The analytical structures of alternative coordinate transformations for the variables that characterize the deformations of finite element models of flexible appendages on rotating spacecraft are examined. Particular emphasis is given to the truncation operations that are essential for efficient numerical simulations of flexible spacecraft, due to the necessarily large number of coordinates employed in a finite element description. A theorem is developed which establishes necessary conditions for the commutativity of the required truncation and inversion operations. The recommended alternative for the rotating elastic appendage is a complex transformation with previously published orthogonality properties, which permit the derivation in this paper of a relatively simple explicit set of transformed and truncated equations of modal vibration in real variables.


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    Title :

    Coordinate transformation and truncation for rotating spacecraft with flexible appendages


    Contributors:
    Likins, P. (author) / Ohkami, Y. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1975-12-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English