The time optimal slewing problem for flexible spacecraft is considered. We study single-axis rotational maneuvers for a simple flexible system, consisting of a rigid hub with an elastic appendage. The equations of motions are derived by Hamilton’s Principle, and a discrete nonlinear model is obtained by the assumed modes method. The problem is first solved in a discrete linearized space by parameter optimization. Optimality is verified by Pontryagin’s Maximum Principle. The linear solutions are then used to obtain time optimal solutions for the non-linear problem by a multiple-shooting algorithm. Although this approach is applicable to arbitrary boundary conditions, this work is confined, almost exclusively, to rest-to-rest maneuvers. These maneuvers are shown to possess some interesting symmetric and asymptotic properties. The problem is further analyzed in infinite-dimensional space, and the convergence of the finite-dimensional approximations is studied. Finally, a soft version of the time optimal slewing problem is considered, where the control is bounded only by a penalty term in the cost functional. A perturbation technique is applied to further simplify this problem. / Ph. D.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/53910 |
| Date | January 1988 |
| Creators | Ben-Asher, Joseph Z. |
| Contributors | Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Cliff, Eugene M., Burns, John A., Lutze, Frederick H., Haftka, Raphael T., Bingulac, Stanoje, Herdman, Terry L. |
| Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation, Text |
| Format | xi, 137 leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Relation | OCLC# 18668952 |
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