Three-dimensional vibrations of tethered satellite systems

Autor: Angelo Luongo, Marcello Pignataro, Monica Pasca
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 14:312-320
ISSN: 1533-3884
0731-5090
Popis: The three-dimensional free vibrations of an orbiter-towed tethered satellite system with nominally vertical tether during stationkeeping phase are studied analytically. The tether is modeled as an elastic continuum with mass and the orbiter and the subsatellite as two concentrated masses. The linearized equations of motion with variable coefficients are solved by means of a perturbation technique. An analysis of the order of magnitude of the different terms involved permits evaluation of the coupling between longitudinal and transversal in-plane vibrations coming to an approximate closed-form solution of the eigenvalue problem.
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