On the dynamical stability of the space 'monorail'
Abstract
The dynamical stability of 'monorail' tethered-satellite/elevator configurations being studied for the Space Station is investigated analytically, treating the end platforms and elevator as point masses, neglecting tether elasticity, and taking the Coriolis force and the complex gravitational field into account in analyzing the orbital-plane motion of the system. A mathematical model is constructed; the equations of motion are derived; and results obtained by numerical integration for platform masses 100,000 and 10,000 kg, elevator mass 5000 kg, and a 10-km-long 6-mm-diameter 4070-kg-mass tether are presented in graphs and briefly characterized.
- Publication:
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IN: International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985nlm..conf.1165B
- Keywords:
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- Dynamic Stability;
- Microgravity Applications;
- Space Transportation;
- Tetherlines;
- Canonical Forms;
- Equations Of Motion;
- Libration;
- Mathematical Models;
- Space Commercialization;
- Astrodynamics