Abstract
Specific satellites with ultra-long wings easily suffer from violent vibrations caused by the external disturbance and self-rotation, which do harm to flexible wings and affect the normal operation of satellites. In severe cases, the satellites would be damaged. Therefore, achieving rapid vibration suppression is particularly critical. Besides, to protect flexible wings from damage and reduce energy consumption, the control force should be small. Considering the above two issues comprehensively, a scheme using cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs) to suppress vibrations is proposed. Furthermore, the influence of different configurations of CDPRs on the control effect is studied in the paper. First, the dynamic model of the CDPR which is comprised of four cables and a flexible structure is established using the finite element method. Then, the dynamic behavior of the model under the controllable cable force is analyzed by the Newmark-β method. An optimization index including the settling time, the maximum cable force and energy consumption is presented. Based on the index, six kinds of CDPRs with different configurations are tested under the control of the proposed Fuzzy-PID method and an active control method, respectively. As a comparison, a passive control scheme is also tested. Finally, numerical simulations are implemented to evaluate the effect of the vibration suppression, and the results are satisfactory.
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