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Book Optimal Spacecraft Rotational Maneuvers

Download or read book Optimal Spacecraft Rotational Maneuvers written by J.L. Junkins and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph has grown out of the authors' recent work directed toward solving a family of problems which arise in maneuvering modern spacecraft. The work ranges from fundamental developments in analytical dynamics and optimal control to a significant collection of example applications. The primary emphasis herein is upon the most central analytical and numerical methods for determining optimal rotational maneuvers of spacecraft. The authors focus especially upon the large angle nonlinear maneuvers, and also consider large rotational maneuvers of flexible vehicles with simultaneous vibration suppression/arrest. Each chapter includes a list of references.The book provides much new material which will be of great interest to practising professionals and advanced graduate students working in the general areas of spacecraft technology, applied mathematics, optimal control theory, and numerical optimization. Chapter 11 in particular presents new information that will be found widely useful for terminal control and tracking maneuvers.

Book The Three Body Problem

Download or read book The Three Body Problem written by C. Marchal and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research on the theory of perturbations, the analytical approach and the quantitative analysis of the three-body problem have reached a high degree of perfection. The use of electronics has aided developments in quantitative analysis and has helped to disclose the extreme complexity of the set of solutions. This accelerated progress has given new orientation and impetus to the qualitative analysis that is so complementary to the quantitative analysis. The book begins with the various formulations of the three-body problem, the main classical results and the important questions and conjectures involved in this subject. The main part of the book describes the remarkable progress achieved in qualitative analysis which has shed new light on the three-body problem. It deals with questions such as escapes, captures, periodic orbits, stability, chaotic motions, Arnold diffusion, etc. The most recent tests of escape have yielded very impressive results and border very close on the true limits of escape, showing the domain of bounded motions to be much smaller than was expected. An entirely new picture of the three-body problem is emerging, and the book reports on this recent progress. The structure of the solutions for the three-body problem lead to a general conjecture governing the picture of solutions for all Hamiltonian problems. The periodic, quasi-periodic and almost-periodic solutions form the basis for the set of solutions and separate the chaotic solutions from the open solutions.

Book Advanced Control of Aircraft Spacecraft and Rockets

Download or read book Advanced Control of Aircraft Spacecraft and Rockets written by Ashish Tewari and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced Control of Aircraft, Spacecraft and Rockets introduces the reader to the concepts of modern control theory applied to the design and analysis of general flight control systems in a concise and mathematically rigorous style. It presents a comprehensive treatment of both atmospheric and space flight control systems including aircraft, rockets (missiles and launch vehicles), entry vehicles and spacecraft (both orbital and attitude control). The broad coverage of topics emphasizes the synergies among the various flight control systems and attempts to show their evolution from the same set of physical principles as well as their design and analysis by similar mathematical tools. In addition, this book presents state-of-art control system design methods - including multivariable, optimal, robust, digital and nonlinear strategies - as applied to modern flight control systems. Advanced Control of Aircraft, Spacecraft and Rockets features worked examples and problems at the end of each chapter as well as a number of MATLAB / Simulink examples housed on an accompanying website at http://home.iitk.ac.in/~ashtew that are realistic and representative of the state-of-the-art in flight control.

Book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Space Station Systems

Download or read book Space Station Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Problems and Methods of Optimal Control

Download or read book Problems and Methods of Optimal Control written by L.D. Akulenko and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The numerous applications of optimal control theory have given an incentive to the development of approximate techniques aimed at the construction of control laws and the optimization of dynamical systems. These constructive approaches rely on small parameter methods (averaging, regular and singular perturbations), which are well-known and have been proven to be efficient in nonlinear mechanics and optimal control theory (maximum principle, variational calculus and dynamic programming). An essential feature of the procedures for solving optimal control problems consists in the necessity for dealing with two-point boundary-value problems for nonlinear and, as a rule, nonsmooth multi-dimensional sets of differential equations. This circumstance complicates direct applications of the above-mentioned perturbation methods which have been developed mostly for investigating initial-value (Cauchy) problems. There is now a need for a systematic presentation of constructive analytical per turbation methods relevant to optimal control problems for nonlinear systems. The purpose of this book is to meet this need in the English language scientific literature and to present consistently small parameter techniques relating to the constructive investigation of some classes of optimal control problems which often arise in prac tice. This book is based on a revised and modified version of the monograph: L. D. Akulenko "Asymptotic methods in optimal control". Moscow: Nauka, 366 p. (in Russian).

Book Structural Dynamics and Control Interaction of Flexible Structures

Download or read book Structural Dynamics and Control Interaction of Flexible Structures written by Robert Samuel Ryan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fundamentals of Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control

Download or read book Fundamentals of Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control written by F. Landis Markley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores topics that are central to the field of spacecraft attitude determination and control. The authors provide rigorous theoretical derivations of significant algorithms accompanied by a generous amount of qualitative discussions of the subject matter. The book documents the development of the important concepts and methods in a manner accessible to practicing engineers, graduate-level engineering students and applied mathematicians. It includes detailed examples from actual mission designs to help ease the transition from theory to practice and also provides prototype algorithms that are readily available on the author’s website. Subject matter includes both theoretical derivations and practical implementation of spacecraft attitude determination and control systems. It provides detailed derivations for attitude kinematics and dynamics and provides detailed description of the most widely used attitude parameterization, the quaternion. This title also provides a thorough treatise of attitude dynamics including Jacobian elliptical functions. It is the first known book to provide detailed derivations and explanations of state attitude determination and gives readers real-world examples from actual working spacecraft missions. The subject matter is chosen to fill the void of existing textbooks and treatises, especially in state and dynamics attitude determination. MATLAB code of all examples will be provided through an external website.

Book Optimal Control with Aerospace Applications

Download or read book Optimal Control with Aerospace Applications written by James M Longuski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to know not just what makes rockets go up but how to do it optimally? Optimal control theory has become such an important field in aerospace engineering that no graduate student or practicing engineer can afford to be without a working knowledge of it. This is the first book that begins from scratch to teach the reader the basic principles of the calculus of variations, develop the necessary conditions step-by-step, and introduce the elementary computational techniques of optimal control. This book, with problems and an online solution manual, provides the graduate-level reader with enough introductory knowledge so that he or she can not only read the literature and study the next level textbook but can also apply the theory to find optimal solutions in practice. No more is needed than the usual background of an undergraduate engineering, science, or mathematics program: namely calculus, differential equations, and numerical integration. Although finding optimal solutions for these problems is a complex process involving the calculus of variations, the authors carefully lay out step-by-step the most important theorems and concepts. Numerous examples are worked to demonstrate how to apply the theories to everything from classical problems (e.g., crossing a river in minimum time) to engineering problems (e.g., minimum-fuel launch of a satellite). Throughout the book use is made of the time-optimal launch of a satellite into orbit as an important case study with detailed analysis of two examples: launch from the Moon and launch from Earth. For launching into the field of optimal solutions, look no further!

Book Structronic Systems Smart Structures Devices and Systems

Download or read book Structronic Systems Smart Structures Devices and Systems written by Ardéshir Guran and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1998-04-04 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with electrostructural systems, particularly the interaction between the control of the structural and electrical (electronic) components. Structronics is a new emerging area with many potential applications in the design of high-performance structures, adaptive structures, high-precision systems, and micro-systems. As structures are increasingly being controlled by electronics, the problems of structural engineering can be separated less and less from those of electronic engineering and control engineering. This graduate-level book fills a gap in the literature by considering these problems while giving an overview of the current state of analysis, modelling and control for structronic systems. It is a coherent compendium written by leading experts in this new research area and gives readers a sophisticated toolbox that will allow them to tackle the modelling and control of smart structures. The inclusion of an extensive, up-to-date bibliography and index makes this volume an invaluable standard for professional reference. Because of the large number of contributions to the present volume, it has been subdivided into two parts, of which this is Part I. This book will be of interest to engineers, materials scientists, physicists and applied mathematicians. The synergistic integration of active (smart) materials, structures, sensors, actuators, and control electronics has redefined the concept of structures from a conventional passive elastic system to an active (life-like) structronic (structure + electronic) system with inherent self-sensing, diagnosis, and control capabilities. Because of its multi-disciplinary nature, the development of structronic systems has attracted researchers and scientists from many disciplines, such as structures, materials, control, electronics, mathematics, manufacturing, electromechanics, and mechanics. In practical applications, this new structronic system can be used as a component of high-performance machines or structural systems, or be an integrated structure itself performing designated function(s). Most common active (smart) materials, such as piezoelectrics, shape-memory alloys, electro- and magneto-strictive materials, and polyelectrolyte gels have been reviewed in Part I. Application examples are also provided and research issues reported on. While the first part focuses primarily on materials and structures, Part II emphasizes control applications and intelligent systems. With the information provided in this two-volume book, scientists and researchers can easily grasp the state of the art of smart materials and structronic systems, and are ready to pursue their own research and development endeavors. Contents:Part I: Materials and StructuresThe Piezoelectric Vibration Absorber Systems (J Holkamp & T Starchville, Jr.)Self-Sensing Control Applied to Smart Material Systems (E Garcia & L D Jones)An Introduction to Active Constrained Layer Damping Treatments (S Shen)Static and Dynamic Behavior of Adaptive Wings Carrying Externally Mounted Stores (L Librescu & O Song)Adaptive Design and Active Composite Material Systems (J Tani & J-H Qiu)Microelectromechanics and Functionality of Segmented Cylindrical Transducers (H-S Tzou et al.)Thermomechanical Modeling of Shape Memory Alloys and Composites (D Lagoudas et al.)Active-Passive Hybrid Structural Vibration Controls Via Piezoelectrical Networks (K-W Wang & S Kahn)On-Line Structural Damage Detection (H Shen)On Material Degradation and Failure of Piezoelectric Ceramics (H Sosa)Part II: Systems and ControlNear-Minimum-Time Slewing and Vibration Control of Smart Structures(Y Kim et al.)Active Polyelectrolyte Gels as Electrically Controllable Artificial Muscles and Intelligent Network Structures(M Shahinpoor)Active Dynamic Absorbers — Theory and Application(S Tewani et al.)Active Vibration Sink for Flexible Structures(C-S Chou)Distributed Modal-Space Control and Estimation with Electroelastic Applications(H Öz)Markov Parameters in System Identification: Old and New Concepts(M Q Phan et al.)Effect of System Non-Linearities on the Modified Model Reference Adaptive Control Scheme(H M Sardar & M Ahmadian)Extending Teach-Repeat to Nonholonomic Robots(S B Skaar & J-D Yoder)Dynamic Analysis and Active Vibration Control of Chain Drive Systems(C-A Tan et al.)Basic Concepts of Fault-Tolerant Computing Design(C Aktouf et al.) Readership: Applied mathematicians, applied physicists and mechanical engineers. Keywords:Structronic Systems;Smart Structures;Devices;Systems;Materials;ControlReviews: “… Professors Guran and Tzou coined the word Structronics in the early 1990s as a new discipline describing the synergetic integration of active materials, structures, sensors, actuators, and control electronics. The present two-volume set is the first comprehensive book ever published on this newly emerging area of engineering. I believe anyone who would like to know what modern science and technology can offer for the design of better structures can learn a great deal from this book. Students and educators can use it as supplemental reading in an intermediate or advanced course on Structronics, or to gain a broader knowledge of systems thinking, model materials, and structural systems. Practicing engineers wishing to consolidate their knowledge in smart technology will also find this book an invaluable reference.” Dr Bernd Schaefer Director Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics, Wessling, Germany

Book Space Station Systems

Download or read book Space Station Systems written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Analytical Mechanics of Space Systems

Download or read book Analytical Mechanics of Space Systems written by Hanspeter Schaub and published by AIAA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Flight Mechanics estimation Theory Symposium 1988

Download or read book Flight Mechanics estimation Theory Symposium 1988 written by Thomas Stengle and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: