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Xiaokun Liu1, Hui Zhao2, Yu Yao3, Fenghua He4.
Abstract
This paper proposes two kinds of approaches of angular rate sensing for micro-spacecraft with a gyrowheel (GW), which can combine attitude sensing with attitude control into one single device to achieve a compact micro-spacecraft design. In this implementation, during the three-dimensional attitude control torques being produced, two-dimensional spacecraft angular rates can be sensed from the signals of the GW sensors, such as the currents of the torque coils, the tilt angles of the rotor, the motor rotation, etc. This paper focuses on the problems of the angular rate sensing with the GW at large tilt angles of the rotor. For this purpose, a novel real-time linearization approach based on Lyapunov's linearization theory is proposed, and a GW linearized measurement model at arbitrary tilt angles of the rotor is derived. Furthermore, by representing the two-dimensional rotor tilt angles and tilt control torques as complex quantities and separating the twice periodic terms about the motor spin speed, the linearized measurement model at smaller tilt angles of the rotor is given and simplified. According to the respective characteristics, the application schemes of the two measurement models are analyzed from the engineering perspective. Finally, the simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategy.Entities:
Keywords: complex quantity; dynamic measurement; gyrowheel; micro-spacecraft angular rate sensing; real-time Lyapunov linearization; static measurement
Year: 2016 PMID: 27548178 PMCID: PMC5017486 DOI: 10.3390/s16081321
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sensors (Basel) ISSN: 1424-8220 Impact factor: 3.576
Figure 1Gyrowheel physical structure. (a) Schematic diagram of a gyrowheel system; (b) simplified gyrowheel structure diagram.
Figure 2Relationship between the body frames and the generalized coordinates.
Figure 3Measurement schemes of spacecraft angular rates with GW in different working modes.
Figure 4Simulation platform of spacecraft angular rate sensing based on the gyrowheel system.
Gyrowheel and spacecraft design parameter in simulation.
| Parameter Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Rotor transverse-axis inertia | |
| Rotor spin-axis inertia | |
| Gimbal transverse-axis inertia | |
| Gimbal spin-axis inertia | |
| Torsion spring stiffness |
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| Torsion spring damping | 0 Nm/(rad/s) |
| Operating tilt range of rotor |
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| Spacecraft inertia |
Figure 5The change of measurement accuracy with the tilt angle.
Figure 6Static measurement , constant motor spin rate rad/s: (a) X-axis angular rate sensing of the spacecraft ; (b) Y-axis angular rate sensing of the spacecraft .
Figure 7Static measurement , constant motor spin rate rad/s: (a) X-axis angular rate sensing of spacecraft ; (b) Y-axis angular rate sensing of spacecraft .
Figure 8Dynamic measurement , constant motor spin rate rad/s: (a) X-axis angular rate sensing of spacecraft ; (b) Y-axis angular rate sensing of spacecraft .