Open AccessChange of mechanical structures of spacecraft with variable quantity of degrees of freedom in purposes of reaction/momentum wheels unloading
Author(s) -
Anton V. Doroshin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/984/1/012006
Subject(s) - spacecraft , reaction wheel , degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , variable (mathematics) , momentum (technical analysis) , aerospace engineering , classical mechanics , physics , engineering , mathematics , thermodynamics , economics , mathematical analysis , finance
The using of the released (“defreezed”) additional degrees of freedom is considered to control by the relative angular momentum of reaction/momentum wheels and to unload this relative angular momentum. The change of the relative angular momentum of wheels is fulfilled with the help of its translation to additional internal rotors and main body of spacecraft.