Publisher's Synopsis
The Space Station Mechanism Test Bed is a six degree-of-freedom motion simulation facility used to evaluate docking and berthing hardware mechanisms. A generalized rigid body math model was developed which allowed the computation of vehicle relative motion in six DOF due to forces and moments from mechanism contact, attitude control systems, and gravity. No vehicle size limitations were imposed in the model. The equations of motion were based on Hill's equations for translational motion with respect to a nominal circular earth orbit and Newton-Euler equations for rotational motion. This rigid body model and supporting software were being refined. Compton, Jimmy Unspecified Center DEGREES OF FREEDOM; FLEXIBLE BODIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION SIMULATION; RIGID STRUCTURES; SPACE STATIONS; SPACECRAFT DOCKING; TEST EQUIPMENT; ATTITUDE CONTROL; CIRCULAR ORBITS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; EARTH ORBITS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATION; TEST FACILITIES; TRANSLATIONAL MOTION...
