Rigid-Flexible Coupled Dynamic and Control for Thermally Induced Vibration and Attitude Motion of a Spacecraft with Hoop-Truss Antenna

Abstract

As space exploration activities are developing rapidly, spacecraft with large antennas have gained wide acceptance in providing reliable telecommunications and astrophysical observations. In this paper, the dynamic responses and control strategy for a spacecraft with a large hoop-truss antenna under solar flux shock are studied. According to the momentum and angular momentum principle, the rigid-flexible coupled rotational dynamic equation and the translational dynamic equation of the system are established, which include the attitude motion of the rigid main body and the vibration of the antenna. Then, a finite element model of the antenna is established to analytically obtain the corresponding vibration modal shape matrix and natural frequencies. Last, the coupled responses for the attitude motion and vibration are investigated. The corresponding control strategy is designed based on a double-loop structure sliding mode control method. The Lyapunov method is used to demonstrate the global asymptotic stability of the system. Simulations verify the effectiveness of the proposed rigid-flexible coupled model and control strategy.

Thermal Analysis and Rigid-Flexible Coupling Dynamics of a Satellite with Membrane Antenna

“…Azimi and Joubaneh [23] studied the dynamic modeling and vibration control of spacecraft with a flexible appendage embedded with piezoelectric patches; the strain rate feedback control law is utilized to suppress the vibration of the flexible appendage. Liu et al [24] studied the dynamic responses and control strategy for a spacecraft with a large hoop-truss antenna under solar flux shock; the thermal flux is treated as an external excitation in this work, but the influence of thermal stress on the dynamic properties of the antenna structure is not considered. From the literature review, we can see that, in previous works, most investigations focused on spacecraft with regular-shaped flexible appendages, such as a beam, plate, or shell.…”