Optimal Design of Passive Control of Space Tethered-Net Capture System

Qingquan CHEN, Genghui LI*, Qingbin ZHANG*, Qiangang TANG, Guobin ZHANG

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Abstract

The space tethered-net is an important tool for space debris capture. But its rebound movement limits its effective working distance. To solve this issue, a passive control method using "Energy dissipation band (EDB)'' is proposed in this paper. A semi-spring damper model of the EDB is first built and verified by the tests, and then the strengths of the bands are optimized with Radial Basis Function assisted optimization method with Batch infill Sampling criterion (RBFBS). Simulation results show that this passive control method can significantly increase the effective work distance of the space tethered-net, and RBFBS algorithm is able to optimize the strengths of the EDBs effectively and efficiently. This paper provides a new idea for the optimal design of the space tethered-net, which can be applied to the future flexible capture tasks.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)131383-131394
JournalIEEE Access
Volume7
Online published4 Sept 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Research Keywords

  • Control design
  • dynamics
  • optimization
  • optimal control
  • simulation
  • space technology
  • DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION
  • FUROSHIKI SATELLITE
  • GENETIC ALGORITHM
  • DYNAMICS

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