Hamiltonian structure and relative equilibria of an axisymmetric rigid body in a second degree and order gravity field: cylindrical and generalized hyperbolic equilibria

The full dynamics of an axisymmetric rigid body in a uniformly rotating second degree and order gravity field are investigated, where orbit and attitude motions of the body are coupled through the gravity. Compared with the classical orbital dynamics with the body considered as a point mass, the full dynamics is a higher-precision model in close proximity of the central body where the gravitational orbit–attitude coupling is significant, such as a spacecraft about a small asteroid or an irregular-shaped natural satellite about a planet. The full dynamics are modeled by using the non-canonical Hamiltonian structure, in terms of variables expressed in the frame fixed with the central body. A Poisson reduction is carried out by means of the axial symmetry of the body, and a reduced system with lower dimension, as well as its non-canonical Hamiltonian structure and equations of motion, is obtained through the reduction process. With the second-order potential, three types of relative equilibria are found to be possible: cylindrical equilibria, generalized hyperbolic equilibria, and conic equilibria, which are counterparts to cylindrical equilibria, hyperbolic equilibria, and conic equilibria of an axisymmetric rigid body in a spherical gravity field, respectively. The geometrical properties and existence of the cylindrical equilibria and generalized hyperbolic equilibria are investigated in detail. It has been found that compared with the classical results in a spherical gravity field, the relative equilibria in this study are more complicated and diverse. The most significant difference is that the non-spherical gravity field enables the existence of non-Lagrangian hyperbolic equilibria, called generalized hyperbolic, which cannot exist in a spherical gravity.     

Analytical method for the attitude stability of partially liquid filled spacecraft with flexible appendage

In this paper, the attitude stability of liquid-filled spacecraft with flexible appendage is investigated. The motion of liquid sloshing is modeled as the spherical pen-dulum, and the flexible appendage is approached by a linear shearing beam. Nonlinear dynamic equations of the coupled system are derived from the Hamiltonian. The stability of the coupled system was analyzed by using the energy-Casimir method, and the nonlinear stability theorem of the coupled spacecraft system was also obtained. Through numerical computation, the correctness of the proposed theorem is verified and the boundary curves of the stable region are presented. The increase of the angular velocity and flexible attachment length will weaken the attitude stability, and the change of the filled ratio of liquid fuel tank has a different influence on the stability of the coupled spacecraft, depend-ing on the different conditions. The attitude stability analysis of the coupled spacecraft system in this context is useful for selecting appropriate parameters in the complex spacecraft design.     

非自旋航天器混沌姿态运动及其参数开闭环控制

研究万有引力场中受大气阻力且存在结构内阻尼的非自旋航天器在椭圆轨道上平面天平动的混沌及其参数开闭环控制问题．在建立数学模型的基础上确定出现混沌的必要条件并数值验证混沌的存在性，提出非线性振动系统混沌运动的参数开闭环控制并应用于控制航天器的混沌姿态运动．     

Dirac reduction of binary asteroid systems with symmetry and stability of relative equilibria

In this paper, we study symmetry reduction for a binary asteroid system modeled by a rigid body and a particle. In particular, we demonstrate how translational and rotational symmetry reduction appeared in the binary asteroid system can be carried out in the context of Dirac reduction by stages and with the associated reduction of implicit Hamiltonian systems. Then we investigate stability of relative equilibria of the asteroid pair and show stability regions by using the energy-momentum method. Lastly, we illustrate some numerical simulations for stable and unstable orbits near from relative equilibria of the Collinear and T configurations.     

Orbit and attitude control of spacecraft formation flying

Formation flying is a novel concept of distributing the functionality of large spacecraft among several smaller, less expensive, cooperative satellites. Some applications require that a controllable satellite keeps relative position and attitude to observe a specific surface of another satellite among the cluster. Specially, the target space vehicle is malfunctioning. The present paper focuses on the problem that how to control a chaser satellite to fly around an out-of-work target satellite closely in earth orbit and to track a specific surface. Relative attitude and first approximate relative orbital dynamics equations are presented. Control strategy is derived based on feedback linearization and Lyapunov theory of stability. Further, considering the uncertainty of inertia, an adaptive control method is developed to obtain the correct inertial ratio. The numerical simulation is given to verify the validity of proposed control scheme.     

Asteroid debris: Temporary capture and escape orbits

We investigate the dynamical behaviour of debris ejected from the surface of an asteroid, due to a generic – natural or artificial – surface process. We make an extensive statistical study of the dynamics of particles flowing from the asteroid. We observe different behaviours: particles which fall again on the asteroid surface, or rather escape from its gravitational field or are temporary trapped in orbit around the asteroid. The tests are made by varying different parameters, like the size of the asteroid, its eccentricity, the angular velocity of the asteroid, the area-to-mass ratio of the debris.We also extend the study to the case of a sample of binary asteroids with a mass ratio equal to 10⁻³; we vary the distance of the moonlet from the asteroid, to see its effect on the debris dynamics.Our simulations aim to identify regions where the debris can temporarily orbit around the asteroid or rather escape from it or fall back on the surface. These results give an important information on where a spacecraft could be safely stay after the end of the process which has produced the debris.     

Averaging analyses for spacecraft orbital motions around asteroids

This paper summarizes a few cases of spacecraft orbital motion around asteroid for which averaging method can be applied, i.e., when central body rotates slowly, fast, and when a spacecraft is near to the resonant orbits between the spacecraft mean motion and the central body＇s rotation. Averaging conditions for these cases are given. As a major extension, a few classes of near resonant orbits are analyzed by the averaging method. Then some resulted conclusions of these averaging analyses are applied to understand the stabil- ity regions in a numerical experiment. Some stability conclu- sions are obtained. As a typical example, it is shown in detail that near circular 1 ： 2 resonant orbit is always unstable.     

Hamiltonian structures of dynamics of a gyrostat in a gravitational field

The dynamics of a gyrostat in a gravitational field is a fundamental problem in celestial mechanics and space engineering. This paper investigates this problem in the framework of geometric mechanics. Based on the natural symplectic structure, non-canonical Hamiltonian structures of this problem are derived in different sets of coordinates of the phase space. These different coordinates are suitable for different applications. Corresponding Poisson tensors and Casimir functions, which govern the phase flow and phase space structures of the system, are obtained in a differential geometric method. Equations of motion, as well as expressions of the force and torque, are derived in terms of potential derivatives. We uncover the underlying Lie group framework of the problem, and we also provide a systemic approach for equations of motion. By assuming that the gravitational field is axis-symmetrical and central, SO(2) and SO(3) symmetries are introduced into the general problem respectively. Using these symmetries, we carry out two reduction processes and work out the Poisson tensors of the reduced systems. Our results in the central gravitational filed are in consistent with previous results. By these reductions, we show how the symmetry of the problem affects the phase space structures. The tools of geometric mechanics used here provide an access to several powerful techniques, such as the determination of relative equilibria on the reduced system, the energy-Casimir method for determining the stability of equilibria, the variational integrators for greater accuracy in the numerical simulation and the geometric control theory for control problems.     

航天器姿态动力学中的稳定性、分岔和混沌

讨论航天器姿态动力学中的若干非线性问题．总结了多刚体、柔性体和充液体航天器姿态 稳定性的研究成果．综述了航天器姿态运动的分岔和混沌的研究进展．展望了该领域的发展趋势．     

燃料大幅晃动等几何分析仿真及航天器耦合动力学研究

现代航天器肩负许多周期长且复杂的航天任务,通常需要携带大量的液体燃料.贮箱中液体燃料大幅晃动会严重影响航天器的姿态稳定性和控制精度,是现代航天器耦合动力学建模和精确控制研究的重要问题.本文提出了一种新的液体大幅晃动数值仿真方法,采用等几何分析方法对贮箱内气体和液体整体进行建模和空间离散,采用压力修正的分步法对控制方程进行时间离散,结合水平集方法划分气体和液体区域并且实时追踪液体晃动自由面.提出了一种质量修正方法以消除水平集函数演化产生的液体质量误差.基于燃料大幅晃动等几何分析仿真方法,对携带太阳能帆板的充液航天器进行动力学建模和耦合运动数值仿真.对于太阳能帆板的振动问题则采用Kirchhoff-Love板理论建模和模态分析法数值求解.通过将数值仿真结果与解析解对比,证明了本文给出方法的正确性.本文还对燃料大幅晃动下的航天器刚-液-柔耦合运动进行了数值仿真,发现液体晃动对航天器的姿态变化和结构振动的幅值和频率具有不可忽视的影响.     

Motion stability dynamics for spacecraft coupled with partially filled liquid container

This paper presents a canonical Hamiltonian model of liquid sloshing for the container coupled with spacecraft. Elliptical shape of rigid body is considered as spacecraft structure. Hamiltonian system is an important form of mechanical system. It mostly used to stabilize the potential shaping of dynamical system. Free surface movement of liquid inside the container is called sloshing. If there is uncontrolled resonance between the motion of tank and liquid-frequency inside the tank then such sloshing can be a reason of attitude disturbance or structural damage of spacecraft. Equivalent mechanical model of simple pendulum or mass attached with spring for sloshing is used by many researchers. Mass attached with spring is used as an equivalent model of sloshing to derive the mathematical equations in terms of Hamiltonian model. Analytical method of Lyapunov function with Casimir energy function is used to find the stability for spacecraft dynamics. Vertical axial rotation is taken as the major axial steady rotation for the moving rigid body.     

The stochastic energy-Casimir methodLa méthode d'énergie-Casimir stochastique

In this paper, we extend the energy-Casimir stability method for deterministic Lie–Poisson Hamiltonian systems to provide sufficient conditions for stability in probability of stochastic dynamical systems with symmetries. We illustrate this theory with classical examples of coadjoint motion, including the rigid body, the heavy top, and the compressible Euler equation in two dimensions. The main result is that stable deterministic equilibria remain stable in probability up to a certain stopping time that depends on the amplitude of the noise for finite-dimensional systems and on the amplitude of the spatial derivative of the noise for infinite-dimensional systems.     

基于修正型罗德里格斯参数的三维刚体摆姿态控制

3D 刚体摆是研究地球静止轨道航天器的一个力学简化模型, 它绕一个固定、无摩擦的支点旋转, 具有3 个转动自由度. 文章给出基于修正型罗德里格斯(Rodrigues) 参数描述的3D 刚体摆的姿态动力学方程, 针对3D 刚体摆姿态和角速度稳定的非线性控制设计问题, 基于无源性控制理论利用能量法设计了3D 刚体摆的系统控制器, 并证明了系统满足无源性. 构造了系统的李雅普诺夫(Lyapunov) 函数, 利用能量法设计出3D 刚体摆的姿态控制律, 并由拉萨尔(LaSalle) 不变集原理证明了该控制律的渐近稳定性. 仿真实验给出了3D 刚体摆在倒立平衡位置的姿态和角速度的渐近稳定性, 仿真实验结果表明基于能量方法的3D 刚体摆姿态控制是有效的.     

Displaced orbits generated by solar sails for the hyperbolic and degenerated cases

Displaced non-Keplerian orbits above planetary bodies can be achieved by orientating the solar sail normal to the sun line. The dynamical systems techniques are employed to analyze the nonlinear dynamics of a displaced orbit and different topologies of equilibria are yielded from the basic configurations of Hill’s region, which have a saddlenode bifurcation point at the degenerated case. The solar sail near hyperbolic or degenerated equilibrium is quite unstable. Therefore, a controller preserving Hamiltonian structure is presented to stabilize the solar sail near hyperbolic or degenerated equilibrium, and to generate the stable Lissajous orbits that stay stable inside the stabilizing region of the controller. The main contribution of this paper is that the controller preserving Hamiltonian structure not only changes the instability of the equilibrium, but also makes the modified elliptic equilibrium become unique for the controlled system. The allocation law of the controller on the sail’s attitude and lightness number is obtained, which verifies that the controller is realizable.     

万有引力场中带挠性板非轴对称航天器的姿态稳定性

本文讨论由非轴对称主刚体和矩形挠性板组成的航天器在万有引力场中的姿态运动。利用Ｇａｌｅｒｋｉｎ方法对动力学方程离散化，并利用Ｋｅｌｖｉｎ－Ｔａｉｔ－Ｃｈｅｔａｙｅｖ定理判断航天器在轨道坐标系内相对平衡的稳定性。导出适用于任意阶模态的解析形式稳定性充分条件。     

Modelling, Dynamics and Control of Tethered Satellite Systems

Tethered satellite systems (TSS) pose quite challenging problems concerning their modelling, derivation of the equations of motion, numerical simulation of their dynamics, deciding on stability of relative equilibria provided the system moves on a circular orbit around the Earth and the occurrence of chaotic dynamics. Moreover, for the processes of deployment or retrieval of one satellite from or to another satellite certain control strategies, for example time or energy optimal control, are necessary. All these problems are considered in this paper.     

含间隙铰接的柔性航天器刚柔耦合动力学与控制研究

大型柔性航天器展开锁定后,运动副中仍存在大量无法消除的间隙. 铰链间隙直接影响柔性航天器的姿态 运动和有效载荷的指向精度及稳定度,会对航天器的动力学特性造成较大的影响. 针对这一问题, 提出一种含间隙铰 接的航天器刚柔耦合动力学建模与控制方法. 首先建立含间隙的铰链精确动力学模型,从而构建含间隙铰接的柔性结构 动力学模型. 然后利用哈密顿原理和模态离散方法,建立含间隙铰接柔性航天器离散形式的刚柔耦合非线性动力学 模型,采用 Newmark 算法对非线性动力学方程进行求解. 基于压电纤维复合材料 (macro fiber composite, MFC) 驱动器 构建航天器的刚-柔-电耦合动力学方程,采用最优控制设计控制律. 分析了铰链参数、中心刚体转动惯量、间隙尺寸和间隙数目对航天器动力学特性的影响,着重研究了铰链间隙对航天器姿态运动和结构振动的影响作用. 最后采用 MFC 驱动器对航天器施加主动控制. 结果表明,铰链参数和中心刚体转动惯量影响航天器的固有频率;随着铰链间隙尺寸的增大及间隙数目的增多,航天器的整体刚度逐渐减小,而航天器的姿态角和振动位移响应不断增大;通过基于 MFC 的主动控制,能够实现含间隙铰接航天器姿态运动与结构振动的协同控制,并缓解间隙对系统动态特性造成的影响.      

DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF RIGID-FLEXIBLE COUPLING FLEXIBLE SPACECRAFT WITH JOINT CLEARANCE1)

大型柔性航天器展开锁定后,运动副中仍存在大量无法消除的间隙. 铰链间隙直接影响柔性航天器的姿态 运动和有效载荷的指向精度及稳定度,会对航天器的动力学特性造成较大的影响. 针对这一问题, 提出一种含间隙铰 接的航天器刚柔耦合动力学建模与控制方法. 首先建立含间隙的铰链精确动力学模型,从而构建含间隙铰接的柔性结构 动力学模型. 然后利用哈密顿原理和模态离散方法,建立含间隙铰接柔性航天器离散形式的刚柔耦合非线性动力学 模型,采用 Newmark 算法对非线性动力学方程进行求解. 基于压电纤维复合材料 (macro fiber composite, MFC) 驱动器 构建航天器的刚-柔-电耦合动力学方程,采用最优控制设计控制律. 分析了铰链参数、中心刚体转动惯量、间隙尺寸和间隙数目对航天器动力学特性的影响,着重研究了铰链间隙对航天器姿态运动和结构振动的影响作用. 最后采用 MFC 驱动器对航天器施加主动控制. 结果表明,铰链参数和中心刚体转动惯量影响航天器的固有频率;随着铰链间隙尺寸的增大及间隙数目的增多,航天器的整体刚度逐渐减小,而航天器的姿态角和振动位移响应不断增大;通过基于 MFC 的主动控制,能够实现含间隙铰接航天器姿态运动与结构振动的协同控制,并缓解间隙对系统动态特性造成的影响.     

具有刚-柔-液-控耦合的航天器动力学研究进展

从现代复杂航天器姿态非线性动力学、液体燃料晃动动力学与控制问题、航天器刚-柔耦合系统动力学建模问题、航天器刚-液耦合动力学、航天器刚-柔-液-控耦合动力学、充液航天器实验问题等方面概述了近年来国内外在充液航天器多体耦合动力学相关领域的最新研究进展. 分别从液体燃料晃动动力学建模问题、航天器刚-柔-液-控耦合系统非线性理论和方法、计算机数值仿真及物理实验问题等方面展望了有待进一步加强的研究课题.     

Dynamics of Relative Phases: Generalised Multibreathers

For small Hamiltonian perturbation of a Hamiltonian systemof arbitrary number of degrees of freedom with anormally non-degenerate submanifold of periodic orbits we construct a nearbysubmanifold and an `effective Hamiltonian' on it such that the differencebetween the two Hamiltonian vector fields is small. The effective Hamiltonianis independent of one coordinate, the `overall phase', and hence thecorresponding action is preserved. Unlike standard averaging approaches,critical points of our effective Hamiltonian subject to given actioncorrespond to exact periodic solutions. We prove there has to be at least acertain number of these critical points given by global topological principles.The linearisation of the effective Hamiltonian about critical points is provedto give the linearised dynamics for the full system to leading order in theperturbation. Hence in the case of distinct eigenvalues which move at non-zerospeed with ,the linear stability type of the periodic orbit can be read offfrom the effective Hamiltonian. Our principal application is to networks ofoscillators or rotors where many such submanifolds of periodic orbits occurat the uncoupled limit – simply excite a number N 2 of the units inrational frequency ratio and put the others on equilibria, subject to anon-resonance condition. The resulting exact periodic solutions for weakcoupling are known as multibreathers. We call the approximate solutions givenby the effective Hamiltonian dynamics, `generalised multibreathers'. Theycorrespond to solutions which look periodic on a short time scale but therelative phases of the excited units may evolve slowly. Extensions aresketched to travelling breathers and energy exchange between degrees offreedom.