大型挠性航天器的鲁棒模型预测姿态控制

针对大型挠性航天器的三轴姿态控制问题,考虑了控制输入约束,设计了鲁棒模型预测姿态控制器。首先,将模型预测控制应用到不考虑扰动的标称挠性航天器系统中,通过求解优化问题推导预测控制律,从而得到三轴姿态的标称轨迹。然后,为有效处理大型挠性附件振动对中心刚体姿态造成的扰动,针对带有扰动的挠性航天器实际姿态控制系统,设计由最优状态与实际系统状态的误差构成的辅助反馈控制器,使实际系统状态维持在以标称轨迹为中心的“管道”(Tube)不变集内,并驱使实际系统状态到达标称轨迹上,最终沿着标称轨迹到达平衡点。仿真结果表明,在鲁棒模型预测控制的作用下,实现了姿态角的快速精确跟踪,有效地处理了由大挠性附件振动对中心刚体姿态产生的扰动,增强了系统的鲁棒性。     

挠性航天器混合H2/H∞输出反馈姿态控制（英文）

研究一类带有挠性附件的航天器的H2/H∞输出反馈姿态控制问题,所涉及的挠性航天器由刚性本体和挠性附件构成。由于挠性附件的振动和航天器本体姿态运动的耦合,再加之振动模态难以测量,对挠性航天器的姿态控制带来困难。针对该问题提出了基于H2/H∞理论的动态输出反馈控制器设计方法。动态输出反馈在模态变量不能测量的前提下也能有效控制航天器本体姿态,而H∞控制器具有很好的抗干扰能力,能有效抑制空间环境干扰力矩和模型不确定性对控制系统稳定性的影响。和纯H∞输出反馈控制算法相比,基于H2/H∞的设计同时提高系统的动态性能。数值仿真验证了所设计的控制方法对挠性航天器具有很好的姿态控制效果。     

ON THE CONTROL OF A NOVEL MANIPULATOR WITH SLEWING AND DEPLOYABLE LINKS

Control of an elastic space platform-based flexible manipulator with four links, two free to slew while the other two permitted to deploy, is studied using two procedures: (i) nonlinear Feedback Linearization Technique (FLT) applied to rigid degrees of freedom with flexible generalized coordinates passively regulated through coupling; (ii) rigid as well as flexible degrees of freedom controlled through FLT and Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR), respectively. Results suggest the FLT control to be quite effective even for flexible degrees of freedom. The combination of FLT and LQR further improves the controller's performance.     

Very large space structures: Non-linear control and robustness to structural uncertainties

Very Large Space Structures (VLSS) are challenging systems to be controlled, due to their high flexibility. In particular, rapid attitude maneuvers can determine great oscillations on the flexible elements of a spacecraft (solar wings, antennas, booms). On account of this, in the last decades many researchers have developed different strategies to effectively damp the elastic vibrations by means of active vibration devices (such as piezo-electric patches) or by means of robust control algorithms. The approach suggested in this paper is different, since neither additional devices nor complex control laws are introduced. In fact, the complete model of the system (including rigid, elastic and orbital dynamics, coupled with control actions) is controlled by the non-linear attitude controller named state dependent Riccati equation, which will be based on a simplified version of the spacecraft model. The task to reduce the mutual interaction between rigid attitude and flexible dynamics is entirely transferred to a modification of the desired trajectory that must be tracked. This command shaping technique is based on the knowledge of the parameters (inertial and elastics) of the VLSS. Unfortunately these parameters are not always exactly known and, however, they may change over the time. On account of this a Monte Carlo analysis has been also performed, showing the robustness of the proposed control strategy to the structural uncertainties. The numerical simulations prove that this strategy, based on the joint application of two well-known yet simple techniques, produces accurate and robust results.     

簇状卫星姿态控制方程的通用建模方法

当前卫星通常都由一个中心刚体和其他挠性附件构成，每个挠性附件都与中心刚体直接相连，组成了一个簇状的刚柔耦合的多体系统。随着挠性附件的数目的不同，卫星系统的拓扑构型也将有所不同。即使对于同一颗卫星而言，在展开过程的不同阶段，卫星系统具有不同的拓扑构型。本文利用柔性多体系统动力学的单向递推组集方法，提出了一套通用的解决方案，以推导具有不同拓扑构型的簇状卫星的姿态控制方程，得出了姿态控制方程的系数矩阵。     

挠性航天器大角度机动的变结构控制

考虑刚性主体上带有挠性梁的航天器 ,在建立挠性系统动力学模型的基础上 ,采用等速趋近率的滑模变结构控制策略进行大角度机动控制 ,并通过最优控制理论设计弹性稳态器 ,抑制由于刚体运动而激发的弹性振动 ,实现了旋转机动的同时 ,有效抑制弹性振动     

可变构型复合柔性结构航天器动力学建模研究

针对中心刚体加复合柔性结构类航天器采用混合坐标法和子结构模态综合法，建立了可变构型复合柔性结构航天器低阶动力学模型。获得的柔性动力学方程及其各类耦合系数矩阵，适用于全星级可变构型系统和部件级复合柔性附件系统的控制系统设计与仿真，该模型具有阶数低和工程实用的特点。     

Deployable space manipulator commanded by means of visual-based guidance and navigation

On orbit maneuvering of flexible space manipulators requires a special caution. In fact the task of reaching the desired configuration, and at the same time safely preserving the structure integrity and not perturbing the overall spacecraft attitude, is complicated by the extreme flexibility of the structure itself. For studying this problem, an experimental test bed is designed and realized at the Guidance and Navigation Laboratory at La Sapienza, University of Rome. In this paper, visual based techniques are considered as a valid option for the dual purpose of evaluating the control signals and monitoring the flexible behavior of the controlled structure. In fact the joint motors are controlled in order to reach a desired target taking the image of the target as acquired by a mobile camera mounted on the end effector of the manipulator, into account. The Image Based Visual Servoing is introduced together with the simple adaptive algorithm used for processing the acquired images. With respect to a more traditional terrestrial visual servoing, a control system based on a moving camera (a typical configuration in space applications) is particularly sensitive to the flexible vibrations of the arm links. In fact in the closed loop control scheme, an oscillating movement of the camera influences the image processing, which in turn influences control actions. Instability could arise if the flexible dynamics is not separated from the rigid motion. This paper shows that it is possible to evaluate the elastic properties of the complex multibody manipulator (flexibility of the link, elastic behavior of the joints, effects of nonstructural masses) thanks to the analysis of the image acquired.     

General background and approach to multibody dynamics for space applications

Multibody dynamics for space applications is dictated by space environment such as space-varying gravity forces, orbital and attitude perturbations, control forces if any. Several methods and formulations devoted to the modeling of flexible bodies undergoing large overall motions were developed in recent years.Most of these different formulations were aimed to face one of the main problems concerning the analysis of spacecraft dynamics namely the reduction of computer simulation time. By virtue of this, the use of symbolic manipulation, recursive formulation and parallel processing algorithms were proposed. All these approaches fall into two categories, the one based on Newton/Euler methods and the one based on Lagrangian methods; both of them have their advantages and disadvantages although in general, Newtonian approaches lend to a better understanding of the physics of problems and in particular of the magnitude of the reactions and of the corresponding structural stresses. Another important issue which must be addressed carefully in multibody space dynamics is relevant to a correct choice of kinematics variables. In fact, when dealing with flexible multibody system the resulting equations include two different types of state variables, the ones associated with large (rigid) displacements and the ones associated with elastic deformations. These two sets of variables have generally two different time scales if we think of the attitude motion of a satellite whose period of oscillation, due to the gravity gradient effects, is of the same order of magnitude as the orbital period, which is much bigger than the one associated with the structural vibration of the satellite itself. Therefore, the numerical integration of the equations of the system represents a challenging problem.This was the abstract and some of the arguments that Professor Paolo Santini intended to present for the Breakwell Lecture; unfortunately a deadly disease attacked him and shortly took him to death, leaving his work unfinished. In agreement with Astrodynamics Committee it was decided to prepare a paper based on some research activities that Paolo Santini performed during almost 50 years in the aerospace field. His researches spanned many arguments, encompassing flexible space structures, to optimization, stability analysis, thermal analysis, smart structure, etc. just to mention the ones more related to the space field (Paolo Santini was also one the pioneers of the studies of composite wing structures, aeroelasticity and unsteady aerodynamics for aeronautical applications). Following notes have been prepared by Paolo Gasbarri who was one of Paolo Santini collaborators for almost 15 years, they will attempt to offer a sketch of Professor Santini's activity by focusing on three main topics: the stability of flexible spacecrafts, the dynamics of multibody systems and the use of the smart structure technology for the space applications.     

带挠性附件卫星的模型化及截断

本文给出了具有中心刚体和P个挠性附件的空间飞行器姿态动力学方程式,并用约束和非约束两种模态展开,得到时域求解的状态方程式和频域中的增广姿态角对控制力矩的逆传递函数阵。推导中考虑了挠性附件对中心刚体的相对运动。本文还给出了两种模态恒等式,其中之一可用来做控制系统分析时截断高阶方程式的截断准则。     

用Kane方法建立的空间站大型伸展机构柔性多体动力学模型

本文采用Ｋａｎｅ方法建立了空间站大型伸展机构柔性多体系统动力学模型。该模型考虑了系统的轨道运动、姿态运动、构件伸展运动和构件弹性运动，通过约束矩阵建立系统的约束关系，所得方程具有程式化特点，便于计算机编程。该模型还可适用于空间飞行器、地面车辆、复杂机械等多体系统。     

Determination of kinematic state of an orbiting multibody using GNSS signals

Precise attitude determination of the members of a free-flying multibody system is a not so immediate task, due essentially to the large motion of its appendages coupled with their relevant flexibility effects. In fact, sensors used to this aim in current projects, such as optical encoders usually positioned near the joints of each arm, are almost blind to these effects, and clusters of specific redundant sensors should, therefore, be required in order to reconstruct both elastic deformations and rigid motion.Satellite navigation systems (GNSS) offer a suitable and reliable solution to this problem. To exploit the phase of the signal, instead of the traditional pseudo random code, ensures a very high accuracy of the order of magnitude of centimeter. Such a process requires the solution of an initial ambiguity problem, related to the number of integer wavelength included in the length of the member.The aim of the paper is to investigate the capability of this GNSS based technique to reconstruct the kinematics of a flexible multibody system orbiting around the Earth. This analysis requires a simulation including both the multibody dynamics and the navigation system constellation to define the satellites lines-of-sight at each time step.Concerning multibody equations of motion, a Newtonian formulation is adopted in this work. A special attention is required about the choice of the state variables. As the internal forces are associated to the relative displacements between the bodies, which are small fractions of the distance of the multibody spacecraft from the center of the Earth, the task of obtaining these forces from inertial coordinates could be impossible from a numerical point of view. So, the problem is reformulated in such a way that the equation of motion of the system contains global equations, with no internal forces, and local equations, with internal forces. In the latter, only quantities of the same order of the spacecraft dimensions are present.Accuracies achievable in LEO orbit with current GPS and upcoming Galileo systems are evaluated to show the interest of the proposed technique.     

柔性航天器预设性能及时间自抗扰姿轨跟踪控制

针对柔性航天器的姿轨机动及跟踪控制问题,首先基于模块化的多体动力学建模方法在SE(3)框架下建立柔性航天器的姿-轨-结构一体化动力学模型,其中航天器的位置、姿态使用李群SE(3)上的指数坐标来描述,然后进一步推导其相对动力学模型。在此基础上提出一种基于预定义性能及时间的积分滑模跟踪控制方法,通过引入预定义时间扰动观测器估计柔性附件弹性振动及空间环境的扰动,并在控制律中加入扰动估计结果的前馈补偿项,通过Lyapunov理论证明了系统的闭环稳定性和跟踪误差收敛性。该算法通过对状态误差的实时监测来调整执行器的输出,使控制器在系统存在柔性振动及空间环境干扰的情况下仍可实现高精度的姿轨跟踪。将其应用至柔性航天器姿轨跟踪系统中,仿真结果表明了该控制方案的有效性和实用性。     

Operational modal analysis via image based technique of very flexible space structures

Vibrations represent one of the most important topics of the engineering design relevant to flexible structures. The importance of this problem increases when a very flexible system is considered, and this is often the case of space structures. In order to identify the modal characteristics, in terms of natural frequencies and relevant modal parameters, ground tests are performed. However, these parameters could vary due to the operative conditions of the system. In order to continuously monitor the modal characteristics during the satellite lifetime, an operational modal analysis is mandatory. This kind of analysis is usually performed by using classical accelerometers or strain gauges and by properly analyzing the acquired output. In this paper a different approach for the vibrations data acquisition will be performed via image-based technique. In order to simulate a flexible satellite, a free flying platform is used; the problem is furthermore complicated by the fact that the overall system, constituted by a highly rigid bus and very flexible panels, must necessarily be modeled as a multibody system. In the experimental campaign, the camera, placed on the bus, will be used to identify the eigenfrequencies of the vibrating structure; in this case aluminum thin plates simulate very flexible solar panels. The structure is excited by a hammer or studied during a fast attitude maneuver. The results of the experimental activity will be investigated and compared with respect to the numerical simulation obtained via a FEM-multibody software and the relevant results will be proposed and discussed.     

充液挠性多体航天器的变结构控制

本文首先给出了充液中心刚体上铰接有多个挠性附件的开链多体系统的简化动力学方程，并以跟踪与数据中继卫星为例，用变结构控制方法设计了系统的控制器。控制任务是驱动单址天线使之精确地跟踪期望的运动规律，同时保持星体稳定，并且有效地抑制弹性附件的振动。数值算例证明了所设计控制规律的有效性。     

一种带精确补偿的卫星姿态快速机动控制方法

针对挠性卫星姿态敏捷机动中,挠性模态和星体转动惯量不确知,进而影响前馈补偿的有效性的问题,提出一种将非线性状态观测器和转动惯量辨识相结合的精确补偿控制方法。证明了一般挠性卫星动力学的非线性项满足Lipschtiz条件,可引入非线性观测器,实现了挠性模态的准确估计。设计了一种基于角速度最优阶拟合的转动惯量校正方法,进一步提高前馈补偿的精度和姿态机动的快速性。数学仿真对比结果表明：本文所提的精确补偿控制方法,能够有效减少挠性附件振动和转动惯量不准确对姿态控制的影响,提高姿态控制的响应速度,满足挠性卫星机动过程的快速性和稳定性,适用于挠性卫星的姿态敏捷机动控制。     

小推力推进系统起动过程的分析

本文对小推力推进系统各部件建立了数学模型，并对此系统进行了数值计算。计算结果表明，在燃烧时滞较大时，该系统响应较慢，发动机参数的超调量较大，达到稳态所需的时间较长；轨控发动机与姿控发动机共用同一个供应系统时，姿控发动机受燃烧时滞的影响更大。减小燃烧时滞有利于提高发动机在起动过程的响应能力和稳定性。在起动阶段，高室压推进系统比低室压推进系统响应快，高室压轨控发动机的参数能较快地稳定下来，但其超调量较大；高室压姿控发动机虽然响应快，但其超调量大，达到稳态所需的时间长于低室压姿控发动机。本文所得结论为提高小推力推进系统在起动过程的响应能力提供了参考。     

带柔性伸杆小卫星振动控制的半物理仿真实验

在空间探测任务中,为了避免卫星平台剩磁对空间待测信息的干扰影响,需采用轻质的伸杆机构支撑各类探测载荷远离卫星本体,而伸杆的弹性振动不可避免地会耦合作用到卫星本体,从而降低卫星本体的姿态控制精度和稳定度。针对此问题,提出了一种基于伸杆最优指令整形结合本体自适应扰动抑制滤波器的复合振动控制策略,即采用指令整形技术抑制柔性伸杆的弹性振动,同时设计自适应扰动抑制滤波器进一步抵消柔性伸杆残余振动对本体的干扰影响,最后在搭建的半物理仿真实验平台上对控制方法进行了实验验证。结果表明：此方法在有效抑制柔性伸杆残余振动的基础上,通过干扰抵消和抑制的控制策略可显著提高此类航天器的姿态控制精度和稳定度。