Efficiency of Hysteresis Rods in Small Spacecraft Attitude Stabilization

A semiempirical method for predicting the damping efficiency of hysteresis rods on-board small satellites is presented. It is based on the evaluation of dissipating energy variation of different ferromagnetic materials for two different rod shapes: thin film and circular cross-section rods, as a fun...

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Main Authors: Assal Farrahi, Ángel Sanz-Andrés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/459573
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description A semiempirical method for predicting the damping efficiency of hysteresis rods on-board small satellites is presented. It is based on the evaluation of dissipating energy variation of different ferromagnetic materials for two different rod shapes: thin film and circular cross-section rods, as a function of their elongation. Based on this formulation, an optimum design considering the size of hysteresis rods, their cross section shape, and layout has been proposed. Finally, the formulation developed was applied to the case of four existing small satellites, whose corresponding in-flight data are published. A good agreement between the estimated rotational speed decay time and the in-flight data has been observed.
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spelling doaj-art-902176036a634e6eb4648d6bf0d997eb2025-08-20T02:09:15ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal1537-744X2013-01-01201310.1155/2013/459573459573Efficiency of Hysteresis Rods in Small Spacecraft Attitude StabilizationAssal Farrahi0Ángel Sanz-Andrés1Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad “Ignacio Da Riva” (IDR), ETSI Aeronauticos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Plaza del Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, SpainInstituto Universitario de Microgravedad “Ignacio Da Riva” (IDR), ETSI Aeronauticos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Plaza del Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, SpainA semiempirical method for predicting the damping efficiency of hysteresis rods on-board small satellites is presented. It is based on the evaluation of dissipating energy variation of different ferromagnetic materials for two different rod shapes: thin film and circular cross-section rods, as a function of their elongation. Based on this formulation, an optimum design considering the size of hysteresis rods, their cross section shape, and layout has been proposed. Finally, the formulation developed was applied to the case of four existing small satellites, whose corresponding in-flight data are published. A good agreement between the estimated rotational speed decay time and the in-flight data has been observed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/459573
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