Quadrelli, Marco B.; Basinger, Scott; Palacios, David; Arumugam, Darmindra
(Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2015, 2015-08-31)
In this paper we present some ideas regarding the modeling, dynamics and control aspects of granular spacecraft. Granular spacecraft are complex multibody systems composed of a spatially disordered distribution of a large ...