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Attitude control of magnetically actuated satellites using optimisation
thesis
posted on 2018-11-14, 11:27 authored by Mark WoodThe work in this thesis investigates the development of novel attitude control laws for
satellites with magnetic actuators. Three different control approaches are presented,
with a focus on both theoretical study and practical application. The first control
approach studies the classical 'torque projection' PD control and identifies weaknesses
in this approach when applied to satellites with an uneven inertia distribution. An
alternative algorithm is developed based on a simple quadratic programming problem
which more appropriately deals with the uneven inertia distribution. This feedback
controller is supplemented with a similarly structured feed-forward compensator, with
the resulting algorithm no more complex than the traditional 'torque projection'
controller. [Continues.]
Funding
Loughborough University. European Space Agency.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering
Publisher
© Mark WoodPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2009Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en