Analytical and experimental evaluation of impact dynamics on a high-speed zero G motion simulator

Kitamura, Hiroshi; Inohira, Eiichi; Kubota, Takashi; Uchiyama, Masaru

doi:10.1109/iros.2001.976346

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“…And the space docking technique is a significant milestone in the history of manned spaceflight. [1][2][3] As an essential operation of the modern complicated orbiting space station, space docking technology provides the cornerstone for on-orbit service, material supply, space assembly, and personnel job rotation. [4][5][6][7][8] Hence, how to simulate the space environment on the ground is one of the hottest issues in the aerospace field currently.…”

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“…(1) By optimizing the relative position of the pulley blocks, the payload always keeps moving in the horizontal direction and a novel static balancing mechanism is proposed. (2) The presented gravity compensation mechanism is suitable for variable payload conditions, without changing the structural size. (3) The mechanism possesses a large adjustable range and small trajectory fluctuation, indicating the outstanding performance of the docking system.…”

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A static balancing mechanism with continuously variable payload capacity for space docking simulation

Xue

Liu

Wang

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C:

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In this paper, a novel static balancing mechanism is presented to realize gravity compensation in the application of the space docking simulation. By optimizing the relative positions of the compensation pulley block and suspension pulley block, the proposed gravity balancing device achieves static balance in geometry and hence is applicable to continuous variable payload environments. The static balancing mechanism is developed firstly, and its design philosophy is described in detail. By adopting the genetic algorithm (GA) and steepest descent method (SDM) simultaneously, the optimal structural configuration with small trajectory fluctuation in the direction of gravity is obtained. Furthermore, the effect of structural parameters on gravity compensation performance is evaluated. Experimental results and error analysis demonstrate the gravity balancing capability, which indicates the rationality and effectiveness of the proposed device in the space docking condition.

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A static balancing mechanism with continuously variable payload capacity for space docking simulation

Xue

Liu

Wang

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C:

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“…Guan (2001) simulated the spacecraft docking dynamics with mathematic simulation and pointed out that rigid-body model of spacecraft could meet the demand of the research on docking dynamics. Kawabe et al (2001) adopted a high speed zero gravity motion simulator, whose frequency response is higher than 40Hz, to setup a HIL simulation system to research the collision and impact dynamics under zero gravity. They also validated the HIL simulation system with a drop shaft test.…”

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Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation System Construction for Spacecraft On-Orbit Docking Dynamics, Ideas, Procedural and Validation

Chang¹

2011

Advances in Spacecraft Technologies

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“…Huang et al present the HIL simulation testing for spacecrafts on-orbit docking with spring-mass payload [7]. H. Kawabe et al develop a high-speed zero gravity motion simulator to research evaluation of impact dynamics [8]. The technical data of American dynamic docking test system (DDTS) are presented in [3,9].…”

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Interface Issues in Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation for Spacecraft On-orbit Docking

Chang

Cong

et al. 2007

2007 IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation

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This paper presents an idea on the simulation/hardware interface of Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulation for spacecraft on-orbit docking. The obstacles that hinder the design of the HIL simulation system are discussed. Then the design criteria of the HIL simulation system are presented based on them. Since the practical HIL simulation system for on-orbit docking is very complicated, the verification about the criteria was done on 1 Degree-Of-Freedom (DOF) case with the nonlinear docking mechanism model. To put the design criteria into practice, the two-degree-of-freedom control structure is required as a control structure for the HIL simulation system for on-orbit docking. The relation ship between the distortion of the HIL simulation and the transfer characteristics of the simulation/hardware interface is qualitatively discussed. The simulation results on 1 DOF case demonstrated that the ideas and the methods discussed above are feasible and practical.

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Analytical and experimental evaluation of impact dynamics on a high-speed zero G motion simulator

Cited by 10 publications

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A static balancing mechanism with continuously variable payload capacity for space docking simulation

A static balancing mechanism with continuously variable payload capacity for space docking simulation

Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation System Construction for Spacecraft On-Orbit Docking Dynamics, Ideas, Procedural and Validation

Interface Issues in Hardware-In-the-Loop Simulation for Spacecraft On-orbit Docking

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