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.      

大型柔性航天器动力学与振动控制研究进展

随着航天重大工程的逐步实施,航天器正朝着超高速、超大尺度、多功能的方向发展,其面临的发射和运行环境也更加恶劣.航天器发射过程中的振动及其主/被动控制、在轨运行中大型柔性航天器动力学建模与动态响应分析、结构振动与飞行器姿态的混合控制等问题越来越复杂且难于处理;航天器结构的大型化和柔性化(如大阵面天线和太阳翼等)也对其地面试验和半实物仿真提出了挑战.本文着重介绍大型柔性航天器涉及到的动力学与振动控制问题,包括航天器发射过程中的整星隔振,大型柔性结构动力学建模与振动响应分析,大型柔性航天器的结构振动与姿轨控耦合动力学及其混合控制等.提炼出航天动力学与控制领域中亟待解决的若干基础科学问题,包括:多刚柔体系统动力学建模与模型降阶(涉及大变形柔性体动力学建模、多求解器合作仿真、模型降阶、组合结构动力学建模的解析方法等);复杂结构状态空间模型构建方法与能控性(涉及状态空间模型构建的理论与实验方法、复杂结构振动控制系统的能观性与能控性等);航天器姿态运动与大型柔性结构振动的混合控制律设计(涉及姿态机动与结构振动的鲁棒混合控制、执行机构与压电控制器的协同控制等).      

UNCONSTRAINED MODAL ANALYSIS OF DYNAMIC MODEL OF FLEXIBLE SPACECRAFT$^{\bf 1)}$

挠性航天器动力学建模中的挠性耦合影响系数是动力学建模中的重要力学概念,它反映了航天器姿态和轨道运动与挠性附件的弹性振动效应. 挠性耦合影响系数间的恒等式关系,即惯性完备性准则,是挠性航天器动力学模型降阶和模态截断的重要依据. 以中心刚体带挠性附件航天器为研究对象,采用约束模态和非约束模态法描述挠性附件结构变形,利用欧拉-拉格朗日方程建立挠性航天器的动力学模型. 基于 Hughes 的研究成果,对挠性航天器的非约束模态恒等式及其用于动力学模型降阶的惯性完备性准则进行了证明和应用研究. 探讨了两种动力学模型惯量间的关系,并利用约束模态惯性完备性准则,推导了非约束模态惯性完备性准则. 最后,对中心刚体带双侧太阳帆板和带单侧太阳帆板构成的挠性航天器模型进行数值仿真计算,求出挠性附件非约束模态平动耦合系数,分析了非约束模态特征值和平动耦合系数随着刚柔质量比的变化情况,并尝试用非约束模态惯性完备性准则的质量特征恒等式对挠性航天器模型进行了检验.     

挠性航天器动力学模型的非约束模态分析

挠性航天器动力学建模中的挠性耦合影响系数是动力学建模中的重要力学概念,它反映了航天器姿态和轨道运动与挠性附件的弹性振动效应. 挠性耦合影响系数间的恒等式关系,即惯性完备性准则,是挠性航天器动力学模型降阶和模态截断的重要依据. 以中心刚体带挠性附件航天器为研究对象,采用约束模态和非约束模态法描述挠性附件结构变形,利用欧拉-拉格朗日方程建立挠性航天器的动力学模型. 基于 Hughes 的研究成果,对挠性航天器的非约束模态恒等式及其用于动力学模型降阶的惯性完备性准则进行了证明和应用研究. 探讨了两种动力学模型惯量间的关系,并利用约束模态惯性完备性准则,推导了非约束模态惯性完备性准则. 最后,对中心刚体带双侧太阳帆板和带单侧太阳帆板构成的挠性航天器模型进行数值仿真计算,求出挠性附件非约束模态平动耦合系数,分析了非约束模态特征值和平动耦合系数随着刚柔质量比的变化情况,并尝试用非约束模态惯性完备性准则的质量特征恒等式对挠性航天器模型进行了检验.      

航天器太阳帆板振动抑制的输入整形方法研究

利用输入整形与PD(比例微分)控制相结合的主动振动控制策略,在保证航天器完成三轴姿态机动的同时抑制太阳帆板的振动。首先,基于角动量定律和拉格朗日法建立了带挠性太阳帆板航天器的动力学模型。然后,在动力学模型的基础上,采用PD控制作为航天器三轴姿态机动的控制策略,利用挠性太阳帆板各阶模态的固有频率和阻尼比得到系统的输入整形器,对原始姿态机动的脉冲进行输入整形前馈控制,以抑制太阳帆板各阶模态的振动。仿真结果表明:两种输入整形方法均能抑制太阳帆板的振动,ZV(零残余振动)输入整形器简单且脉冲数量少,输入时间较短,但对于参数摄动以及输入的微小误差比较敏感,抑制振动的效果难以满足零残余振动的标准;ZVD(微分零残余振动)输入整形器脉冲数量较多,具有一定量的延时,但更为高效,鲁棒性强,能够极大地抑制挠性太阳帆板的残余振动,缩短航天器的机动稳定时间,且整个机动过程更加平稳。     

Sliding mode maneuvering control and active vibration damping of three-axis stabilized flexible spacecraft with actuator dynamics

This paper presents a dual-stage control system design method for the three-axis-rotational maneuver control and vibration stabilization of a spacecraft with flexible appendages embedded with piezoceramics as sensor and actuator. In this design approach, the attitude control system and vibration suppression were designed separately using a lower order model. Based on the sliding mode control (SMC) theory, a discontinuous attitude control law in the form of the input voltage of the reaction wheel is derived to control the orientation of the spacecraft actuated by the reaction wheel, in which the reaction wheel dynamics is also considered from the real applications point of view. The asymptotic stability is shown using Lyapunov analysis. Furthermore, an adaptive version of the proposed attitude control law is also designed for adapting the unknown upper bounds of the lumped disturbance so that the limitation of knowing the bound of the disturbance in advance is released. In addition, the concept of varying the width of boundary layer instead of a fixed one is also employed to eliminate the chattering and improve the pointing precision as well. For actively suppressing the induced vibration, modal velocity feedback and strain rate feedback control methods are presented and compared by using piezoelectric materials as additional sensors and actuators bonded on the surface of the flexible appendages. Numerical simulations are performed to show that rotational maneuver and vibration suppression are accomplished in spite of the presence of disturbance torque and parameter uncertainty.     

Model predictive control of rigid spacecraft with two variable speed control moment gyroscopes

In this paper, an attitude maneuver control problem is investigated for a rigid spacecraft using an array of two variable speed control moment gyroscopes(VSCMGs)with gimbal axes skewed to each other. A mathematical model is constructed by taking the spacecraft and the gyroscopes together as an integrated system, with the coupling interaction between them considered. To overcome the singular issues of the VSCMGs due to the conventional torque-based method, the first-order derivative of gimbal rates and the second-order derivative of the rotor spinning velocity, instead of the gyroscope torques, are taken as input variables. Moreover, taking external disturbances into account,a feedback control law is designed for the system based on a method of nonlinear model predictive control(NMPC). The attitude maneuver can be realized fast and smoothly by using the proposed controller in this paper.     

一类带柔性附件充液航天器姿态机动控制

基于Lyapunov稳定性理论研究了用动量轮控制一类带轻质悬臂梁附件的充液航天器的姿态机动控制问题, 其中晃动液体用黏性力矩球摆模型代替, 悬臂梁附件用若干集中质量代替. 用动量矩定理和Lagrange方程分别推导得到航天器主刚体、等效球摆、等效集中质量的动力学方程, 所用反馈控制律包含了与动量轮角加速度密切相关的权重因子, 利用系统初、终状态和到达最终姿态所需时间解析确定此权重因子. 同时利用Lyapunov稳定性理论得到了实现最终姿态机动的稳定性判据. 数值仿真表明所用控制律的有效性, 分析附件的相对主刚体平面的转角、相对系统质心的高度、长度、刚度、质量、阻尼系数和到达最终姿态所需时间等因素对控制过程中航天器剩余章动角的影响大小.      

Modeling and analysis of sliding joints with clearances in flexible multibody systems

The modeling of the sliding joint with clearance between a flexible beam and a rigid hole is investigated in this paper. The flexible beam is discretized using the three-dimensional curved Euler–Bernoulli beam element of the Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation, while the motion of the rigid hole is described by the Cartesian coordinates. Moreover, the cross sections of both the flexible beam and the rigid hole are assumed to be circular. The existing joints with clearances are mainly rigid joints with small clearances, and the contact detection algorithm adopted can solve only one pair of potential contact points within one section. In order to model the contact problem in the sliding joint with clearance, a new contact detection method based on the intersection of the rigid hole’s cross section and the flexible beam is proposed, which yields a two-dimensional contact detection problem. Based on the common-normal concept, the ellipse–circle contact detection problem within the hole’s cross section can be solved. The potential contact point on the hole’s cross section will be determined, and the closest point projection on the beam’s neutral axis can be defined further. The proposed contact detection method can deal with the sliding joint with large clearance and the multiple-point contact problem within one section. In addition, the penalty method is adopted to model the frictionless contact between the flexible beam and the rigid hole. Finally, two numerical examples about sliding joints with clearances, one with an initially curved beam under gravity and the other with a straight beam under zero gravity, are presented to demonstrate the influence of the clearance of sliding joint on the dynamic performance of flexible multibody systems.     

Robust adaptive sliding mode attitude maneuvering and vibration damping of three-axis-stabilized flexible spacecraft with actuator saturation limits

This paper presents a dual-stage control system design method for flexible spacecraft attitude maneuvering control by use of on-off thrusters and active vibration suppression by embedded smart material as actuator. As a stepping stone, an adaptive sliding mode controller with the assumption of knowing the upper bounds of the lumped perturbation is designed that ensures exponential convergence or uniform ultimate boundedness (UUB) of the attitude control system in the presence of bounded parameter variation/disturbances and control input saturation as well. Then this adaptive controller is redesigned such that the need for knowing the upper bound in advance is eliminated. Lyapunov analysis shows that this modified adaptive controller can also guarantee the exponential convergence or UUB of the system. For actively suppressing the induced vibration, linear quadratic regulator (LQR) based positive position feedback control method is presented. Numerical simulations are performed to show that rotational maneuver and vibration suppression are accomplished in spite of the presence of disturbance torque/parameter uncertainty and saturation input.     

中心舱体与薄壁梁刚-柔耦合系统的热弹性-结构动力学分析

空间柔性结构受太阳热流冲击而诱发的振动是导致航天器失效的典型模式之一,准确预测结构热致振动的响应及稳定性是卫星设计的基础。针对常见的中心舱体与附属薄壁杆件组成的空间结构,提出了考虑刚-柔耦合、耦合热弹性和耦合热-结构三重耦合效应的热致振动分析理论模型。其中,刚-柔耦合是指舱体姿态角、顶端集中质量转动与柔性附件运动的耦合;耦合热弹性是指应变率与温度场的耦合;耦合热-结构是指舱体转动及结构变形与薄壁杆件吸收太阳热流的耦合。基于热弹性理论和Lagrange方程,推导了传热和运动的耦合方程;采用Laplace变换方法并使用Routh-Hurwitz稳定判据推导了稳定性边界方程。结果表明,该模型能够更为准确的给出热致振动响应及稳定性预测。     

An anti-disturbance PD control scheme for attitude control and stabilization of flexible spacecrafts

This paper studies the attitude control problem of spacecrafts with flexible appendages. It is well known that the unwanted vibration modes, model uncertainty and space environmental disturbances may cause degradation of the performance of attitude control systems for a flexible spacecraft. In this paper, the vibration from flexible appendages is modeled as a derivative-bounded disturbance to the attitude control system of the rigid hub. A disturbance-observer-based control (DOBC) is formulated for feedforward compensation of the elastic vibration. The model uncertainty and space environmental disturbances as well as other noises are merged into an “equivalent” disturbance. We design a composite controller with a hierarchical architecture by combining DOBC and PD control, where DOBC is used to reject the vibration effect from the flexible appendages. Numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate that by using the composite hierarchical control law, disturbances can be effectively attenuated and the robust dynamic performances be enhanced.     

DEPLOYMENT DYNAMICS OF FLEXIBLE SOLAR ARRAYS CONSIDERING FRICTIONAL JOINT

研究了空间漂浮航天器太阳阵展开与锁定过程的刚柔耦合动力学问题. 基于Jourdain 速度变分原理和单项递推组集方法, 建立了太阳阵展开与锁定过程的刚柔耦合多体系统动力学模型,采用虚功率原理推导了铰摩擦对系统动力学方程的贡献. 在以上动力学模型中引入3-D 鬃毛摩擦模型来研究铰链的摩擦特性对太阳阵展开动力学的影响. 所建动力学模型的正确性通过与商业软件ADAMS 和NASTRAN 的联合仿真对比得到了验证,该模型能够有效地预测太阳阵的展开历程以及航天器姿态的动态行为.     

考虑铰摩擦的柔性太阳阵展开动力学研究

研究了空间漂浮航天器太阳阵展开与锁定过程的刚柔耦合动力学问题. 基于Jourdain 速度变分原理和单项递推组集方法, 建立了太阳阵展开与锁定过程的刚柔耦合多体系统动力学模型,采用虚功率原理推导了铰摩擦对系统动力学方程的贡献. 在以上动力学模型中引入3-D 鬃毛摩擦模型来研究铰链的摩擦特性对太阳阵展开动力学的影响. 所建动力学模型的正确性通过与商业软件ADAMS 和NASTRAN 的联合仿真对比得到了验证,该模型能够有效地预测太阳阵的展开历程以及航天器姿态的动态行为.      

Combined control of fast attitude maneuver and stabilization for large complex spacecraft

In remote sensing or laser communication space missions, spacecraft need fast maneuver and fast stabilization in order to accomplish agile imaging and attitude tracking tasks. However, fast attitude maneuvers can easily cause elastic deformations and vibrations in flexible appendages of the spacecraft. This paper focuses on this problem and deals with the combined control of fast attitude maneuver and sta- bilization for large complex spacecraft. The mathematical model of complex spacecraft with flexible appendages and momentum bias actuators on board is presented. Based on the plant model and combined with the feedback controller, modal parameters of the closed-loop system are calculated, and a multiple mode input shaper utilizing the modal information is designed to suppress vibrations. Aiming at reducing vibrations excited by attitude maneuver, a quintic polynomial form rotation path planning is proposed with constraints on the actuators and the angular velocity taken into account. Attitude maneuver simulation results of the control systems with input shaper or path planning in loop are sepa- rately analyzed, and based on the analysis, a combined control strategy is presented with both path planning and input shaper in loop. Simulation results show that the combined control strategy satisfies the complex spacecraft＇s require- ment of fast maneuver and stabilization with the actuators＇ torque limitation satisfied at the same time.     

Fault-tolerant sliding mode attitude control for flexible spacecraft under loss of actuator effectiveness

In this paper, a novel fault-tolerant attitude control synthesis is carried out for a flexible spacecraft subject to actuator faults and uncertain inertia parameters. Based on the sliding mode control, a fault-tolerant control law for the attitude stabilization is first derived to protect against the partial loss of actuator effectiveness. Then the result is extended to address the problem that the actual output of the actuators is constrained. It is shown that the presented controller can accommodate the actuator faults, even while rejecting external disturbances. Moreover, the developed control law can rigorously enforce actuator-magnitude constraints. An additional advantage of the proposed fault-tolerant control strategy is that the control design does not require a fault detection and isolation mechanism to detect, separate, and identify the actuator faults on-line; the knowledge of certain bounds on the effectiveness factors of the actuator is not used via the adaptive estimate method. The associated stability proof is constructive and accomplished by the development of the Lyapunov function candidate, which shows that the attitude orientation and angular velocity will globally asymptotically converge to zero. Numerical simulation results are also presented which not only highlight the ensured closed-loop performance benefits from the control law derived here, but also illustrate its superior fault tolerance and robustness in the face of external disturbances when compared with the conventional approaches for spacecraft attitude stabilization control.     

Heteroclinic bifurcations in completely liquid-filled spacecraft with flexible appendage

In this paper, the chaotic dynamics in an attitude transition maneuver of a rigid body with a completely liquid-filled cavity in going from minor axis to major axis spin under the influence of viscous damping and a small flexible appendage constrained to undergo only torsional vibration is investigated. The focus in this paper is on the way in which the dynamics of the liquid and flexible appendage vibration are coupled. The equations of motion are derived and then transformed into a form suitable for the application of Melnikov's method. Melnikov's integral is used to predict the transversal intersections of the stable and unstable manifolds for the perturbed system. An analytical criterion for chaotic motion is derived in terms of the system parameters. This criterion is evaluated for its significance to the design of spacecraft. The dependence of the onset of chaos on quantities such as body shape and magnitude of damping values, fuel fraction and frequency of flexible appendage vibration are investigated.     

Attitude tracking control of flexible spacecraft with large amplitude slosh

This paper is focused on attitude tracking control of a spacecraft that is equipped with flexible appendage and partially filled liquid propellant tank. The large amplitude liquid slosh is included by using a moving pulsating ball model that is further improved to estimate the settling location of liquid in microgravity or a zero-g environment. The flexible appendage is modelled as a three-dimensional Bernoulli–Euler beam, and the assumed modal method is employed.A hybrid controller that combines sliding mode control with an adaptive algorithm is designed for spacecraft to perform attitude tracking. The proposed controller has proved to be asymptotically stable. A nonlinear model for the overall coupled system including spacecraft attitude dynamics,liquid slosh, structural vibration and control action is established. Numerical simulation results are presented to show the dynamic behaviors of the coupled system and to verify the effectiveness of the control approach when the spacecraft undergoes the disturbance produced by large amplitude slosh and appendage vibration. Lastly, the designed adaptive algorithm is found to be effective to improve the precision of attitude tracking.     

Attitude maneuver of liquid-filled spacecraft with a flexible appendage by momentum wheel

Attitude maneuver of liquid-filled spacecraft with an appendage as a cantilever beam by momentum wheel is studied.The dynamic equations are derived by conservation of angular momentum and force equilibrium principle.A feedback control strategy of the momentum wheel is applied for the attitude maneuver.The residual nutation of the spacecraft in maneuver process changes with some chosen parameters,such as steady state time,locations of the liquid container and the appendage,and appendage parameters.The results indicate that locations in the second and fourth quadrants of the body-fixed coordinate system and the second quadrant of the wall of the main body are better choices for placing the liquid containers and the appendage than other locations if they can be placed randomly.Higher density and thicker cross section are better for lowering the residual nutation if they can be changed.Light appendage can be modeled as a rigid body,which results in a larger residual nutation than a flexible model though.The residual nutation decreases with increasing absolute value of the initial sloshing angular height.     

多储液腔航天器刚液耦合动力学与复合控制

采用复合控制方法对充液航天器的姿态和轨道机动进行高精度控制.通过傅里叶-贝塞尔级数展开法,将低重力环境下液体的弯曲自由表面的动态边界条件转化为简单的微分方程,其中耦合液体晃动方程的状态向量由相对势函数的模态坐标和波高的模态坐标组成.通过广义准坐标下的拉格朗日方程得到航天器刚体部分运动和液体燃料晃动的耦合动力学方程,提出了自适应快速终端滑模策略和输入整形技术相结合的复合控制器,并分别用于控制携带有一个燃料腔和四个燃料腔航天器的轨道机动和姿态机动.通过数值模拟来验证控制器的效率和精度.结果表明,对于多储液腔航天器,如果在设计航天器的姿态和轨道控制器时没有充分考虑燃料晃动效应,那么在受控航天器系统中将会出现刚-液-控耦合问题并导致航天器姿态不稳定.而本研究中的复合自适应终端滑模控制器可以实现航天器机动的高精度控制并有效抑制液体燃料晃动.