@inproceedings{f725cbebd65d4ee490ea152be90cdc1e,
title = "A new hinged-rod model for deployment and retrieval of tethered satellite system",
abstract = "This paper studies the modeling of tethers for a Tethered Satellite System (TSS). A new hinged-rod model is proposed based on the traditional hinged-rod model. The system studied is composed of two satellites connecting by a flexible tether. The tether is discretized as a collection of rigid rods connecting by springs and dampers, and that the end-satellites are treated as rigid spheres. Newton-Euler method is applied to establish equations of motion for each rigid body. By adopting an instantaneity assumption, the new hinged-rod model is capable to simulate the tether deployment and retrieval processes while avoiding the difficulty of modeling the changing dimension of the retrieving or deploying rod element. Two tethered systems moving on a circular orbit with different tether lengths are investigated. Simulation results validate the effectiveness of the hinged-rod model proposed here. The paper also compares the difference between the results of the bead model and the new hinged-rod model with different rod element lengths.",
author = "Rui Zhong and Shijie Xu",
year = "2010",
language = "英语",
isbn = "9781617823688",
series = "61st International Astronautical Congress 2010, IAC 2010",
pages = "6386--6393",
booktitle = "61st International Astronautical Congress 2010, IAC 2010",
note = "61st International Astronautical Congress 2010, IAC 2010 ; Conference date: 27-09-2010 Through 01-10-2010",
}