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Publication date: 12 June 2017

Nuan Fang Xu, Zi-Chen Deng, Yan Wang and Kai Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to study the dynamic vibrations of the tethered satellite system (TSS).

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to study the dynamic vibrations of the tethered satellite system (TSS).

Design/methodology/approach

The energy principle and the variational approach are used to establish the dynamic equations of the TSS. By introducing new generalized coordinates, the equations are transformed into the Hamiltonian system. Then, the symplectic Runge-Kutta (SRK) method is used to solve the canonical equations.

Findings

The influence of the tether length on the dynamic behavior of the TSS is very important.

Originality/value

The dynamic responses of the TSS are obtained by using the SRK method.

Details

Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures, vol. 13 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1573-6105

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