Quasi-optimal deceleration of rotations of a rigid body with a moving mass in a resistive medium

Abstract

The problem of time quasi-optimal deceleration of the rotations of a dynamically symmetric rigid body is studied. It is assumed that the body contains a point mass connected to it with a strong viscoelastic element (damper). The body is acted on by a small linear resistance torque of the medium that is proportional to the angular momentum and a small control torque bounded by an ellipsoidal domain. An approximate synthesis of control is proposed, and an asymptotic solution based on a procedure of averaging the precession motion over the phase is obtained; numerical integration is performed. The main properties of the quasi-optimal motion are determined.