Introductory Attitude Dynamics

✍ Scribed by F. P. J. Rimrott (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 393
• Series: Mechanical Engineering Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From the preface: "The present text deals with attitude dynamics and is devoted to satellites of finite size. It begins with a discussion of the inertia moment tensor, Euler's law, Euler's angles, Euler's equations, and Euler's frequencies. After that a thorough treatment of the concept of centre of gravity versus centre of mass is given. After libration has been discussed and gyrodynamics proper has been dealt with, the attitude of the moment-free satellite, including the gyrostat, is studied. Particular attention is paid to the attitude behaviour of torquefree single and dual spinners, and the new collinearity theorems are introduced and explored to predict attitude stability and attitude drift. The derivation of each significant formula is followed by the discussion of a practical sample problem in order to acquaint the student with typical situations, typical results, and typical numerical values. There are numerous problems following each chapter. The most important data and the answers to the problems are compiled in appendices."

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
The Gyroscope....Pages 1-39
Center of Gravity....Pages 40-75
Libration....Pages 76-86
Stability of Satellite Attitude in a Central Force Field....Pages 87-104
Torquefree Gyros....Pages 105-138
Torquefree Axisymmetric Gyros....Pages 139-165
Deformable Axisymmetric Gyros....Pages 166-204
Secular Attitude Drift of a Torquefree Dissipative Axisymmetric Gyro....Pages 205-239
Despin....Pages 240-255
Torque about Body-Fixed Axes of an Axisymmetric Gyro....Pages 256-263
Rigid Gyrostats....Pages 264-289
Torquefree Dissipative Axisymmetric Gyrostats....Pages 290-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-383

✦ Subjects

Automotive Engineering;Mechanics