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Influence of flexible solar arrays on vibration isolation platform of control moment gyroscopes

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A high-performance vibration isolation platform (VIP) has been developed for a cluster of control moment gyroscopes (CMGs). CMGs have long been used for satellite attitude control. In this paper, the influence of flexible solar arrays on a passive multi-strut VIP of CMGs for a satellite is analyzed. The reasonable parameters design of flexible solar arrays is discussed. Firstly, the dynamic model of the integrated satellite with flexible solar arrays, the VIP and CMGs is conducted by Newton-Euler method. Then based on reasonable assumptions, the transmissibility matrix of the VIP is derived. Secondly, the influences of the flexible solar arrays on both the performance of the VIP and the stability of closed-loop control systems are analyzed in detail. The parameter design limitation of these solar arrays is discussed. At last, by selecting reasonable parameters for both the VIP and flexible solar arrays, the attitude stabilization performance with vibration isolation system is predicted via simulation.

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Zhang, Y., Zhang, JR. & Xu, SJ. Influence of flexible solar arrays on vibration isolation platform of control moment gyroscopes. Acta Mech Sin 28, 1479–1487 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-012-0148-x

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