On the dynamics of spacecraft with a slewing appendage

A relatively general formulation for studying librational dynamics of a rigid satellite with a rigid appendage free to undergo any arbitrary slewing motion is developed. The governing nonlinear, nonautonomous and coupled equations are solved numerically. A parametric study suggests that the system c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mah, Harry Wayne
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26312