• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.12
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• pp.1020-1027
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• 2014

Singularity indices for steering law design of CMGs have been analyzed. Several qualitative criteria to evaluate the suitability of indices have been suggested. Fast calculation and consistency with the condition number of the input matrix are the most important ones. Based on these criteria, modified indices have been proposed. Properties of infinite value and finite value indices have been compared and an ad hoc method to combine those properties has been presented. Computer simulation results are given to verify the proposed method.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.17-26
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• 2018

The interaction model between variable-speed control moment gyros and a satellite has been studied based on the multi-body dynamics. Using the interaction model, we could obtain data for the design of VCMG motors and the strength design of structure. The interaction effects of flexible modules such as solar panels were included. Flexible modes are excited by the satellite's maneuver, and these modes cause perturbations in the satellite attitude. We developed a simulation program by Modelica and verified the proposed model.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.5
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• pp.389-397
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• 2021

The control characteristics after the failure of the control moment gyros, the actuators for satellite attitude control, were analyzed. In particular, the situation where one out of four failed was considered. For the most commonly used pyramids and box-90 structures, the singularities and singular surfaces after failure were analyzed and compared. Dynamic equations for the process of reducing the wheel speed after the failure were derived. The process of stabilizing the angular velocity of a satellite while absorbing the momentum of the faulty module by the three normal modules was analyzed. For singular shapes, the remaining CMGs may be locked or excessively shake. The authors proposed that it can be prevented by rearranging the gimbal angles.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.241-250
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• 2022

This paper addresses the Feasible Angular Momentum(FAM) chart that can be used as an indicator for maneuverability analysis of spacecraft installed with control moment gyros(CMGs). Recently, as the demands for high agility of spacecraft has been increasing in order to perform the space mission given to spacecraft more effectively, interest in CMGs, which is a high torque generator is increasing. However, since the CMG has a singularity problem that does not generate the control torque in the specific directions, in this paper, we consider the two pairs of parallel control moment gyros(TPCMGs) that follows the roof-type configuration. The Gimbal space was newly defined except for the space where singularity can be generated and the space where torque error is generated due to the hardware limits. The feasible angular momentum space is defined as a FAM chart, and it is very meaningful that it is possible to analyze the spacecraft's rotational maneuverability effectively by deriving the spacecraft's 3-axis parameters in the corresponding gimbal space mathematically.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.311-317
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• 2011

Momentum changing actuators like reaction wheels and control moment gyros are generally used for spacecraft attitude control. This type of actuators produces force and torque disturbances. These disturbances must be reduced since they degrade the quality of spacecraft attitude control. Major disturbances are mainly due to static and dynamic imbalances. This paper gives attention to the reduction of the static and dynamic imbalance. Force/torque measurement system is used to measure the disturbance of the test reaction wheel. An identification method for the location and magnitude of the imbalance is suggested, and the corrections of the imbalance are performed using balancing method. Through balancing, the static and dynamic imbalance is remarkably reduced.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.397-404
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• 2006

Geometric singularity problems are principle difficulties of single-gimbal control moment gyros in spacecraft attitude control. To overcome these singularities, many steering logics have been studied. In this paper, a new null motion steering law is suggested, which is based on the minimization of the directional components of output torque with respect to the required torque. The suggested steering law has been simulated and verified to work well around several critical singular points which have been classified as testing points of avoidance algorithm in previous literatures.