Accession Number:

ADA224707

Title:

Control of Complex Multibody Spacecraft

Descriptive Note:

Annual technical rept. 1 Dec 1988-31 Dec 1989

Corporate Author:

MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER

Personal Author(s):

• Krishnaprasad, P. S.
• Abed, Eyad
• Antman, Stuart
• Baras, John
• Berenstein, Carlos

Report Date:

1989-12-31

Pagination or Media Count:

14.0

Abstract:

The Project C-MULTICS Control of Complex Multibody Spacecraft is a center of excellence at the University of Maryland. The work supported by this project is concerned with the modeling, analysis, control and simulation of large scale complex multibody spacecraft with rigid and flexible components. Keywords Analytic mechanics Nonlineardistributed control Flexible structures Spacecraft components rigidity.

Descriptors:

• *SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS
• *FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES
• *CONTROL SYSTEMS
• MECHANICS
• RIGIDITY
• BODIES
• FLEXURAL PROPERTIES
• DISTRIBUTION
• SPACECRAFT
• SIMULATION
• NONLINEAR SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Astronautics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE