Solar sail attitude control using shape variation of booms

作     者：Feng ZHANG Shengping GONG Haoran GONG Hexi BAOYIN Feng ZHANG;Shengping GONG;Haoran GONG;Hexi BAOYIN

作者机构：School of Aerospace EngineeringTsinghua UniversityBeijing 100084China School of AstronauticsBeihang UniversityBeijing 100083China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Aeronautics》 (中国航空学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第35卷第10期

页      面：326-336页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 081105[工学-导航、制导与控制] 0811[工学-控制科学与工程] 

基　　金：National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11772167 11822205) 

主　　题：Attitude control Boom deformation Dynamics Solar radiation pressure Solar sail 

摘      要：Active attitude control of solar sails is required to control the direction of the force generated by Solar Radiation Pressure(SRP). It is desirable to control the attitude through propellantfree means. This paper proposes a new method for attitude control of solar sails: A boom consisting of smart structural material can be deformed by the piezoelectric actuator, and Solar Radiation Pressure torque will be generated due to shape variation of sail membrane caused by boom deformation. The method has the advantages of simple structure, small disturbance and small additional load, and is not limited by the size of the solar sail. The case of rendezvous with the Asteroid 2000SG344 is used to verify the attitude control around the pitch and yaw axes.