Spacecraft detumbling using movable telescoping appendages

The dynamics of detumbling a randomly spinning spacecraft using externally mounted, movable telescoping appendages are studied both analytically and numerically. Two types of telescoping appendages are considered: (a) where an end mass is mounted at the end of an (assumed) massless boom; and (b) where the appendage is assumed to consist of a uniformly distributed homogeneous mass throughout its length. From an application of Lyapunov's second method, boom extension maneuvers can be determined to approach either of two desired final states: close to a zero inertial angular velocity state and a final spin rate about only one of the principal axes. Recovery dynamics are evaluated analytically for the case of symmetrical deployment. Numerical examination of other asymmetrical cases verifies the practicality of using movable appendages to recover a randomly tumbling spacecraft.     

空间薄壁式伸展臂的展开仿真与卷曲方式研究

针对一种完全依靠自身弹性展开的空间柔性薄壁式伸展臂的展开动力学问题,基于Kirchhoff Love基本假设和广义胡克定律推导了伸展臂各部分壳体在展开前的应力计算公式,使用该公式对伸展臂的有限元模型进行预应力初始化,并采用显式时间积分方法对正向卷曲、反向卷曲和不紧密卷曲的空间薄壁式伸展臂的展开过程进行了动力学仿真,通过实验对仿真结果进行了验证。研究结果表明：应力计算公式可以正确地计算薄壁式伸展臂在展开前的应力状态,基于预应力初始化方法的显式动力学仿真可以较为准确地模拟空间薄壁式伸展臂的展开过程;反向卷曲的伸展臂在展开过程中出现了向固定段展开的现象,并且具有较高的初始应变能,不利于薄壁式伸展臂的空间应用,在设计中应选择正向卷曲的方式;不紧密卷曲的影响主要表现为卷曲段内层壳体易于从卷曲段侧边缘滑出,使伸展臂在展开过程中产生较大幅度扭转,而增大壳体材料的摩擦系数则可以有效避免这种现象。     

Ultralight deployable booms for solar sails and other large gossamer structures in space

Future solar sail spacecraft which do not need any rocket motors and propellants are a promising option for long-term exploration missions in the solar system. However, they will require ultralight reflective foils and deployable booms which will allow for the unfolding of huge sails. The achievement of an acceptable ratio of reflective sail area and structural mass, which results in a still small, but significant acceleration under the photon pressure of sunlight, is extremely challenging. The same challenging deployment technique is required for the unfolding of large reflector membranes or antennas (gossamer structures). The key elements are the booms which must be stowable in a very small envelope before they reach their destination in space. Such booms were developed by DLR and have been successfully tested under zero-g-conditions during a parabolic flight campaign in February 2009. It could be convincingly demonstrated that the unfolding process is both controllable and reproducible. The booms consisted of two co-bonded omega-shaped carbonfiber half shells with 0.1 mm wall thickness each and had a weight of only 62 g per meter. Two different deployment technologies were tested, one based upon an inflatable 12 μm thick polymer hose inside the boom, the other one using an electromechanical uncoiling device at the tip of each boom. In the latter case, the uncoiling devices will radially fly away from the spacecraft, such that they become “expendable deployment mechanisms” and their mass does not count any more for the spacecraft mass that needs to be accelerated or actively controlled.     

某空间伸杆机构的摩擦补偿及反步自适应控制

面向某新型大伸展(收拢比)、高载荷(自重比)伸缩式空间伸杆机构的实际应用需求,研究其低速伸展过程中摩擦力矩补偿及其反步自适应控制方法。考虑伸杆伸长量等各种因素引起的摩擦力矩变化,将其等效描述为摩擦变化系数的影响,由此得到LuGre改进模型的摩擦表征。在此基础上,设计基于摩擦力矩补偿的反步自适应控制器,以补偿和抑制模型不确定性和摩擦影响。最后通过仿真校验表明,该方法不依赖精确的动力学模型,能够在保证鲁棒性的前提下有效提高系统控制性能。     

挠性航天器伸展动力学分析

本文导出了带挠性伸展附件航天器姿态动力学方程，研究了附件伸展和振动对姿态动力学的影响。对于附件按指数规律伸展情况，以及附件长度的次方随时间线性变化情况，给出了姿态角速率的渐近公式。     

降落伞拉直过程的三维仿真分析

针对某载人飞船降落伞回收系统的主伞拉直过程,基于多体系统动力学理论,建立了由一系列刚体和质点通过弹性约束组成的三维多体动力学模型。首先,在空投试验条件下,验证了该模型的正确性和仿真结果的有效性;其次,模拟了不同风速不同风向条件下的拉直过程,指出侧向风影响最强,并分析了此规律的动力学机理。对载人飞船降落伞系统拉直过程的仿真研究有助于提高对降落伞拉直过程机理的理解。     

Control of the deployment of an orbital tether system that consists of two small spacecraft

Control of an orbital tether system that consists of two small spacecraft has been considered. The proposed control laws are based on the modification of well-known programs for the deployment of tether system systems under the assumption that the masses of spacecraft and the tether are comparable in magnitude. To construct nominal deployment programs, we have developed a mathematical model of the motion of the given system in an orbital moving coordinate system taking into account the specific features of this problem. The performance of the proposed deployment programs is assessed by a mathematical model of the orbital tether system with distributed parameters written in the geocentric coordinate system. The test calculations involve a linear regulator that implements feedback on the tether length and velocity.     

The use of a movable telescoping end mass system for the time-optimal control of spinning spacecraft

The time-optimal control of a spin-stabilized spacecraft with a movable telescoping appendage (boom), is considered analytically and numerically. The motion of a control mass at the end of the boom is determined such that the terminal time will be minimized for two-axis control of a symmetric spacecraft. The equations of rotational motion are linearized about the desired state of spin about the symmetry axis. The equations for the transverse angular velocity components have the form of a coupled two dimensional harmonic oscillator with boom motion as a control force. The control function which brings the system to the desired state is known to be a series of positive and negative pulses. If the initial state is such that the system can be driven to rest in a single switch, the responses, switching and final times, and required boom motion may be determined analytically. Some typical numerical results based on these solutions are discussed.     

空间飞行器展开与驱动机构研究进展

空间飞行器展开与驱动机构是空间飞行器机构领域的一个重要组成部分。随着我国航天技术的发展，该项技术有了长足进步，对其设计方法和具体工程问题的研究也日渐深入。本文概述了空间飞行器机构的分类与构成，对展开与驱动机构的国内外研究概况进行了分析。结合工程应用，提出了在系统任务分析与设计中的力矩（力）裕度、精度分配、机构非线性、阻尼控制、热匹配、空间润滑、可靠性分析与试验七个典型工程问题。对这些问题逐一分析了其性质、作用及其对系统的影响，探讨了其研究内容和研究方向。展望了我国空间飞行器展开与驱动机构的发展前景。     

Dynamics of the orbiter based construction of structural components for space platforms

A relatively general formulation for studying liberational dynamics of a large class of spacecraft during deployment of arbitrarily oriented beam and plate type flexible members has been developed by the authors. The formulation is applicable to a variety of missions ranging from deployment of antennas, booms and solar panels to manufacturing of trusses for space platforms using the Space Shuttle. The governing nonlinear, nonautonomous and coupled equations of motion are extremely difficult to solve even with the help of a computer, not to mention the cost involved. To get some appreciation as to the complex interaction between flexibility, deployment and attitude dynamics as well as to help pursue stability and control analyses, the procedure is applied to the Space Shuttle based deployment of plate-like members. Results suggest substantial influence of the flexural rigidity of the appendages, deployment velocity, initial conditions, and appendage orientation on the system response. Deployment maneuvers in conjunction with a typical controlled time history of permissible liberational rates suggest flexible plate members to be stable. In general, the instability is triggered through roll excitation leading to unbounded yaw due to coupling. The results should prove useful in planning of the Orbiter based experiments aimed at studying dynamics and control of flexible, deployable structural components needed in construction of space platforms.     

辐射器展开角度对航天器热控能力影响的研究

为了在有限的结构尺寸下提高航天器热控系统的散热能力，提出与流体回路耦合的可展开式辐射器热控方案，建立可展开式辐射器空间散热模型，分析辐射器不同展开角度下系统的热控特性。结果表明，随着辐射器展开角度的变化，辐射器吸收的空间热流也随之发生变化，并最终决定热控回路的流量分配。在工程应用中，基于热控流体回路，通过调节可展开式辐射器的展开角度，可以有效提高航天器热控系统的能力范围。     

Deployment of a lander on the binary asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3, potential target of the european MarcoPolo-R sample return mission

The idea of deploying a lander on the secondary body of the binary primitive asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3 is investigated. 1996 FG3 is the backup target of the European sample return space mission MarcoPolo-R under assessment study at the European Space Agency in the framework of the M3 Medium-Class mission competition. The launch will take place in 2022–2024, depending on its selection at the end of 2013. A lander is indicated as an optional payload, depending on mass availability on the spacecraft. Obviously, the possible complexity of a lander deployment is also an important parameter to take into account. Here we demonstrate that, considering worst case scenarios and low requirements on the spacecraft GNC and deployment mechanism, the operations are easy to implement and safe for the main spacecraft. The concept of operations is to deploy a light lander from the L₂ Lagrange point of the binary system, on a ballistic trajectory that will impact the secondary asteroid. The fundamental principles of this strategy are briefly presented and a detailed model of 1996 FG3 is considered, to which the strategy is applied. We show that the deployment is successful in 99.94% of cases.     

太阳帆航天器研究及其关键技术综述

综述了国内外关于太阳帆航天器的研究成果。介绍了太阳帆航天器的构型与材料、姿态控制、轨道控制及任务分析、试验验证及动力学仿真分析等的研究进展,讨论了太阳帆航天器轻质高强度帆体、折叠储存与展开控制、结构设计、姿态控制、地面试验及在轨演示验证,以及测试与诊断等关键技术,分析了未来太阳帆航天器的发展趋势。     

液体多模态晃动充液航天器姿态机动复合控制

主要研究多模态液体晃动时充液航天器大角度姿态机动动力学与控制问题。采用液体晃动弹簧质量等效力学模型将液体燃料前两阶液体晃动模态纳入到充液航天器耦合动力学模型中;根据动量矩守恒定律推导出充液航天器耦合系统动力学方程。针对充液航天器大角度姿态机动同时抑制燃料晃动的问题,采用自适应动态输出反馈的姿态控制方法并结合基于前馈控制的多模态ZVD输入成型器设计复合控制器。通过数值模拟给出了液体晃动响应及航天器姿态机动的时间历程图,数值仿真结果表明了本文所给出复合控制方法的有效性。     

Sensitivity studies of the deployment of a square inflatable solar sail with vanes

This paper summarizes the results of numerical experiments to determine the sensitivity of the final attitude of an inflatable solar sail with vanes after deployment to various parameters affecting the deployment process. These parameters are: in- and out-of-plane asymmetries during deployment, length inflation profile, and vane deployment failures. We show how robust the sail deployment is to geometric asymmetries before a 35° off-Sun angle is reached. Differential delays in the time to inflate the booms and a boom sweep-back angle affect the stability favorably. Adjacent vane failures to deploy affect the stability unfavorably, while the failure of opposing vanes is acceptable. Realistic boom length rate profiles obtained during ground tests are used in the simulation showing that failing adjacent vanes in conjunction with initial inflation delays in adjacent booms represent the worst case. We also demonstrate that by feeding back attitude and attitude rate measurements so that a corrective action is taken during the deployment, the final attitude can be maintained very close to the initial attitude, thus mitigating the attitude changes incurred during deployment.     

可展开式辐射器热控对航天器轨道调整的适应性分析

为提高航天器热控系统对轨道调整的适应能力，本文研究了与流体回路耦合的可展开式辐射器热控方案在不同轨道高度下的热控性能，分析了不同轨道高度时辐射器面临的热环境的影响，在不同轨道高度下比较了固定辐射器与可展开辐射器的热控特性。结果表明，随着辐射器展开角度的变化，辐射器吸收的空间热流随之发生变化，从而对热控系统的散热能力带来直接影响，调节辐射器的角度可以扩大其对外散热能力。在工程应用中，基于热控流体回路，通过调节可展开式辐射器的展开角度，可以有效提高航天器的轨道热适应能力。     

带射频电缆的可展开天线阵在轨展开动力学

空间存在射频电缆穿越可展开部件工作区域的情形,这会对部件的展开特性造成较大的影响(特别是无源可展开机构),甚至会影响整个航天器任务。文章以某卫星带有半刚性射频电缆的无源可展开天线阵为例,提出了其动力学建模仿真流程,并建立在轨展开动力学模型;采用该模型开展了在轨展开动力学特性的仿真研究,同时与在轨实测数据进行了比对。结果表明,仿真数据与在轨实测数据基本一致,准确地评估了射频电缆对可展开天线阵在轨展开特性的影响,仿真评估方法有效。该建模仿真流程同样适用于卫星其他类型可展开部件的展开特性研究。     

Analysis of dynamic behaviour of inflatable booms in zigzag and modified zigzag folding patterns

The deployment behaviour of inflatable booms with zigzag and modified zigzag folding patterns is experimentally and theoretically investigated in this paper with the aim to deploy the booms as the actuator for future deployable large-scale membrane structures. Regarding the experimental approach, the stable deployment of a modified zigzag folding pattern is demonstrated, and the relation between stable and unstable deployment behaviour is considered in relation to air pressure and flow rate. In terms of the theoretical approach, the folding process and deployment behaviour are simulated using commercially available software (PAM-CRACH and PAM-SAFE). To create folding lines from the zero stress condition in the case of analytical inflatable boom models, the stress distribution and the shapes of the folding lines are considered for the initial self-deployment behaviour and deployment behaviour using the uniform pressure method. From the folding experiments and the results of folding analyses and UPM, the deployment behaviour of inflatable boom models in zigzag and modified zigzag folding patterns is compared by using the finite point-set method. For the sequential deployment behaviour, which is difficult to replicate, the uniform pressure method is used for the calculations, and the relation between inlet air flow and stable deployment behaviour is discussed through comparison of the experimental and analytical results.     

航天器薄壳柔性附件展开耦合行为特性研究

为研究大范围运动柔性附件几何非线性和耦合效应与中心刚体的精确动力学行为,以薄壳结构柔性附件为研究对象,引入非线性应变和位移关系,利用虚功原理推导了做大范围运动带柔性附件航天机构的完整非线性动力学模型,所构建的模型包含了非线性几何变形及附加非线性项。针对线性和非线性模型,相应开展了大范围运动航天机构刚柔耦合数值分析。结果表明,随着转速增大,线性与非线性模型动力学特性产生根本差异,指出线性模型忽略了非线性耦合项的不足,而非线性模型可精确地预测大范围运动带柔性附件航天机构动力学行为。结论对航天机构定向和跟踪操作的动力学与控制具有重要的理论价值及工程实际意义。     

IKAROS太阳帆的关键技术分析与启示

分析了国外太阳帆的发展现状,重点论述了世界上首次成功飞行的太阳帆——太阳辐射驱动星际风筝航天器（IKAROS）的总体设计、材料设计、空间展开和姿态控制等关键技术,以及中国开展太阳帆和空间大型展开结构的总体设计、空间展开、姿态控制、空间环境适应性等关键技术,提出了系统开展以太阳帆为代表的大型轻质展开结构研制与应用的建议。