Variable speed control moment gyroscope applied in a reaction wheel pendulum

• Grant number: 17/12985-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: January 10, 2018
• End date: May 09, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Mechanics of Solids
• Principal Investigator: Samuel da Silva
• Grantee: João Francisco Silva Trentin
• Supervisor: Hanspeter Schaub
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia (FEIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Ilha Solteira. Ilha Solteira , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Colorado Boulder, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 16/21977-0 - Orientation control in a pendulum with saturation in the reaction wheel, BP.MS

Abstract

The attitude control using as actuators reaction wheels has been one of the most popular way to stabilize and reject external disturbances in aerospace devices. From the controlled change of angular momentum rate of change, using for example reaction wheels, it is possible to control the oscillation and direction rate of change in rigid bodies in space. The idea here is to use the angular momentum variation in amplitude and in direction using the systems dynamic to make the control far from equilibrium points easier and without saturation. In order to perform it the present proposal intends to apply a Variable Speed Control Moment Gyroscope mechanism in a reaction wheel pendulum. It will be applied a gyroscopic torque in situations where the saturation happens and also will be controlled the reaction wheel angular velocity in order to avoid singularities. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SILVA TRENTIN, JOAO FRANCISCO; SANTOS, DAVI A.; DA SILVA, SAMUEL; SCHAUB, HANSPETER. Dynamic modeling and control of a spherical pendulum with a VSCMG. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, v. 44, n. 8, p. 14-pg., 2022-08-01. (17/12985-2, 20/12314-3, 18/13751-8)

TRENTIN, JOAO F. S.; DA SILVA, SAMUEL; SCHAUB, HANSPETER. Variable Speed Control Moment Gyroscope in an Inverted Pendulum. JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, v. 141, n. 11, NOV 2019. (17/12985-2, 18/13751-8)