TY - GEN
T1 - Solar sail attitude dynamics considering sail deformation
AU - Chujo, Toshihiro
AU - Tsuda, Yuichi
AU - Kawaguchi, Jun'Ichiro
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The attitude motion of the spinning solar sail IKAROS was unique. Its behavior is highly dependent on the sail deformation, which is flexible and easily changed by the attitude motion itself. It is important, therefore, to understand the relation between the sail deformation and the attitude motion in order to obtain better knowledge of sail design and management. In this study, a consideration is made about how the sail deforms with the centrifugal force on it and its physical stiffness, and how it changes the attitude motion. As a result, the effects of each natural vibration mode of the sail on the attitude motion are formularized. The theory is evaluated using the flight-data of IKAROS and estimating its sail deformation.
AB - The attitude motion of the spinning solar sail IKAROS was unique. Its behavior is highly dependent on the sail deformation, which is flexible and easily changed by the attitude motion itself. It is important, therefore, to understand the relation between the sail deformation and the attitude motion in order to obtain better knowledge of sail design and management. In this study, a consideration is made about how the sail deforms with the centrifugal force on it and its physical stiffness, and how it changes the attitude motion. As a result, the effects of each natural vibration mode of the sail on the attitude motion are formularized. The theory is evaluated using the flight-data of IKAROS and estimating its sail deformation.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84898972092
SN - 9780877036050
T3 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
SP - 843
EP - 857
BT - Astrodynamics 2013 - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
PB - Univelt Inc.
T2 - 2013 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Astrodynamics 2013
Y2 - 11 August 2013 through 15 August 2013
ER -