Aerodynamic space tether system as a system with distributed parameters
Elenev, D. V., Zabolotnov, Y. M. and McMillan, A.J. (2021) Aerodynamic space tether system as a system with distributed parameters. In: Advanced Materials & Demanding Applications 2020 (AMDA 2020), 22nd-26th June 2020, Online (virtual).
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Abstract
The motion of the aerodynamic tether system includes two stages – the deployment and the motion of the deployed system. The initial condition for the deployment model is that of a spacecraft with a rigidly connected second body in a circular orbit about the planet. The deployment process is based on the aerodynamic forces acting on bodies. After the separation of the rigid connection, further motions of the bodies are then controlled by the tether release mechanism which unreels the tether and controls the rate at which the tether is unreeled. The motion of the system is described by the multi-point model, splitting the tether into a number of parts and using the series of separations of material points from the spacecraft, thus forming a mathematical model of the system with distributed parameters. The aerodynamic forces acting on the tether are taken into consideration. This model makes it possible to calculate numerically elastic deformations and curvature of the tether and provides more accurate modelling if compared with the two-point model.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Divisions: | Applied Science, Computing and Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Hayley Dennis |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Mar 2021 12:29 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2021 12:29 |
| URI: | https://glyndwr.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17731 |
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