Title :
Limit-cycle bounds of a satellite attitude-control system
Author_Institution :
Honeywell, Inc., St. Paul, MN, USA
fDate :
8/1/1972 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Attitude-control system propellant consumption is a major concern for one mode of long-term operation of the Skylab. In this mode the dynamic behavior of the inertial roll angle is described by a second-order nonlinear time-varying differential equation. The main result established in this paper is the following. If the reaction control system is of the form considered, then the roll angle exhibits a bounded behavior. The bounding cycle is described explicitly in terms of the system and control parameters.
Keywords :
Limit cycles; Nonlinear systems, time-varying; On-off control; Satellite control; Time-varying systems, nonlinear; Acceleration; Artificial intelligence; Control systems; Equations; Limit-cycles; Logic; Nonlinear dynamical systems; Polynomials; Propulsion; Satellites;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.1972.1100047
