E-sail technology enables a continuous propulsion system based on the repulsive force
exerted by solar wind protons on a set of positively charged tethers. Diverse methods have …

The dynamics and control strategies of a full-scale flexible electric solar wind sail (E-sail)
spacecraft are studied in this work. The configuration of the E-sail is an umbrella shape …

This paper studies the dynamics of a tether transportation system by the nodal position finite
element method in the framework of an arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian description. Material …

This paper focuses on the nonlinear dynamics and control for the spin-up maneuver of an
electrodynamic tethered satellite system in an inclined elliptical orbit. A nonsingular …

Tethered space-tug system is regarded as one of the most promising active debris removal
technologies to effectively decrease the steep increasing population of space debris. In …

This paper develops a high-fidelity and high-accuracy dynamic model to investigate libration
suppression of partial space elevator caused by a moving climber through tether …

The paper studies the stability and control of radial deployment of an electric solar wind sail
with the consideration of high-order modes of elastic tethers. The electric solar wind sail is …

This paper studies the dynamic characteristics of an electric solar wind sail (E-sail). A high-
fidelity multiphysics model is developed by the nodal position finite element method to …

This paper studies the flight dynamics and control strategy for electric solar wind sails based
on the nodal position finite element method, where the coupling effects between tether …

This paper developed a high-fidelity dynamic model of flexible space tether systems by
considering the elastic, thermal, and electrical coupling effects on the dynamics and stability …