The following is a study of an attitude control system (ACS) for a low earth orbit
nanosatellite. Control actuation is applied using three reaction wheels and three mutually
orthogonal current-driven magnetorquers which produce torques by interacting
with the earth’s magnetic field. Control torques are distributed amongst the actuators
allowing them to work together in concert. This type of control is referred to as hybrid
magnetic attitude control. To account for the nearly periodic behavior of the earth’s
magnetic field, control torques are assigned using periodic and optimal control theory.
The primary focus is to apply the time-varying Linear Quadratic Regulator controller to
test the stability and energy consumption of the ACS when reaction wheels are removed
from the control law, or are simulated to be missing. Other situations studied include
the effects of control saturation, introducing uncertainty in the orbital inclination, and
observing performance as the number of magnetic coils is increased.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/17711 |
| Date | 22 September 2009 |
| Creators | Seth, Nitin |
| Contributors | Damaren, Christopher John |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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