Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
12-15-2019
Year of Publication
2019
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Engineering
Department/School/Program
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Jesse B. Hoagg
Abstract
This thesis presents a decentralized electromagnetic formation flying (EMFF) control method using frequency-multiplexed sinusoidal control signals. We demonstrate the EMFF control approach in open-loop and closed-loop control experiments using a single-degree-of-freedom testbed with an electromagnetic actuation system (EAS). The EAS sense the relative position and velocity between satellites and implement a frequency-multiplexed sinusoidal control signal. We use a laser-rangefinder device to capture the relative position and an ARM-based microcontroller to implement the closed-loop control algorithm. We custom-design and build the EAS that implements the formation control in one dimension. The experimental results in this thesis demonstrate the feasibility of the decentralized formation control algorithm between two satellites.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2019.466
Funding Information
This research work is supported and funded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (80NSSC17M0040). The funding was granted in the year 2017 to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kentucky.
Recommended Citation
Sunny, Ajin, "SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM EXPERIMENTS DEMONSTRATING ELECTROMAGNETIC FORMATION FLYING FOR SMALL SATELLITE SWARMS USING PIECEWISE-SINUSOIDAL CONTROLS" (2019). Theses and Dissertations--Mechanical Engineering. 146.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/me_etds/146
Program used to run experiments on the first electromagnetic actuation system
clsat2.pdf (34 kB)
Program used to run experiments on the second electromagnetic actuation system
EXP_PHOTO.JPG (3065 kB)
Photo of the test bed
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