Strategies for the control of a satellite with thruster misalignment
| dc.contributor.advisor | Treurnicht, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van Daalen, Corne E. | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.other | University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2006-11-16T06:27:45Z | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T08:45:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2006-11-16T06:27:45Z | en_ZA |
| dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T08:45:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006-03 | en_ZA |
| dc.description | Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. | |
| dc.description.abstract | This project investigates two problems related to satellites that contain cold gas thrusters and reaction wheels. The first problem concerns the estimation of the thruster force response to a pulse command. An optimal data integration method is developed and implemented to estimate the thruster force output from a number of noisy sensors. The second problem occurs when the output force vector of a thruster mounted on a satellite is misaligned with the centre of mass with the satellite. As a result a disturbance torque is generated on the satellite during thruster operation. | en_ZA |
| dc.format.extent | 2339796 bytes | en_ZA |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2306 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch | |
| dc.rights.holder | University of Stellenbosch | |
| dc.subject | Artificial satellites -- Control systems | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Artificial satellites -- Propulsion systems | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Dissertations -- Electronic engineering | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Theses -- Electronic engineering | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Strategies for the control of a satellite with thruster misalignment | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |