Title :
Efficient Reorientation of a Deformable Body in Space: A Free-Free Beam Example
Author :
Kolmanovsky, Ilya V. ; McClamroch, N. Harris
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2140
Abstract :
It is demonstrated that the planar reorientation of a free-free beam in zero gravity space can be accomplished by periodically changing the shape of the beam using internal actuators. A control scheme is proposed in which electromechanical actuators excite the flexible motion of the beam so that it rotates in the desired manner with respect to a fixed inertial reference. The results can be viewed as an extension of previous work to a distributed parameter case.
Keywords :
Aerospace engineering; Continuous wavelet transforms; Couplings; Distributed parameter systems; Earth; Gravity; Mechanical systems; Piezoelectric actuators; Shape; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 1993
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0860-3
