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History of the Tether Concept and Tether Missions: A Review [PDF]
ISRN Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2013 This paper introduces history of space tethers, including tether concepts and tether missions, and attempts to provide a source of references for historical understanding of space tethers. Several concepts of space tethers since the original concept has been conceived are listed in the literature, as well as a summary of interesting applications, and a
Chen, Yi +4 more
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Tangle-Free Exploration with a Tethered Mobile Robot
Remote Sensing, 2020 Exploration and remote sensing with mobile robots is a well known field of research, but current solutions cannot be directly applied for tethered robots.
Danylo Shapovalov +1 more
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Dynamic Analysis and Libration Control of Electrodynamic Tether for Reboost Applications
IEEE Access, 2021 Electrodynamic tethers can be employed as an immensely promising propulsion system for boosting the altitude of spacecraft, cite instance space stations, satellites, and the like, which ameliorates the expenditure of fuel and minimizes detrimental ...
Yanfang Li +3 more
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Space verification experimental analysis for attitude control of a tethered space robot
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2014 This paper describes evaluation analysis for the space verification experiment of a tethered space robot on the sounding rocket "S-520-25." The S-520-25 rocket was launched on August 31, 2010.
Masahiro NOHMI
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Contact Analysis of Mobility Devices Based on Tension
Modelling, 2021 Advances in space technology have opened up opportunities for human beings to work in outer space. It is expected that the upsizing of manned space facilities, such as the International Space Station, will further this trend.
Satoshi Takayama +2 more
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Rapid attitude maneuver of the space tether net capture system using active disturbance rejection control [PDF]
Mechanical Sciences, 2019 The space tether net capture system is a spacecraft system with a mounting tether net for capturing targets. It has the advantages of reusability and the adaptability to capture varying targets with different geometries or flying-motion statuses. However,
C. Wei, H. Liu, C. Tan, Y. Liu, Y. Zhao
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2015 Highly-dynamic floating bodies such as wave energy convertors require mooring lines with particular mechanical properties; the mooring system must achieve adequate station keeping whilst controlling mooring tensions within acceptable limits.
Tessa Gordelier +3 more
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Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2016 Since the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011, the robots for exploring the power station buildings have been working and developing.
Seiga KIRIBAYASHI, Keiji NAGATANI
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Dynamic Behavior Analysis and Stability Control of Tethered Satellite Formation Deployment
Sensors, 2021 In recent years, Tethered Space Systems (TSSs) have received significant attention in aerospace research as a result of their significant advantages: dexterousness, long life cycles and fuel-less engines.
Kangyu Zhang +4 more
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Experimental investigations on nonlinear mechanical behaviors of Kevlar tether
Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics, 2023 A Kevlar tether usually exhibits strong nonlinearity in engineering applications, bringing new challenges to the modeling of tether dynamics. The nonlinear mechanical behaviors, including creep behavior, nonlinear stiffness, hysteresis effect, and ...
Ban Wang, Haozheng Li, Juyong Zhang
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