Modares Mechanical Engineering

Modares Mechanical Engineering

Modeling and Spacecraft Attitude Control Using Reaction Wheel with Feedback Linearization, its Performance Study Subject to Power and EULERINT

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New Technologies Engineering Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The rotational Equations of motion of spacecraft are generally nonlinear, so use of nonlinear control techniques are helpful in real conditions. Feedback linearization theory is a nonlinear control technique which transforms nonlinear system dynamics into a new form that linear control techniques can be applied. Choosing output functions in input-output linearization which is a specific method of feedback linearization, has a significant effect on internal dynamics stability. In this study the kinematic equations of spacecraft motion are expressed by quaternion parameters, these parameters are selected as output functions. Linear quadratic regulator as a linear optimal control law is used to design a controller for linearized system in feedback linearization control and also to design attitude control of spacecraft separately. By considering the actuator constraints on different control methods that are used here, the EULERINT which is the integral of the Euler angles error about the Euler axis, is evaluated. Then, the power and control effort of the actuators are considered for comparison between controllers. The simulation results show that the amount of EULERINT for feedback linearization method is less among the others. Also study of the power and control effort shows that Feedback linearization method is not only quicker but also more efficient and displays better performance of the actuators.
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