Chaos in Attitude Dynamics of Spacecraft
By: by Yanzhu Liu, Liqun Chen
Contributors: Chen, Liqun; SpringerLink (Online service)
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9783642300806
Subjects: Design and construction; Automobiles; Engineering; Motor vehicles; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Applied Mechanics; Astronautics
Description: Attitude dynamics is the theoretical basis of attitude control of spacecrafts in aerospace engineering. With the development of nonlinear dynamics, chaos in spacecraft attitude dynamics has drawn great attention since the 1990's. The problem of the predictability and controllability of the chaotic attitude motion of a spacecraft has a practical significance in astronautic science. This book aims to summarize basic concepts, main approaches, and recent progress in this area. It focuses on the research work of the author and other Chinese scientists in this field, providing new methods and viewpoints in the investigation of spacecraft attitude motion, as well as new mathematical models, with definite engineering backgrounds, for further analysis. Professor Yanzhu Liu was the Director of the Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Dr. Liqun Chen is a Professor at the Department of Mechanics, Shanghai University, China.
Table of contents: title: Primer on Spacecraft Dynamics; title: A Survey of Chaos Theory; title: Chaos in Planar Attitude Motion of Spacecraft; title: Chaos in Spatial Attitude Motion of Spacecraft; title: Control of Chaotic Attitude Motion.