Abstract
This paper is focused on the position and attitude control of spacecraft with multiple liquid propellant tanks, while considering large amplitude propellant slosh and depletion. The large amplitude liquid slosh is included by using a moving pulsating ball model that is further improved by taking mass varying liquid propellant into account. A hybrid controller that combines sliding mode control with an adaptive algorithm is designed for spacecraft to perform position and large angle maneuvers, and the proposed controller is proved to be asymptotically stable. Numerical simulation results are presented to verify the effectiveness of the control approach when the spacecraft undergoes the disturbance of large amplitude slosh and liquid propellant depleting. Moreover, the influence of propellant depletion on maneuver completion time is also investigated. Finally, the designed adaptive algorithm is validated to be effective to reduce the maneuver completion time and the sensitivity of the controller on the mass varying propellant.
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Acknowledgments
The authors sincerely acknowledge the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) (Grant Nos. 11472041 and 11532002) and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China through Grant No. 20131101110002. The authors are also very grateful to J. P. B. Vreeburg for his invaluable help with offering references and suggestions on this paper.
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Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 30 • Issue 6 • November 2017
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©2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Mar 4, 2017
Accepted: May 10, 2017
Published online: Aug 30, 2017
Published in print: Nov 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Jan 30, 2018
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Adaptive systems
- Aerospace engineering
- Aircraft and spacecraft
- Algorithms
- Continuum mechanics
- Deformation (mechanics)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Fluid dynamics
- Fluid mechanics
- Hybrid methods
- Hydrologic engineering
- Mathematics
- Methodology (by type)
- Models (by type)
- Numerical models
- Research methods (by type)
- Sliding effects
- Solid mechanics
- Structural mechanics
- Systems engineering
- Systems management
- Verification
- Water and water resources
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