Thermal loads can cause significant surface errors of deployable mesh reflectors. In this work, a nonlinear dynamic model describing elastic-thermal dynamic properties of this type of space structures is developed. Based on this model, a linearized model for free vibration analysis and feedback control is obtained. Also, a quasi-static strategy for dynamic analysis of a mesh reflector in space mission is devised. The proposed dynamic models and the quasi-static strategy are illustrated on two examples in numerical simulation.
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