Planar reorientation of a free-free beam in space using embedded electromechanical actuators

Ilya V. Kolmanovsky; Harris McClamroch

doi:10.1117/12.148417

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22 July 1993 Planar reorientation of a free-free beam in space using embedded electromechanical actuators

Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Harris McClamroch

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Proceedings Volume 1919, Smart Structures and Materials 1993: Mathematics in Smart Structures; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148417
Event: 1993 North American Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, 1993, Albuquerque, NM, United States

Abstract

It is demonstrated that the planar reorientation of a free-free beam in zero gravity space can be accomplished by periodically changing the shape of the beam using embedded electromechanical actuators. The dynamics which determine the shape of the free-free beam is assumed to be characterized by the Euler-Bernoulli equation, including material damping, with appropriate boundary conditions. The coupling between the rigid body motion and the flexible motion is explained using the angular momentum expression which includes rotatory inertia and kinematically exact effects. A control scheme is proposed where the embedded actuators excite the flexible motion of the beam so that it rotates in the desired sense with respect to a fixed inertial reference. Relations are derived which relate the average rotation rate to the amplitudes and the frequencies of the periodic actuation signal and the properties of the beam. These reorientation maneuvers can be implemented by using feedback control.

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Ilya V. Kolmanovsky and Harris McClamroch "Planar reorientation of a free-free beam in space using embedded electromechanical actuators", Proc. SPIE 1919, Smart Structures and Materials 1993: Mathematics in Smart Structures, (22 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148417

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