Stability analysis of steady rotations of a rigid body bearing two-degree-of-freedom control moment gyros with dissipation in gimbal suspension axes

To study the stability of steady rotations of a control moment gyro system with internal dissipation, we use the Barbashin-Krasovskii theorem and the relation, established in 1], between the Lyapunov function and steady motions. Taking into account the special properties of the original problem, we reduce it to a lower-dimensional problem.We give a detailed presentation of an algorithm for analyzing the stability of steady motions of a gyrostat and use this algorithm to perform a complete study for two systems consisting, respectively, of one and two gyros whose gimbal axes are parallel to the principal axis of inertia of the system. Each steady motion is identified as either asymptotically stable or unstable. We find periodic motions that exist only in the presence of dynamic symmetry and which are regular precessions. For the system with two gyros, we prove the asymptotic stability of quiescent states and prove that in the angular momentum range where these states are defined the system does not have any other stable motions.