DYNAMICS OF THE ARECIBO RADIO TELESCOPE Ramy Rashad 110030106 Department of Mechanical Engineering McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada February 2005 Under the supervision of Professor Meyer Nahon Abstract The fo llowing thesis presents a co mputer and mathemat ical model o f the dynamics of the tethered subsystem o f the Arecibo Radio Telescope. The computer and mathematical model for this part of the Arecibo Radio Telescope invo lves the study o f the dynamic equations governing the motion of the

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