Receding horizon feedback control law for a large space hoop-column antenna》.pdf

Acta Astronautica Vol. 29, No. 7, pp. 503-509, 1993 0094-5765/93 $6.00+ 0.00 Printedin GreatBritain PergamonPressLtd RECEDING HORIZON FEEDBACK CONTROL LAW FOR A LARGE SPACE HOOP-COLUMN ANTENNAt PETER BOFAHand AJIT K. CHOUDHURY Department of Electrical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, U.S.A. (Received 30 April 1991; revised 15 April 1992; receivedfor publication 9 December 1992) Abstract--The dynamics of a 100-mdia, hoop-column antenna in near-Earth equatorial circular orbit considered as a flexiblebody is investigated. The dynamics of the antenna involve nonlinear coupled equations of translational, rotational and genericmodes of infinitedimensions.Using a linearizedversion of the equation about an operating point, the above modes are truncated. The genericmodes are functions of the eigenfrequenciesof the system. The main disturbances considered here are due to the Earths gravitational field and vibrational modes. A nonlinear control law (receding horizon) based on the principles of Lyapunov function is designed to stabilize the antenna in rotational as well as in generic modes. The receding horizon principle has advantage over linear control laws in that its response to large disturbances is fast and its response to small disturbances is slow; whereas linear control laws respond uniformly to all disturbances. I. INTRODUCTION circular orbit are obtained at c