relation: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2674/
title: A Hybrid Model Predictive Control Approach to Attitude Control with Minimum-Impulse-Bit Thrusters
creator: Sopasakis, Pantelis
creator: Bernardini, Daniele
creator: Strauch, Hans
creator: Bennani, Samir
creator: Bemporad, Alberto
subject: Q Science (General)
subject: QA Mathematics
subject: T Technology (General)
description: This paper studies an important aspect of attitude control for a launcher's upper stage: the minimum impulse bit (MIB), that is, the minimum torque that can be exerted by the thrusters. We model this effect using principles of hybrid systems theory and we design a hybrid model predictive control scheme for the attitude control of a launcher during its long coasting period, aiming at minimizing the number of thrusters' actuations. We apply the proposed methodology to a nonlinear model of a typical upper stage with multi-payload capability. 
publisher: IEEE
date: 2016-07
type: Conference or Workshop Item
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
rights: cc_by_nd
identifier: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2674/1/ECC15_0340_FI.pdf
identifier:   Sopasakis, Pantelis and Bernardini, Daniele and Strauch, Hans and Bennani, Samir and Bemporad, Alberto  A Hybrid Model Predictive Control Approach to Attitude Control with Minimum-Impulse-Bit Thrusters.  In: European Control Conference, 15th-17th July 2015, Linz, Austria   ISBN 978-3-9524269-3-7.      (2016)  
relation: https://controls.papercept.net/conferences/conferences/ECC15/program/ECC15_ContentListWeb_3.html#thc4_01