Formulation of Stability Conditions for Systems Containing Driven Rotors
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Authors
Ross, I. Michael
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1996-03
Date
March - April 1996
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en_US
Abstract
The much maligned energy-sink analysis is revisited to derive stability conditions for a dual-spin spacecraft that is subjected to possible energy additions by the motor torque. Landon's old idea of subtracting the work done by the motor torque from the energy function is applied to the case when both the platform and the rotor are
quasirigid. This is made possible by way of a separation axiom that allows one to obtain an expression for the motor torque. It is shown that this process leads naturally to a symmetric stability condition expressible in terms of Hubert's core energy.
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Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics
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Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California.
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Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 19, No. 2, Pgs. 305-308, March - April 1996
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.