TY  - JOUR
AU  - Aslanov, V. S.
AU  - Ledkov, A. S.
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2012//
TI  - Chaotic oscillations of spacecraft with an elastic radially oriented tether
JO  - Cosmic Research
SP  - 188
EP  - 198
VL  - 50
IS  - 2
AB  - A mechanical system consisting of a spacecraft with weightless elastic tether and load is considered in the paper. The spacecraft motion under the action of tensile force of a radially oriented tether is investigated. It is shown that elastic tether oscillations can result in appearance of chaotic modes of spacecraft motion. By means of the Melnikov method a condition is obtained, allowing one to determine the measure of damping sufficient for prevention of these chaotic modes. The influence of system’s mass-geometric and elastic characteristics on the form of phase portrait and on the value of periodic disturbance, caused by oscillations of the elastic vertical tether, is studied.
SN  - 1608-3075
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1134/S0010952512020013
DO  - 10.1134/S0010952512020013
ID  - Aslanov2012
ER  -