Flexible robotic manipulator in space: towards a mathematical dynamics truth model

The objective of the study is to contribute towards the formulation of a mathematical truth model for the dynamics of a robotic manipulator which is attached to an orbiting spacecraft-manipulator system consisting of rigid constituent body is assumed to be known; here the generalization to the case of structurally flexible bodies is attempted....

Hybrid equations for translational and rotational motion of flexible spacecraft

The report deals with the equations of motion of spacecraft with rigid main body, flexible appendages, and rotors and jets on the main body. The hybrid coordinate modelling method is applied. The resulting equations describe the translational motion of the spacecraft, the rotational motion, and the coupling between these two types of motion. The...