Dynamic analysis of rotating satellite de-spun using <?A3B2 ACK?>flexible brush

Abstract

With the continuous exploration and expansion of human beings in space, the number of satellites in space is gradually increasing. In the process of catching the failed satellites, the rolling spin of the satellite has always been the main problem which is affecting the stability of the catching system between targets and servers. The derotation mechanism, a flexible deceleration brush, is proposed, which is placed at the end of a seven-degree-of-freedom manipulator to form a racemable space robot. The momentum of the rolling target is dissipated by the contact collision between the end flexible deceleration brush and the rolling target windsurfing board. The angular velocity deceleration of the freely rolling target is carried out. Based on the rope element of the large deformation cable beam element of the absolute nodal coordinate method (ANCF), the continuum model of the flexible deceleration brush is established. According to the Hertz theory, contact collision force between the flexible deceleration brush and the rolling target windsurfing board are calculated. For the non-cooperative target of free rolling in different speeds, the effects of the length, angle and other parameters of the flexible deceleration brush on the racemization effect are analyzed by dynamics simulation, and the optimal racemization parameters are obtained in the process of the dynamics simulation. Using these parameters to verify the simulation of the racemization, the results show that the strategy, which is using flexible deceleration brush to rack non-cooperative targets, can successfully eliminate the initial spin angular velocity and it is feasible and effective.