Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (8): 1061-1069 .doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-006-0806-1

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PERIODIC MOTIONS OF SPINNING RIGID SPACECRAFT UNDER INFLUENCE OF GRAVITATIONAL AND MAGNETIC FIELDS

Yehia A. Abdel-aziz, M. H. Yehia, F. A. Abd El-Salam, M. Radwan   

    1. National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt;
    2. Mathematics Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt;
    3. Astronomy Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, 12613, Egypt
  • Received:2005-10-24 Revised:2006-02-14 Online:2006-08-18 Published:2006-08-18
  • Contact: M. H. Yehia

Abstract: The motion of a magnetized axisymmetric spacecraft about its center of mass in a circular orbit is considered, taking the gravitational and magnetic effects of the central body into account. Equations of motion of the reduced system are transformed to equations of plane motion of a charged particle under the action of electric and magnetic fields. Stationary motions of the system are determined and periodic motions near to them are constructed using the Lyapounoff theorem of the holomorphic integral.

Key words: periodic motions, routhian, rigid spacecraft

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