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Variable structure control for liquid-filled flexible multi-body spacecraft

  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The simplified dynamical model is first presented for a open-chain multi-body system consisting of a liquid-filled rigid platform and a number of flexible appendages. Taking Tracking and Data Relay Satellite for example, the controller is designed using variable structure control theory. The mission is to drive the single address antennas to track expected moving law, stabilize the platform synchronously, and restrain the elastic vibrating of the flexible appendages effectively. A numerical example demonstrates the effectiveness of the control law.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18-23
Number of pages6
JournalYuhang Xuebao/Journal of Astronautics
Volume23
Issue number3
StatePublished - May 2002

Keywords

  • Flexibility
  • Spacecraft
  • Variable structure control

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