Spacecraft Dynamics and Actuation Control
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Aircraft Actuators".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 668
Special Issue Editor
Interests: spacecraft attitude dynamics and control; geometric mechanics; nonlinear dynamics and control and stability analysis; multiagent consensus control; time-periodic and time-delayed systems; fractional order systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The subject of spacecraft dynamics and control was first formalized in the 1950s. The dynamics analysis and design of accurate, viable control laws capable of stabilizing spacecraft motion and achievement and maintenance of a specified performance is of great importance in many aspects of spacecraft motion analysis including entry, descent, and landing problems. Spacecraft motion comprises translation (ortbial motion) and rotation (attitude). The attitude of a spacecraft can be represented using different attitude parameterization sets or a rotation matrix. Different actuation mechanisms can be adopted for spacecraft attitude control. Different actuators include mechanical actuators, such as reaction wheels (RWs), control moment gyros (CMGs), or reaction control thrusters (RCTs), and magnetic actuators. The complexity of spacecraft dynamics analysis and control design could be due to different factors, such as translational and attitude couplings, gravity gradient effects, effects of energy dissipation, unmodeled external effects, actuator saturations, actuator faults, singular configurations or gimbal lock problems for CMGs, reorientation of actuators for singularity avoidancne using the null motion, stipulation of control for multiactuators, time delay in the actuators, etc.
This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in spacecraft dynamics and control theory using different types of actuators. Topics of interest for the Special Issue include but are not limited to:
- Spacecraft attitude stabilization and control
- Control of fully- and underactuated systems
- Multiactuator spacecraft dynamics and control
- Spacecraft actuator reorientation/reconfiguration
- Gravity gradiant stabilized spacecraft
- Mechanical actuators/magnetic actuators
- Actuator failure diagnosis and control
- Spacecraft with flexible structures
- Time delays in the actuators
to name but a few.
Dr. Morad Nazari
Guest Editor
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