Title :
System theory aspects of multi-body dynamics
Author_Institution :
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California
Abstract :
The spacecraft attitude dynamics and control problem is introduced as a broad class of nonlinear systems. Some of the basic properties of these systems are described from a system theory point of view. Various system theory concepts and research topics which have applicability to this class of systems are identified and briefly described. The subject of multibody dynamics is presented in a vector space setting and related to system theory concepts.
Keywords :
Aerodynamics; Attitude control; Control systems; Force control; Nonlinear control systems; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear systems; Space vehicles; Torque control;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control including the 17th Symposium on Adaptive Processes, 1978 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1978.267949
