The Design of an Non-Linear Satellite Attitude Controller

Hillen, Justus (2021) The Design of an Non-Linear Satellite Attitude Controller. Integration Project, Industrial Engineering and Management.

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Abstract

This thesis is dedicated to the development of a non-linear position based attitude controller for a small satellite. A typical small satellite is subject to numerous non- linear disturbances causing undesired torque exertion on the satellite. This can cause the satellite to abandon its desired attitude and thus malfunction. By im- plementing a non-linear controller based solely on position, an efficient trajectory following stabilization method with low noise generation is reached. The controller will make use of the port-Hamiltonian framework in combination with the quater- nion representation. These respectively have the advantages to be easily compared to other control strategies based on energy usage, and to solve singularity problems encountered with rotational matrices. Thereafter, passivity based control is applied to guarantee asymptotic stability of a developed error system, thus following desired trajectory.

Item Type:	Thesis (Integration Project)
Supervisor name:	Munoz Arias, M. and Larsen, G.K.H.
Degree programme:	Industrial Engineering and Management
Thesis type:	Integration Project
Language:	English
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2021 07:29
Last Modified:	08 Jul 2021 07:29
URI:	https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/25045

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