The scenario I was thinking of is satellite attitude control. I would think that a rotating satellite would continue to rotate if it were sufficiently high enough (perhaps GEO orbit) with negligible effects from solar wind and cosmic rays-at least on the time period that we would care about...
In most systems there is some sort of damping, but is it possible to develop a controller that works efficiently in a system with no damping? For example, imagine tracking the position of a linear cart moving on a track with no friction. Would it be possible to design a controller to supply a...
I'm working on determining the differential equations governing two linked bars that rotate around a fixed pivot (located at the end of one of the bars). Something like a double pendulum but rotating in the horizontal plane so gravity is not an issue. There are applied external forces at the end...