Experimental investigation of the dynamics of spinning tethered bodies

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 487-495

  Modi, V J ^a   Pradhan, S ^a   Chu, M ^a   Tyc, G ^a,b   Misra, A K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Bristol Aerospace Ltd   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODIES OF REVOLUTION; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SYSTEM STABILITY; TETHERLINES;

LARGE AMPLITUDE END BODY CONING; SPINNING TETHERED BODIES;

SOUNDING ROCKETS;

EID: 0030257162     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(97)85429-X     Document Type: Article

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