Attitude Control of an Axi-Symmetric Rigid Body Using Two Controls without Angular Velocity Measurements Paper

Tawfik El-Sayed Tawfik

Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

DOI: 10.4236/wjm.2013.35A001                

Abstract

This paper considers the problem of controlling the rotational motion of an axi-symmetric rigid body using two independent control torques without angular velocity measurements. The control law which stabilizes asymptotically this motion is obtained only in terms of the orientation parameters. Global asymptotic stability is shown by applying LaSalle invariance principal. Numerical simulation is introduced.

Keywords

Attitude Control; Rigid Body; Stabilization; Two Controls

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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