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Main Authors: Cachim, Pedro, Kraus, Will, Manchester, Zachary, Lourenco, Pedro, Ventura, Rodrigo
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.07376
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author Cachim, Pedro
Kraus, Will
Manchester, Zachary
Lourenco, Pedro
Ventura, Rodrigo
author_facet Cachim, Pedro
Kraus, Will
Manchester, Zachary
Lourenco, Pedro
Ventura, Rodrigo
contents Recent spacecraft mission concepts propose larger payloads that have lighter, less rigid structures. For large lightweight structures, the natural frequencies of their vibration modes may fall within the attitude controller bandwidth, threatening the stability and settling time of the controller and compromising performance. This work tackles this issue by proposing an attitude control design paradigm of distributing momentum actuators throughout the structure to have more control authority over vibration modes. The issue of jitter disturbances introduced by these actuators is addressed by expanding the bandwidth of the attitude controller to suppress excess vibrations. Numerical simulation results show that, at the expense of more control action, a distributed configuration can achieve lower settling times and reduce structural deformation compared to a more standard centralized configuration.
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spellingShingle Optimal Attitude Control of Large Flexible Space Structures with Distributed Momentum Actuators
Cachim, Pedro
Kraus, Will
Manchester, Zachary
Lourenco, Pedro
Ventura, Rodrigo
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Systems and Control
Recent spacecraft mission concepts propose larger payloads that have lighter, less rigid structures. For large lightweight structures, the natural frequencies of their vibration modes may fall within the attitude controller bandwidth, threatening the stability and settling time of the controller and compromising performance. This work tackles this issue by proposing an attitude control design paradigm of distributing momentum actuators throughout the structure to have more control authority over vibration modes. The issue of jitter disturbances introduced by these actuators is addressed by expanding the bandwidth of the attitude controller to suppress excess vibrations. Numerical simulation results show that, at the expense of more control action, a distributed configuration can achieve lower settling times and reduce structural deformation compared to a more standard centralized configuration.
title Optimal Attitude Control of Large Flexible Space Structures with Distributed Momentum Actuators
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.07376