Application of a magnetohydrodynamic element in the control loop of a rotating spacecraft with a spike antenna

The problem of stabilization of a rotating spacecraft with a flexible spike antenna located along the axis of spacecraft rotation is considered. A magnetohydrodynamic element is used as a final-control element in the control loop of spacecraft attitude, and the solar direction sensor serves as a measuring device. At the first stage of investigation, the problem of stability is considered for stationary and non-stationary modes of rotation of the spacecraft with a flexible antenna and with a cavity partially filled with a low-viscosity liquid.     

On the stability of stationary motions of a system of coaxial bodies

We consider the stability of stationary motions of a model of a spacecraft as a system of coaxial bodies with small asymmetry caused by the shift of the axes of dynamic symmetry of bodies relative to the axis of rotation. We determine the stationary motions of the system; their stability is studied with respect to both the projections of angular velocity and the position of the axis of rotation. The sufficient conditions for the stability of these stationary motions are obtained by constructing a Lyapunov function, and the necessary conditions are obtained by analyzing the corresponding linearized equations of perturbed motion.     

Application of a magnetohydrodynamic element in the control loop of a rotating spacecraft with cavities partially filled with liquid

This paper is a continuation of [1–3] and a generalization of the results for a rotating spacecraft with cavities partially filled with liquid and equipped with an operational magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) element in the loop of its attitude control. This element makes possible the creation of hingeless systems of stabilization and orientation that do not require rocket propellant consumption. The application of an MHD element is considered for stabilization in the mode of spin-up of a spacecraft not having gyroscopic stability.     

带空间机械臂的充液航天器姿态动力学研究

本文研究空间机械臂运动对充液航天器姿态的影响，讨论了利用机械臂调整充液航天器姿态问题、以及机械臂操作与航天器姿态稳定的协调问题。研究表明：影响充液航天器姿态的因素除了机械臂运动的路径，还有机械臂运动的时间、机械臂转角的变化规律、液体的粘性、质量和惯性张量等。其中机械臂运动时间的影响比较明显，而且机械臂运动得越慢对航天器姿态的影响越大。合理地选择机械臂操作时间和机械臂转角变化规律，可以实现机械臂操作     

Equilibrium attitude and stability of a spacecraft on a stationary orbit around an asteroid

The stationary orbits around an asteroid, if exist, can be used for communication and navigation purposes just as around the Earth. The equilibrium attitude and stability of a rigid spacecraft on a stationary orbit around a uniformly-rotating asteroid are studied. The linearized equations of attitude motion are obtained under the small motion assumption. Then, the equilibrium attitude is determined in both cases of a general and a symmetrical spacecraft. Due to the higher-order inertia integrals of the spacecraft, the equilibrium attitude is slightly away from zero Euler angles. Then necessary conditions of stability of this conservative system are analyzed based on the linearized equations of motion. The effects of different parameters, including the harmonic coefficients C₂₀ and C₂₂ of the asteroid and higher-order inertia integrals of the spacecraft, on the stability are assessed and compared. Due to the significantly non-spherical shape and rapid rotation of the asteroid, the effects of the harmonic coefficients C₂₀ and C₂₂ are very significant, while effects of the third- and fourth-order inertia integrals of the spacecraft can be neglected. Considering a spacecraft on a stationary orbit around an example asteroid, we show that the classical stability domain predicted by the Beletskii–DeBra–Delp method on a circular orbit in a central gravity field is modified due to the non-spherical mass distribution of the asteroid. Our results are confirmed by a numerical simulation.     

Maneuver planning of a rigid spacecraft with two skew control moment gyros

The attitude maneuver planning of a rigid spacecraft using two skew single-gimbal control moment gyros (CMGs) is investigated. First, two types of restrictions are enforced on the gimbal motions of two skew CMGs, with each restriction yielding continuous control torque along a principal axis of the spacecraft. Then, it is proved that any axis fixed to the spacecraft can be pointed along an arbitrary inertial direction by at most two sequent rotations around the two actuated axes. Given this fact, a two-step eigenaxis rotation strategy, executing by the two single-axis torques respectively, is designed to point a given body-fixed axis along a desired direction. Furthermore, a three-step eigenaxis rotation strategy is constructed to achieve an arbitrary rest-to-rest attitude maneuver. The rotation angles required for the single-axis pointing and arbitrary attitude maneuver schemes are all analytically solved. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.     

一种挠性航天器的对偶四元数姿轨耦合控制方法

为解决复杂的挠性航天器的姿轨控制问题,对于挠性航天器的姿轨耦合动力学建模与控制展开研究。基于对偶四元数原理,推导给出一套挠性航天器的姿轨一体化动力学模型。此种模型能够紧凑描述航天器的轨道和姿态,且能够自动引入航天器平动、转动与挠性附件振动三者之间的关联耦合作用。基于此模型设计了一种自适应位置姿态跟踪控制器,该控制器能够在航天器质量特性参数未知的情况下,对其位置和姿态进行轨迹跟踪控制,并使位置和姿态误差收敛。该自适应控制器还可对航天器上挠性附件对系统的耦合作用进行估计,进而在控制输出中对其进行补偿,提高卫星控制系统的稳定性。通过仿真对控制律进行校验,结果表明该控制律对挠性航天器控制效果良好,具有一定的工程应用参考价值。     

充液挠性航天器姿态机动控制的多目标优化

针对充液挠性航天器姿态快速机动、快速稳定的控制要求,为减小姿态机动对挠性附件振动和液体晃动的激发,设计了一种基于正弦型加加速度的姿态机动路径规划方法。为进一步提高姿态控制性能,提出了一种基于云多目标粒子群算法的姿态控制器参数和机动路径参数联合优化方法。以最小化充液挠性航天器三轴姿态达到指定指向精度的时间以及三轴姿态稳定度,构建多目标优化模型,并应用云多目标粒子群算法求取姿态控制器参数和机动路径参数的Pareto最优解。仿真结果表明:采用多目标联合优化算法得到的控制器与路径参数,能够有效减小液体晃动和挠性附件振动,显著提高充液挠性航天器大角度姿态机动的快速性和稳定性。     

挠性飞行器姿态控制系统鲁棒稳定性分析的区间矩阵方法

本文应用区间矩阵的理论,研究三轴稳定的挠性空间飞行器姿态控制系统的鲁棒稳定性分析问题。太阳帆板的转动、燃料消耗及动量轮的转速变化引起的不确定性被描述为区间矩阵的形式,几个相应的鲁棒稳定性定理被导出,一个实际算例说明了所给方法的应用过程。     

A Study of Oscillations near a Resonance during the Descent of a Spacecraft in the Atmosphere

An analysis of the stability of the resonance motion of a spacecraft with a small asymmetry during its descent in the atmosphere is carried out. In the vicinity of the main resonance, the action–angle variables are introduced and an equation of the variation of action is composed. A conclusion related to the stability of the resonance motion is made from the investigation of this equation. Sufficient conditions of stability of the resonance motion of a spacecraft are obtained and represented in a form convenient for analysis.     

The Effect of Dissipative Moments Caused by Liquid Body Viscosity on the Rotation Stability of a Space Object

The influence of dissipative forces in a viscous liquid that completely fills the cavities of a space object executing a rotational motion is analyzed. The Navier–Stokes equations are solved by expanding them into a series in terms of eigenfunctions of the boundary value problem on involving the resting liquid in rotation around the longitudinal axis of a cavity. The analytical solutions for coaxial cylindrical and concentric spherical cavities are obtained, in particular, for a straight circular cylinder and a sphere. The stability of the single-axis orientation of a space object filled with a viscous liquid is investigated. The dependences of rotation decay processes and drifts of the space object's longitudinal axis from a given direction are shown on the plane of constructive parameters.     

复杂结构充液航天器晃动动力学与姿态稳定性

复杂充液航天器的晃动及其对控制系统的影响是当前空间高技术的重要问题。 本文首先由力学变分原理导出充液复杂系统的方程式,其中包括流体力学方程和相应的边界条件,以及弹性连续介质力学方程;特别是,考虑了强毛细作用力的影响。其次,考查了微重条件下带有隔板的贮箱内的液体晃动、带有网孔隔板腔体内的液体晃动和粘弹性隔板对抑制晃动的作用。另外,本文将分析带有多腔充液自旋卫星的姿态稳定性,以及晃动、液体涡旋、贮箱偏置,能量耗散和哥氏加速度对卫星运动的影响。最后,讨论了多体系统充液挠性空间飞行器的稳定性问题。 同时,本文给出了数值计算结果和某些试验结果,并与理论分析作了对比。     

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。     

测量不确定的充液航天器自适应鲁棒容错控制

针对三轴稳定充液航天器控制系统中同时存在外部未知干扰,参数不确定,测量不确定和执行器部分失效故障的鲁棒容错姿态机动控制问题进行研究。首先将部分充液贮箱内的晃动液体燃料等效为粘性球摆模型,采用动量矩守恒定律推导出航天器的刚-液耦合动力学方程。然后将变结构控制策略结合范数自适应估计算法设计了自适应鲁棒容错控制器,其中设计的范数自适应控制算法用于有效估计由测量不确定产生的集总扰动的未知上界;自适应估计算法则用于有效估计贮箱内的液体晃动位移变量。提出的控制策略不依赖精确的故障信息,并且在故障信息值不确定的情况下可以实现期望的姿态机动任务。基于Lyapunov稳定性分析方法证明了容错闭环系统状态变量的一致最终有界性。采用数值方法验证了所提控制方法的有效性和鲁棒性。     

Determination of parameters of attitude motion of a small communication satellite using the data of measurements of current of solar panels

A communication satellite (small spacecraft) injected into a geosynchronous orbit is considered. Flywheel engines are used to control the rotational spacecraft motion. The spacecraft after the emergency situation has passed into a state of uncontrolled rotation. In this case, no direct telemetric information about parameters of its rotational motion was accessible. As a result, the problem arose to determine the rotational satellite motion according to the available indirect information: current taken from the solar panels. Telemetric measurements of solar panel current obtained on the time interval of a few hours were simultaneously processed by the least squares method integrating the equations of rotational satellite motion. We present the results of processing 10 intervals of the measurement data allowing one to determine the real rotational spacecraft motion and to estimate the total angular momentum of flywheel engines.     

多充液贮腔航天器耦合动力学与姿态控制

基于已有的质心面液体大幅晃动等效力学模型，采用拉格朗日方法，系统地建立了任意复杂激励下四贮腔航天器刚-液耦合动力学精确模型。由本文方法所得到的等效晃动力及晃动力矩与通过Flow3D计算出的相应结果吻合良好，验证了所建模型的可靠性。根据所建立的大幅晃动类充液航天器耦合系统动力学模型进一步研究了该类航天器在进行三轴稳定姿态机动时的主要动力学耦合特性，并设计了一类抑制姿态振荡的补偿控 制器。     

液体大幅晃动类等效力学模型研究

基于液体大幅晃动等效力学模型研究充液航天器动力学与控制问题。首先,发展并完善了模拟液体大幅晃动的运动脉动球模型（MPBM）,结合已有的液体大幅晃动运动规律和分析结论对MPBM的法向力的计算方法进行了改进;通过数值仿真结果与已有试验结果的对比证明了以上改进工作的有效性。然后,基于MPBM建立了携带多个充液储箱的航天器动力学模型,针对携带四个储箱的充液航天器进行姿态机动控制研究。研究结果表明,四个充液储箱的三种可能的空间布局对航天器姿态机动过程中的角速度、液体晃动力矩和控制力矩将产生不同的影响;此外,还研究了液体大幅晃动等效力学模型中液体晃动阻尼因素对航天器姿态机动控制的影响。     

Robust adaptive integrated translation and rotation control of a rigid spacecraft with control saturation and actuator misalignment

This paper handles the integrated translation and rotation tracking control problem of a rigid spacecraft with unknown mass property, actuator misalignment and control saturation. In view of the system natural coupling, the coupled translational and rotational dynamics of the spacecraft is developed, where a thruster configuration with installation misalignment is taken into account. By using anti-windup technique and backstepping philosophy, a robust adaptive integrated control scheme is proposed such that the spacecraft is able to track the command position and attitude signals in the presence of external disturbance, unknown mass property, thruster misalignment and control saturation. Within the Lyapunov framework, the uniformly ultimate boundedness of the system states is guaranteed. In particular, given the nominal case, the asymptotic convergence of the system states can be further ensured by the proposed control scheme. Finally, numerical simulation demonstrates the effect of the designed control strategy.     

微重力充液系统大幅晃动动力学及其在航天高技术中的应用

本文首先论述了在微重力环境下充液系统大幅晃动动力学的理论基础，其次阐明了它在充液航天器动力学与控制中的应用，最后分析了液体大幅晃动自由边界的确定以及数值稳定性等问题。