Dynamics of harpoon-assisted capturing of space debris

Theoretical mechanics


Аuthors

Aslanov V. S.*, Sizov D. V.**

Samara National Research University named after Academician S.P. Korolev, 34, Moskovskoye shosse, Samara, 443086, Russia

*e-mail: aslanov_vs@mail.ru
**e-mail: sizov.syzran@gmail.com

Abstract

This study focuses on the problem of space debris capturing with harpoon. In contrast to the existing works on this issue, the paper deals with the process dynamics and accounts for the space debris motion disturbances caused by the harpoon. The objective of the article consists in analyzing the behavior of the system consisting of space debris in orbit and a damper equipped harpoon while capturing process and after it. The paper proposes two mathematical models of capturing. The first model studies three stages of the process, namely perforation, damping, and the target motion after the harpoon fixing in it. The interacting force between the target and harpoon is considered as a time function, which parameters depend on the harpoon properties. The second simplified model is based on a hypothesis that the target and harpoon interaction is absolutely inelastic collision. Both models are applied to simulate of a lightweight target capturing, and the simplified model’s restrictions are demonstrated. A large space debris capturing is also being studied. Numerical simulation reveals that the large rotating object after its capturing either continues its rotation in the initial or in the opposite direction, or starts wavering. The article formulated the conditions for the body transition from rotation to wavering after being captured by the harpoon. The results of this work may be employed for the space debris removal systems developing.

Keywords:

space debris, capturing, removal, harpoon, perforation

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