Accession Number:
AD0644274
Title:
ON THE GRAVITATIONAL EXCITATION OF AN EXTENSIBLE DUMBBELL SATELLITE,
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AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CALIF TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
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Report Date:
1966-11-01
Pagination or Media Count:
32.0
Abstract:
The nonlinear differential equations which describe the extensional motion of a freely spinning and gravitationally stabilized spring-mass system in the plane of an orbit are presented, linearized, and solved analytically and on a digital computer. The linearization leads to the Mathieu equation for the spinning system and to a set of two degree-of-freedom coupled equations for the gravitationally stabilized case. The solutions for the undamped systems indicate stable periodic and almost periodic oscillations characterized by beats. Author
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- Spacecraft Trajectories and Reentry