Thin Films, To be presented at 4th Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Abstract # AIAA-2003-8020, Norfolk, VA, 2003.
  • Roger Glaese, Rodney Bradford, Marc E. Regelbrugge, Eric M. Flint, Modeling the Dynamics of Large Diameter Doubly Curved Shells Made from Thin-Films, To be presented at 4th Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Paper # AIAA_2003-8018, Norfolk, Virginia, 2003.
  • Greg Bales, Jonathan L. Hall, Eric M. Flint, Experimental Issues that Impact In-Vacuum Dynamic Characterization of Thin Film Membranes, To be presented at 4th Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Paper # AIAA_2003-8022, Norfolk, Virginia, 2003.
  • Jonathan L. Hall, Roger Glaese, Eric M. Flint, Dynamic Behavior of Thin Film Membrane Strips, AIAA 3rd Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Paper # AIAA-2002-1378, Denver, Colorado, 2002.
  • Eric M. Flint, Roger M. Glaese, 2001, , Characterization, Prediction, and Improvement of Stretched Flat Hexagonal Gossamer Membranes Dynamic Response, AIAA 2nd Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, Paper # AIAA-2001-1410, Seattle, Washington, 2001.
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Non-Contactive Metrology

  • Jason E. Lindler, Eric M. Flint, Constrained Resource Photogrammetry for Characterization of Future Large Deployable Space Structures, Presented at the 6th Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, AIAA Paper # 2005-1888, Austin, Texas, 2005.
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Motion and Vibration Control Systems

  • Eric H. Anderson, Michael F. Cash, Jonathan L. Hall, Gregory W. Pettit, Hexapods for Precision Motion and Vibration Control, American Society for Precision Engineering, Control of Precision Systems Conference, Cambridge, MA, 2004.
  • Jonathan L. Hall, Eric M. Flint, Greg W. Pettit, Jason E. Lindler, Compact Lightweight Six-Axis Point and Hold Positioning System, Proceeding of the 2003 SPIE 10th International Symposiumon Smart Structures and Materials, Paper #5054-33, San Diego, CA, 2003.
  • Eric M. Flint, Eric H. Anderson, Multi-Degree of Freedom Parallel Actuation System Architectures for Motion Control, AIAA Space 2001 Conference, Paper # AIAA-2001-4750, Albuquerque, NM, 2001.
  • Eric M. Flint, Patrick Flannery, Michael E. Evert, Eric H. Anderson, Active/Passive Counter-Force Vibration Control and Isolation Systems, IEEE 2000 Aerospace Conference, Paper # 432, Big Sky, Montana, 2000.
  • Scott Willen, Eric M. Flint, Thermally Conductive Vibration Isolation System for Cryocoolers, Proceedings of the 11th International Cryocooler Convention, Keystone, Colorado, 2000.
  • Eric M. Flint, Michael E. Evert, Eric Anderson, Patrick Flannery, Active/Passive Counter-Force Vibration Control and Isolation Systems, Proceedings of the IEEE 2000 Aerospace Conference, Paper # 432, Big Sky, Montana, 2000.
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Piezoelectric Actuators

  • Jason E. Lindler, Eric H. Anderson, Marc E. Regelbrugge, Design and testing of piezoelectric-hydraulic actuators, Smart Structures and Materials, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5054, San Diego, CA, 2003, pp. 96-107.
  • Jason E. Lindler, Eric H. Anderson, Piezoelectric direct drive servovalve, Smart Structures and Materials, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4698, San Diego, CA, 2002, pp. 488-496.
  • Eric H. Anderson, Jason E. Lindler, Marc Regelbrugge, Smart Material Actuator with Long Stroke and high Power Output, 43rd SDM Conference, Paper # AIAA 2002-1354, Denver, CO, 2002.
  • Eric M. Flint, The Admittance of Electrostrictive Stack Actuators - Theoretical Development and Experimental Verification, 45th IAF Conference, Paper # SW-01-06, Oslo, Norway, 1995, .
  • Eric M. Flint, Chen Liang, Craig Rogers, Dynamic Output and Structural Response Predictions for Active Members Integrated in Trusses, Proceedings, 36th SDM, AIAA-CP-95-1128, New Orleans, 1995.
  • Eric M. Flint, Chen Liang, Craig Rogers, Self Induced Temperature Rise of Stack Actuators Due to Dynamic Excitation, SPIE North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, 1995.
  • Eric M. Flint, Chen Liang, Craig Rogers, Electro-Dynamic Transduction Equations for Piezoelectric Actuators, Proceedings of the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1994.
  • Eric M. Flint, Chen Liang, Craig Rogers, Electro-Mechanical Analysis of Piezoelectric Stack Active Member Power Consumption, International Conference on Intelligent Materials, Williamsburg, 1994, pp. 534-545.
  • US Patent #6,526,864 B2, Piezoelectrically, Actuated Single-Stage Servo-valve.
  • US Patent #6,604,915 B1, Compact, High Efficiency, Smart Material Actuated Hydraulic Pump.
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Magnetorheological Fluids

  • Lindler, J.E., Dimock, G.A. and Wereley, N.M., Design of a magnetorheological automotive shock absorber, Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 3985, Newport Beach, California, 2000, pp. 426-434.
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Active Control and Smart Structures

  • Eric M. Flint, Joerg Melcher, F. Doengi, H. Baier, Testing The Compatability of Smart Materials For Space Applications, Proceedings of the 38th SDM, Paper # AIAA-1997-1110, Kissimmee, Florida, 1997.
  • Eric M. Flint, Ayako Koike, Jorg Melcher, Active Structural Acoustic Control of Thickwall Cylinders, ICAST 96, Rome, Italy, 1996.
  • Eric M. Flint, Jorg Melcher, Elmer Breitbach, The Promise of Smart Materials for Small Spacecraft, , Berlin, Germany, 1996.
  • US Patent #6,604,915 B1, Compact, High Efficiency, Smart Material Actuated Hydraulic Pump.
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