Averaging Analysis of Self-Excited Motion of a Quasi-Axisymmetrical Gyrostat

摘要

The averaging analysis was carried out to study the motion of a quasi axisymmetrical gyrostat under a small magnitude self excited control torque. The common approach to investigating the problem of rigid body rotation under the action of a small torque known in the body frame was described. Using this approach, the problem (Grammel’s problem for the case of small torque) that is maintaining the angular velocity of a quasi axisymmetrical gyrostat using a control torque quadratic in the angular velocity was solved.