GLOBAL STABILITY OF A SHIELDED DUAL-SPIN SATELLITE

Authors
GE ZM CHEN HK
Citation
Zm. Ge et Hk. Chen, GLOBAL STABILITY OF A SHIELDED DUAL-SPIN SATELLITE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part G, Journal of aerospace engineering, 210(G1), 1996, pp. 53-63
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
210
Issue
G1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
53 - 63
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-4100(1996)210:G1<53:GSOASD>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Sufficient conditions for the global stabilities of equilibrium positi ons of a dual-spin satellite equipped with a cylindrical electrostatic screen normal to the circular equatorial orbital plane system under t he action of moments induced by the gravitational and Lorentz forces a re obtained by Liapunov's direct method. The problem is then studied w ith respect to all variables, including the angular velocity of the ro tor. The instabilities of the problem are solved by the first approxim ation theorem. Furthermore, sufficient conditions for the global stabi lity of rotation with arbitrary angular velocity for an axisymmetric d ual-spin satellite equipped with an electrostatic screen me presented by applying Liapunov's direct method.