Abstract
Effectiveness is examined experimentally in this paper for vibration suppression on tethered flexible space structures like the tethered space solar power satellites (SSPS) by employing a micro tension actuator. In the experiment, a micro tension actuator is used to generate very small tension and control the structure vibration. The micro tension actuator employs with a very flexible arm connected to tether in order to overcome the penalty of nonlinear behavior of tether. The model employed is a tethered space solar satellite. The control performance of the micro tension actuator is examined in its performance to suppress flexible structure connected through tether. Results of the experiment have verified the validity of this controller and the ability is confirmed on the vibration suppression of the micro tension actuator.
