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Dynamic Analysis of Gimbal Structure System Including Nonlinear Elastic Rubber Vibration Isolator with Shock Acceleration (비선형 탄성 방진 고무부에 충격 가속도를 받는 짐발 구조 시스템의 동적 해석)

  • Lee, Sang Eun;Lee, Tae Won
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.415-422
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    • 2016
  • When shock acceleration is applied to a mechanical system, it may cause malfunctioning and damage to the system. Hence, to prevent these problems when developing a gimbal structure system for observation reconnaissance, the MIL-STD-810G shock standard must be satisfied as a design specification. Rubber vibration isolators are generally assembled on the base of the system in order to reduce the shock transferred from the aircraft. It is difficult to analyze the transient behavior of the system accurately, because rubber has a nonlinear load-deformation curve. To treat the nonlinear characteristic of the rubber, bilinear approximation was introduced. Using this assumption, transient responses of the system under base shock acceleration were calculated by the finite element method. In addition, experiments with a true prototype were performed using the same conditions as the analytical model. Compared with experimental data, the proposed numerical method is useful for the transient analysis of gimbal structure systems, including rubber vibration isolators with nonlinear stiffness and damping.

Characteristics Analysis of a Pseudoelastic SMA Mesh Washer Gear for Jitter Attenuation of Stepper-actuated Gimbal-type Antennas (스텝모터 구동형 짐벌 안테나의 미소진동저감을 위한 초탄성 형상기억합금 메쉬 와셔 기어의 기본특성 분석)

  • Park, Yeon-Hyeok;You, Chang-Mok;Oh, Hyun-Ung
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.46-58
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    • 2018
  • A two-axis gimbal-type X-band antenna is widely used to transmit bulk image data from high-resolution observation satellites. However, undesirable microvibrations induced by driving the antenna should be attenuated, because they are a main cause of image-quality degradation of the observation satellite. In this study, a pseudoelastic memory alloy (SMA) gear was proposed to attenuate the microvibrations by driving the antenna in an azimuth angle. In addition, the proposed gear can overcome the limitations of the conventional titanium blade gear, which is not still enough and is vulnerable to plastic deformations under excessive torque. To investigate the basic characteristics of the proposed SMA mesh washer gear, a static load test was performed on the thickness of the SMA mesh washer and the rotation of the gear. Moreover, The microvibration measurement test demonstrated that the SMA mesh washer gear proposed in this study is effective for microvibration attenuation.

Improvement of Low Speed Stability of CMG Gimbal Using Full-pitch Distributed Winding (전절권 분포형 권선을 통한 제어모멘트자이로 김블의 저속 안정성 개선 연구)

  • Lee, Jun-yong;Lee, Hun-jo;Oh, Hwa-suk;Song, Tae-Seong;Kang, Jeong-min;Song, Deok-ki;Seo, Joong-bo
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2019
  • The electromagnetic forces generate a torque on the gimbal motor, and changes in the coil current causes torque ripple. This affects the gimbals' speed and results to unstable satellite attitude. It is therefore essential to reduce the torque ripple of the gimble motor with the aim of improving the attitude control accuracy of the satellite. This paper theoretically analyzes the torque generated from the modeling of a motor for general concentrated winding and distributed winding. The prototype was designed and fabricated through selection of the winding that reduces the torque ripple through simulation results. The results of the magnetic fields' theoretical analysis and the back electromotive force of the prototype were compared with the calibrated results for verification of conformity and manufacture of the design. The low-speed test proved that the torque ripple is reduced by improving the speed stability.

Analysis of Attitude Control Characteristics for an Underactuated Spacecraft Using a Single-Gimbal Variable-Speed CMG (1축 가변속 CMG를 장착한 부족구동 위성의 자세제어 특성 분석)

  • Jin, Jae-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.437-444
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    • 2010
  • This paper deals with the attitude control of an underactuated spacecraft that has one single-gimbal variable-speed CMG. An underactuated spacecraft may not converge to arbitrary attitudes if its total angular momentum is not zero. To stabilize a spacecraft, the CMG has to align with the angular momentum in the inertial frame. Four different install configurations for the CMG have been considered and controllable angular momentums have been analyzed. Also, based on the backstepping method, stabilizing control laws have been presented and their properties have been compared.

Development of CMG Ground Simulator using Torque Sensor (토크센서를 이용한 CMG의 지상 시뮬레이터 개발)

  • Kim, Seung-Hyeon;Lee, Seung-Mok;Rhee, Seung-Wu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.89-98
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    • 2009
  • CMG cluster which consists of four CMGs can be used to produce 3-axis torque. There are many issues that we have to investigate and validate when CMG cluster itself is developed. Thus, its ground validation and verification processes are essential. Therefore, CMG simulator which uses a torque sensor to calculate satellite attitude is proposed in this paper. Update and kalman filter are also proposed for gimbal angle problem occurred in development. The first way uses a calculated gimbal angle as a primary and a sensor angle as a scondary to reduce error. Also, the test results of specific CMG steering law as well as attitude control logic are presented as an example.

An Attitude Control of an Unstructured Object with Gyro Actuator (자이로 구동장치를 이용한 공중 물체의 자세 제어)

  • Chung, Young-Gu;Yi, Keon-Young
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1999.07b
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    • pp.563-565
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    • 1999
  • In this paper, we control attitude of an unstructured object with gyro actuator. It is well known that the attitude control of an object hanging with wire is not easy using usual actuators. Even though an actuator such as a fan can be used for control of the object, it is difficult to meet a desired control objectives. We, because of these reasons, make a gyro actuator with two motors. The first motor is responsible for spinning the wheel at high speed and the second motor is used to turn the inner gimbal. Applying the torque to the second motor, which results in the turn of the outer gimbal, torque about the vertical axis will be obtained while the wheel of the gyro is spinning constantly. This torque is used to control the attitude of the object attached. Gyro actuator utilize control unstructured object such as I-beam carrying by tower crane, and isolate construction workers from the dangerous environments. We derive a relationship of wheel and its motor, find a proper capacity of wheel motor in order to rotate a wheel. Through experiments of attitude control, we show to obtain desired control objectives.

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