Abstract
Developments in the area of nonlinear control theory have shown how coordinate changes in the state and input spaces of a dynamical system can be used to transform certain nonlinear differential equations into equivalent linear equations. These techniques are applied to the control of a spacecraft equipped with momentum exchange devices. An optimal control problem is formulated that incorporates a nonlinear spacecraft model. An algorithm is developed for solving the optimization problem using feedback linearization to transform to an equivalent problem involving a linear dynamical constraint and a functional approximation technique to solve for the linear dynamics in terms of the control. The original problem is transformed into an unconstrained nonlinear quadratic program that yields an approximate solution to the original problem. Two examples are presented to illustrate the results.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1320-1325 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the American Control Conference |
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| State | Published - 1990 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1990 American Control Conference - San Diego, CA, USA Duration: May 23 1990 → May 25 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering