Formation flying for magnetic sails around artificial equilibrium points

This paper investigates the problem of magnetic sail-based spacecraft formation control around the artificial equilibrium points (AEPs), which can eliminate the requirement of the propellant. The thrusts are achieved by utilizing the interaction between the solar wind and the artificial magnetosphere generated by superconducting current coil onboard. The circular restricted three-body problem (CRTBP) of magnetic sail is discussed including the allowed regions and linear stability of AEPs, the locations of collinear AEPs and the possibility of existence of periodic orbits around the collinear AEPs. Next, the dynamical models of magnetic sail formation around the collinear AEPs are established. A novel fast fixed-time nonsingular terminal sliding mode controller (FFNTSM) based on fixed-time disturbance observer (FTDO) is developed to account for external disturbances. Several numerical simulations are conducted to substantiate that spacecraft formation can be precisely controlled by the proposed propellantless propulsion method in the presence of external disturbances.     

磁场作用下的TIG电弧行为分析

在磁流体动力学理论的基础上,针对外加纵向磁场作用下的钨极氩弧焊(TIG)电弧在旋转圆柱坐标系中建立了不同电流密度的数学模型.通过Fluent用户自定义函数进行编程开发,对其流场和电磁场进行耦合求解,得到了外加纵向磁场作用下的TIG电弧热场和流场的分布规律.结果 表明,纵向磁场作用下的TIG电孤温度场呈现空心钟罩形态,并...