Robotic Simulation of Flexible-Body Spacecraft Dynamics in a Satellite Servicing Testbed

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dc.contributor.advisorCarignan, Craig Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorBrannan, Justinen_US
dc.contributor.departmentAerospace Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-24T06:15:30Z
dc.date.available2014-06-24T06:15:30Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractSatellite failures that once led to end-of-life may eventually be addressed using robotic servicing platforms. The ability to model and simulate the physical interaction between two free-floating spacecraft is a key aspect of robotic servicing, and understanding how large appendages such as solar panels, antenna arrays and booms affect the combined system dynamics may be critical to mission operations. This research presents a model of the coupled rigid- and flexible-body satellite dynamics that can be implemented on a robotic satellite simulator. The coupled dynamics are validated against a commercially available dynamics software package, and robot hardware-in-the-loop tests are conducted to demonstrate how the dynamics model is able to predict the response of a robot mass simulator outfitted with physical appendages. Through both validation efforts, a flexible-body simulation is developed to observe the resulting dynamics of a given satellite system on-orbit.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15380
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAerospace engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledRoboticsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFlexible-body motionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNASAen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRobotic simulationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSatellite servicing testbeden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSpacecraft dynamicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSpace Systems Laben_US
dc.titleRobotic Simulation of Flexible-Body Spacecraft Dynamics in a Satellite Servicing Testbeden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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