Chapter 1 Primer on Spacecraft Dynamics
1.1 Orbital Motion of Spacecraft
1. 1. 1 Gravitational Field of a Particle
1. 1.2 Gravitational Field of a Rigid Body
1.1.3 Dynamical Equations of Two-body System
1.1.4 First Integrals
1.1.5 Characteristics of Keplerian Orbit
1.1.6 Elliptic Orbit
1.2 Environmental Torques Acting on Spacecraft
1.2.1 Gravitational Torque
1.2.2 Magic Torque
1.3 Attitude Motion of Spacecraft in the Gravitational Field
1.3.1 Eulers Equations and Poissons Equations
1.3.2 Planar Libration
1.3.3 Stability of Relative Equilibrium
1.3.4 Attitude Motion of a Gyrostat
1.4 Attitude Motion of Torque-free Spacecraft
1.4.1 Torque-free Rigid Body
1.4.2 Torque-free Gyrostat
1.4.3 Influence of Energy Dissipation on Spinning Spacecraft
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Chapter 2 A Survey of Chaos Theory
2.1 The Overview of Chaos
2.1.1 Descriptions of Chaos
2.1.2 Geometrical Structures of Chaos
2.1.3 Routes to Chaos
2.2 Numerical Identification of Chaos
2.2.1 Introduction
2.2.2 Lyapunov Exponents
2.2.3 Power Spectra
2.3 Melnikov Theory
2.3.1 Introduction
2.3.2 Transversal Homoclinic/Heteroclinic Point
2.3.3 Analytical Prediction
2.3.4 Interruptions
2.4 Chaos in Hamiltonian Systems
2.4.1 Hamiltonian Systems, Integrability and KAM Theorem
2.4.2 Stochastic Layers and Global Chaos
2.4.3 Arnold Diffusion
2.4.4 Higher-Dimensional Version of Melnikov Theory
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Chapter 3 Chaos in Planar Attitude Motion of Spacecraft
3.1 Rigid Spacecraft in an Elliptic Orbit
3.1.1 Introduction
3.1.2 Dynamical Model
3.1.3 Melnikov Analysis
3.1.4 Numerical Simulations
3.2 Tethered Satellite Systems
3.2.1 Introduction
3.2.2 Dynamical Models
3.2.3 Melnikov Analysis of the Uncoupled Case
3.2.4 Numerical Simulations
3.3 Magic Rigid Spacecraft in a Circular Orbit
3.3.1 Introduction
3.3.2 Dynamical Model
3.3.3 Melnikov Analysis
3.3.4 Numerical Investigations: Undamped Case
3.3.5 Numerical Investigations: Damped Case
3.4 Magic Rigid Spacecraft in an Elliptic Orbit
3.4.1 Introduction
3.4.2 Dynamical Model
3.4.3 Melnikov Analysis
3.4.4 Numerical Simulations
References
Chapter 4 Chaos in Spatial Attitude Motion of Spacecraft
4.1 Attitude Motion Described by Serret-Andoyer Variables
4.1.1 Serret-Andoyer Variables
4.1.2 Torque-free Rigid Body
4.1.3 Torque-free Gyrostat
4.1.4 Gyrostat in the Gravitational Field
4.1.5 Influence of the Geomagic Field
4.2 Rigid-body Spacecraft in an Elliptic Orbit
4.2.1 Introduction
4.2.2 Dynamical Model
4.2.3 Melnikov Analysis
4.2.4 Numerical Simulations
4.3 Rigid-body Spacecraft with an Eccentrically Rotating Mass
4.3.1 Introduction
4.3.2 Dynamical Model
4.3.3 Melnikov Analysis
4.3.4 Numerical Simulations
4.4 Magic Gyrostat Spacecraft in a Circular Orbit
4.4.1 Introduction
4.4.2 Unperturbed Motion of a Gyrostat
4.4.3 Melnikov Analysis
4.4.4 Numerical Simulations
References
Chapter 5 Control of Chaotic Attitude Motion
5.1 Control of Chaos: An Overview
5.1.1 Introduction
5.1.2 Problem Formulations
5.1.3 OGY Method and Its Generalization
5.1.4 Synchronization: Chaos Control in a Broader Sense
5.2 The Parametric Open-plus-closed-loop Method
5.2.1 Introduction
5.2.2 The Control Law
5.2.3 Numerical Examples
5.2.4 Discussions
5.3 The Stability Criterion Method
5.3.1 Introduction
5.3.2 The Control Law
5.3.3 Numerical Examples
5.4 Controlling Chaotic Attitude Motions
5.4.1 Introduction
5.4.2 Dynamical Model of Controlled Spacecraft
5.4.3 Applications of the Parametric Open-plus-closed-loop
Method
5.4.4 Applications of the Stability Criterion Method
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