Ballbot-Inspired orbital refueling depot and fluid-slosh effects on Spacecraft attitude dynamics

Orbital refueling has become a subject of increasing interest as longer, deep space missions and manned missions to the Moon and Mars are being contemplated once again. For fueling depots to become part of the infrastructure in space capable of enhancing deployment and service operations, there rema...

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Autor: Kuzbari Mora, Maher
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
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Palabra clave:Airplanes--Fuel
Sloshing
Satellite
Attitude dynamics and maneuver
Liquid filled spacecraft
Aeronaus
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Astronàutica::Enginyeria aeroespacial
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spelling Ballbot-Inspired orbital refueling depot and fluid-slosh effects on Spacecraft attitude dynamicsKuzbari Mora, MaherAirplanes--FuelSloshingSatelliteAttitude dynamics and maneuverLiquid filled spacecraftAeronausÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Astronàutica::Enginyeria aeroespacialOrbital refueling has become a subject of increasing interest as longer, deep space missions and manned missions to the Moon and Mars are being contemplated once again. For fueling depots to become part of the infrastructure in space capable of enhancing deployment and service operations, there remains a slew of technical, operational, and engineering challenges which must be overcome. In this thesis, focus is placed mainly on the issue of fluid slosh and its effects on the spacecraft dynamics and the design of an attitude control system. In pursuit of overcoming the attitude tracking errors and instability from the fluid slosh, a novel satellite design is presented based on an omnidirectional ball-balanced robot (ball-bot) which aims at minimizing the control effort required to stabilize the satellite while also maximizing the amount of fuel it can carry. The satellite is comprised of two primary elements: a spherical tank, containing the fuel payload and a cuboid bus, containing the attitude control system (ACS) and other subsystems. The satellite bus is mobile and can displace itself over the surface of the sphere and has a sunshield which is deployed in orbit which shields the spherical tank from solar radiation. The cube is mobile and can displace itself on the surface of the sphere to point to the sun ensuring the protection of the fuel payload. A presentation of the state-of-the-art of orbital fuel depots is first presented, and subsequently, a contextualization of orbital dynamics, along with the mathematical modeling of the satellite, is carried out, complemented by a discussion about the limitations of the work and the assumptions of the model. A simulation of the satellite¿s dynamics with the fluid slosh is conducted using Simulink and the sun-tracking of the cuboid-bus with Mathematica. Finally, a set of conclusions are presented and recommendations for future research and improvements, based on the conclusions, are made.Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::9 - Indústria, Innovació i InfraestructuraUniversitat Politècnica de CatalunyaAltmeyer, Sebastián Andreas20222022-06-2720222022-07-18master thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccNAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/370418reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3704182026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ballbot-Inspired orbital refueling depot and fluid-slosh effects on Spacecraft attitude dynamics
title Ballbot-Inspired orbital refueling depot and fluid-slosh effects on Spacecraft attitude dynamics
spellingShingle Ballbot-Inspired orbital refueling depot and fluid-slosh effects on Spacecraft attitude dynamics
Kuzbari Mora, Maher
Airplanes--Fuel
Sloshing
Satellite
Attitude dynamics and maneuver
Liquid filled spacecraft
Aeronaus
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Astronàutica::Enginyeria aeroespacial
title_short Ballbot-Inspired orbital refueling depot and fluid-slosh effects on Spacecraft attitude dynamics
title_full Ballbot-Inspired orbital refueling depot and fluid-slosh effects on Spacecraft attitude dynamics
title_fullStr Ballbot-Inspired orbital refueling depot and fluid-slosh effects on Spacecraft attitude dynamics
title_full_unstemmed Ballbot-Inspired orbital refueling depot and fluid-slosh effects on Spacecraft attitude dynamics
title_sort Ballbot-Inspired orbital refueling depot and fluid-slosh effects on Spacecraft attitude dynamics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Kuzbari Mora, Maher
author Kuzbari Mora, Maher
author_facet Kuzbari Mora, Maher
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Altmeyer, Sebastián Andreas
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Airplanes--Fuel
Sloshing
Satellite
Attitude dynamics and maneuver
Liquid filled spacecraft
Aeronaus
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Astronàutica::Enginyeria aeroespacial
topic Airplanes--Fuel
Sloshing
Satellite
Attitude dynamics and maneuver
Liquid filled spacecraft
Aeronaus
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Aeronàutica i espai::Astronàutica::Enginyeria aeroespacial
description Orbital refueling has become a subject of increasing interest as longer, deep space missions and manned missions to the Moon and Mars are being contemplated once again. For fueling depots to become part of the infrastructure in space capable of enhancing deployment and service operations, there remains a slew of technical, operational, and engineering challenges which must be overcome. In this thesis, focus is placed mainly on the issue of fluid slosh and its effects on the spacecraft dynamics and the design of an attitude control system. In pursuit of overcoming the attitude tracking errors and instability from the fluid slosh, a novel satellite design is presented based on an omnidirectional ball-balanced robot (ball-bot) which aims at minimizing the control effort required to stabilize the satellite while also maximizing the amount of fuel it can carry. The satellite is comprised of two primary elements: a spherical tank, containing the fuel payload and a cuboid bus, containing the attitude control system (ACS) and other subsystems. The satellite bus is mobile and can displace itself over the surface of the sphere and has a sunshield which is deployed in orbit which shields the spherical tank from solar radiation. The cube is mobile and can displace itself on the surface of the sphere to point to the sun ensuring the protection of the fuel payload. A presentation of the state-of-the-art of orbital fuel depots is first presented, and subsequently, a contextualization of orbital dynamics, along with the mathematical modeling of the satellite, is carried out, complemented by a discussion about the limitations of the work and the assumptions of the model. A simulation of the satellite¿s dynamics with the fluid slosh is conducted using Simulink and the sun-tracking of the cuboid-bus with Mathematica. Finally, a set of conclusions are presented and recommendations for future research and improvements, based on the conclusions, are made.
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