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Issues of stability of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS) during station-keeping, deployment and retrieval are considered. The basic nonlinear equations of motion of the TSS are derived using the system Lagrangian. Using ...

This paper presents the analysis of the dynamics of a representative axial flow compressor model, emphasizing the influence of two important control parameters. These are a nondimensional parameter B (previously introduced ...

Bifurcation control is discussed in the context of the stabilization of high angle-of-attach flight dynamics. Two classes of stabilization problems for which bifurcation control is useful are discussed. In the first class, ...

The Center Manifold Theorem is applied to the local feedback stabilization of nonlinear systems in critical cases. The paper addresses two particular critical cases, for which the system linearization at the equilibrium ...

Analysis of the post-instability dynamical behavior of an axial- flow compression system model is carried out in a bifurcation- theoretic setting. Using global analysis techniques, we uncover the sequence of bifurcations ...

After deriving a set of dynamic equations governing the dynamics of a Tethered Satellite System (TSS), stabilizing tension control laws in feedback form are derived. The tether is assumed rigid and massless, and the equations ...

Active control of the onset of stall instabilities in axial flow compressors is pursued using bifurcation analysis of a dynamical model proposed by Moore and Greitzer (1986). This model consists of three ordinary differential ...