We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Chaotic oscillations of spacecraft with an elastic radially oriented tether.
- Authors
Aslanov, V.; Ledkov, A.
- Abstract
A mechanical system consisting of a spacecraft with weightless elastic tether and load is considered in the paper. The spacecraft motion under the action of tensile force of a radially oriented tether is investigated. It is shown that elastic tether oscillations can result in appearance of chaotic modes of spacecraft motion. By means of the Melnikov method a condition is obtained, allowing one to determine the measure of damping sufficient for prevention of these chaotic modes. The influence of system's mass-geometric and elastic characteristics on the form of phase portrait and on the value of periodic disturbance, caused by oscillations of the elastic vertical tether, is studied.
- Subjects
SPACE vehicle dynamics; COSMIC magnetic fields; GRAVITATIONAL fields; OSCILLATIONS; EARTH (Planet)
- Publication
Cosmic Research, 2012, Vol 50, Issue 2, p188
- ISSN
0010-9525
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S0010952512020013