Virtual Spring-Damper Mesh-Based Formation Control for Spacecraft Swarms in Potential Fields

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No AccessEngineering NoteVirtual Spring-Damper Mesh-Based Formation Control for Spacecraft Swarms in Potential FieldsQifeng Chen, Sandor M. Veres, Yaonan Wang and Yunhe MengQifeng ChenSchool of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Central South University, 410083 Hunan, People's Republic of China, Sandor M. VeresDepartment of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England S1 3JD, United Kingdom, Yaonan WangCollege of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, 410082 Hunan, People's Republic of China and Yunhe MengCollege of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, 410073 Hunan, People's Republic of ChinaPublished Online:24 Feb 2015https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G000569SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations About References [1] Mesbahi M. and Egerstedt M., Graph Theoretic Methods in Multiagent Networks, Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, 2010, pp. 23–27, 78–80, 117–126. CrossrefGoogle Scholar[2] Mesbahi M. and Hadaegh F. Y., "Formation Flying Control of Multiple Spacecraft via Graphs, Matrix Inequalities, and Switching," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2001, pp. 369–377. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/2.4721 JGCDDT 0162-3192 LinkGoogle Scholar[3] Tanner H., Pappas G. and Kumar V., "Leader-to-Formation Stability," IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2004, pp. 443–455. doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/TRA.2004.825275TRA.2004.825275 IRAUEZ 1042-296X CrossrefGoogle Scholar[4] Scharf D. P., Hadaegh F. Y. and Ploen S. R., "Survey of Spacecraft Formation Flying Guidance and Control (Part II): Control," Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference, IEEE Publ., Piscataway, NJ, June–July 2004, pp. 2976–2985. Google Scholar[5] Fax J. A. and Murray R. M., "Information Flow and Cooperative Control of Vehicle Formations," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 49, No. 9, 2004, pp. 1465–1476. doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2004.834433 IETAA9 0018-9286 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[6] Ren W., "Formation Keeping and Attitude Alignment for Multiple Spacecraft Through Local Interactions," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2007, pp. 633–638. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/1.25629 JGCDDT 0162-3192 LinkGoogle Scholar[7] Ramirez-Riberos J. L., Pavone M., Frazzoli E. and Miller D. W., "Distributed Control of Spacecraft Formations via Cyclic Pursuit: Theory and Experiments," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 33, No. 5, 2010, pp. 1655–1669. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/1.46511 JGCDDT 0162-3192 LinkGoogle Scholar[8] Arcak M., "Passivity as a Design Tool for Group Coordination," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 52, No. 8, 2007, pp. 1380–1390. doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2007.902733 IETAA9 0018-9286 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[9] Ren W. and Beard R. W., "Decentralized Scheme for Spacecraft Formation Flying via the Virtual Structure Approach," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2004, pp. 73–82. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/1.9287 JGCDDT 0162-3192 LinkGoogle Scholar[10] Ren W. and Atkins E., "Distributed Multi-Vehicle Coordinated Control via Local Information Exchange," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 17, Nos. 10, 11, 2007, pp. 1002–1033. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1239 IJRCEA 1099-1239 CrossrefGoogle Scholar[11] Smith R. S. and Hadaegh F. Y., "Control of Deep-Space Formation-Flying Spacecraft: Relative Sensing and Switched Information," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2005, pp. 106–114. doi:https://doi.org/10.2514/1.6165 JGCDDT 0162-3192 LinkGoogle Scholar[12] Shucker B., Murphey T. and Bennett J. K., "Approach to Switching Control Beyond Nearest Neighbor Rules," Proceedings of the 2006 American Control Conference, IEEE Publ., Piscataway, NJ, 2006, pp. 5959–5965. Google Scholar[13] Zelazo D. and Mesbahi M., "Edge Agreement: Graph-Theoretic Performance Bou