STABILITY OF AN ELASTICALLY CONNECTED 2-BODY SPACE STATION BY THE PERTURBATION METHOD

Authors
GE ZM KU SC
Citation
Zm. Ge et Sc. Ku, STABILITY OF AN ELASTICALLY CONNECTED 2-BODY SPACE STATION BY THE PERTURBATION METHOD, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part G, Journal of aerospace engineering, 211(G3), 1997, pp. 193-208
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Aerospace Engineering & Tecnology","Engineering, Mechanical
Journal title
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part G, Journal of aerospace engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
09544100
Volume
211
Issue
G3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
193 - 208
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-4100(1997)211:G3<193:SOAEC2>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
This investigation deals with the stability, in a circular orbit, of a flexible space station consisting of two inertially identical rigid e nd bodies connected together by an elastic structure. The earth-pointi ng motion and the rotation with arbitrary initial angular velocity per pendicular to the orbital plane are studied by using the multiple-scal es technique. The first-order approximate analytical solution and the conditions of stability are obtained.