Hello,
I have a set of nonlinear satellite attitude equations to solve. I've implemented this as I've done in the past (at least I think I've done everything the same), and the solutions I get are linear. There should be an oscillation in each of the angles phi, tht, psi over time. My suspicion is that I didn't define the vector correctly being sent to ode45, my ode function doesn't update the contents of this vector correctly or there's some sort of scaling issue. I've asked other classmates already, the TA for my class, and stared at it for hours without seeing the error, so I'm turning to the experts for assistance.
Thank you,
Rick
% Derive Equations of Motion
clc; clear;% PRY = [phi,tht,psi,dphi,dtht,dpsi]';
% Create sym variables
syms Sphi(t) Stht(t) Spsi(t) dSphi(t) dStht(t) dSpsi(t) ddSphi(t) ddStht(t)... ddSpsi(t)assume([Sphi(t) Stht(t) Spsi(t) dSphi(t) dStht(t) dSpsi(t) ddSphi(t) ... ddStht(t) ddSpsi(t)],'real')syms SOmega SR SG SmE SIxx SIyy SIzz real positive% Form rotation matrices and cosine direction matrices
Rxphi = [1,0,0;0,cos(Sphi),sin(Sphi);0,-sin(Sphi),cos(Sphi)];Rytht(t) = [cos(Stht),0,-sin(Stht);0,1,0;sin(Stht),0,cos(Stht)];Rzpsi(t) = [cos(Spsi),sin(Spsi),0;-sin(Spsi),cos(Spsi),0;0,0,1];BCA = Rxphi*Rytht*Rzpsi;ACB = transpose(BCA);% Compute O_omega_A in B-frame
OwA_B = BCA*[0;0;SOmega];% Compute A_omega_B in B-frame
AwBcross = BCA*diff(ACB,t);AwB_Bx = [0,0,1]*AwBcross*[0;1;0];AwB_By = [1,0,0]*AwBcross*[0;0;1];AwB_Bz = [0,1,0]*AwBcross*[1;0;0];AwB_B = [ AwB_Bx;AwB_By;AwB_Bz ];% Compute O_omega_B in B-frame
OwB_B = OwA_B + AwB_B;% Decompose O_omega_B
OwB = eye(3)*OwB_B(t);OwB = [OwB(1,:);OwB(2,:);OwB(3,:)];% Moment of Inertia Matrix
I = [SIxx,0,0;0,SIyy,0;0,0,SIzz];% Angular Momentum
h = I*OwB;hdot = diff(h,t);% Torques
K = 3*SG*SmE/SR^5;Gx = K*(sin(2*Sphi)*(cos(Stht))^2*(SIzz-SIyy));Gy = K*(sin(2*Stht)*cos(Sphi)*(SIzz-SIxx));Gz = K*(sin(2*Stht)*sin(Sphi)*(SIxx-SIyy));Tau = hdot + cross(OwB,h);TauX = Tau(1,:);TauY = Tau(2,:);TauZ = Tau(3,:);% Substitute
TauX = subs(TauX,[diff(Sphi(t), t, t),diff(Stht(t), t, t),diff(Spsi(t), t, t)],[ddSphi,ddStht,ddSpsi]);TauY = subs(TauY,[diff(Sphi(t), t, t),diff(Stht(t), t, t),diff(Spsi(t), t, t)],[ddSphi,ddStht,ddSpsi]);TauZ = subs(TauZ,[diff(Sphi(t), t, t),diff(Stht(t), t, t),diff(Spsi(t), t, t)],[ddSphi,ddStht,ddSpsi]);TauX = subs(TauX,[diff(Sphi(t), t),diff(Stht(t), t),diff(Spsi(t), t)],[dSphi,dStht,dSpsi]);TauY = subs(TauY,[diff(Sphi(t), t),diff(Stht(t), t),diff(Spsi(t), t)],[dSphi,dStht,dSpsi]);TauZ = subs(TauZ,[diff(Sphi(t), t),diff(Stht(t), t),diff(Spsi(t), t)],[dSphi,dStht,dSpsi]);TauX = subs(TauX,[Sphi(t),Stht(t),Spsi(t)],[Sphi,Stht,Spsi]);TauY = subs(TauY,[Sphi(t),Stht(t),Spsi(t)],[Sphi,Stht,Spsi]);TauZ = subs(TauZ,[Sphi(t),Stht(t),Spsi(t)],[Sphi,Stht,Spsi]);% Tx = TauX == Gx;
% Ty = TauY == Gy;
% Tz = TauZ == Gz;
Tx = TauX == 0;Ty = TauY == 0;Tz = TauZ == 0;isolate(Tx,ddSphi)isolate(Ty,ddStht)isolate(Tz,ddSpsi)
% Main
% Sets intitial values, creates PRY vector of unknowns and paramters; calls
% other functions and solver; sorts data and plots results
clc; clear; close all
% Set initial values
PRY = zeros(6,1);
phi = 0; tht = 0; psi = 0;
dphi = 0; dtht = 0; dpsi = 0;
RE = 6378.137e3 ; % m - radius of earth
RS = 500e3; % m - orbital altitude
R = (RE+RS); % m
mE = 5.972e24; % kg
G = 6.6743e-11; % m^3/kg s^2
Omega = sqrt(G*mE/R^3); % rad/s
Ixx = 6; Iyy = 8; Izz = 4; % kg m^2
mu = G*mE;
per = 2*pi*(sqrt(R^3/mu));
tend = 1.6*per;
tspan = [0 tend];
ic = [1;5;10;15;20;25];
for k= 1:6
phi =ic(k);
tht=ic(k);
psi=ic(k);
PRY = [phi,tht,psi,dphi,dtht,dpsi]';
[t,prydot] = ode45(@(t,pry) proj_ODE(t,PRY,Omega,R,mE,G,Ixx,Iyy,Izz),tspan,PRY);
% [t,prydot] = ode45(@(t,pry) proj_ODE_L(t,PRY,Omega,R,mE,G,Ixx,Iyy,Izz),tspan,PRY);
% Plotting results; pitch, roll, yaw for each initial condition
xticks = linspace(0,1.6,9);
figure(k)
% prydot = rad2deg(prydot);
subplot(3,1,1)
plot(t,prydot(:,1))
grid on
title('Pitch, \phi');
xlabel('Time, [s]'); ylabel('');
subplot(3,1,2)
plot(t,prydot(:,2));
grid on
title('Roll, \theta');
xlabel('Time, [s]');
subplot(3,1,3)
plot(t,prydot(:,3));
grid on
title('Yaw, \psi');
xlabel('Time, [s]'); ylabel('Attitude, [rad]');
end
% pry_ODE.m
% myODE function for solver
% PRY = [phi,tht,psi,dphi,dtht,dpsi];
function prydot = proj_ODE(t,pry,Omega,R,mE,G,Ixx,Iyy,Izz)
prydot = zeros(size(pry));
phi = pry(1);
tht = pry(2);
psi = pry(3);
dphi = pry(4);
dtht = pry(5);
dpsi = pry(6);
K = 3*G*mE/R^5;
w0 = Omega;
Gx = K*(sin(2*phi)*(cos(tht))^2*(Izz-Iyy));
Gy = K*(sin(2*tht)*cos(phi)*(Izz-Ixx));
Gz = K*(sin(2*tht)*sin(phi)*(Ixx-Iyy));
prydot(1) = dphi;
prydot(2) = dtht;
prydot(3) = dpsi;
prydot(4) = (Ixx*((sin(phi)*sin(psi) ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht))*(cos(phi)*cos(psi)*prydot(6) ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi^2 - cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi^2 ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dphi^2 + cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dpsi^2 ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht^2 - 2*cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dphi*dpsi ...
- cos(psi)*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*prydot(5) + sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*prydot(6) ...
- 2*cos(phi)*cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dphi*dtht ...
+ 2*cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi*dpsi ...
+ 2*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi*dtht) - (cos(psi)*sin(phi) ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht))*(cos(phi)*sin(psi)*prydot(6) ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dphi^2 + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dpsi^2 ...
+ sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi^2 + sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi^2 ...
+ sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht^2 - 2*sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi*dpsi ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*prydot(6) - cos(tht)*sin(phi)*sin(psi)*prydot(5) ...
- 2*cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi*dpsi - 2*cos(phi)*cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dphi*dtht ...
- 2*cos(psi)*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dpsi*dtht) - (cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dtht ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dphi ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi)*(sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi ...
- cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dtht - sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi) ...
- (sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi - cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dphi ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dtht ...
- sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi)*(cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi - cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dpsi + cos(tht)*sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dtht) ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(tht)*(sin(phi)*sin(tht)*prydot(5) ...
+ cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dphi^2 + cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dtht^2 ...
+ 2*cos(phi)*sin(tht)*dphi*dtht) + w0*cos(tht)*dtht ...
+ cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dphi*(cos(phi)*cos(tht)*dphi - sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht) ...
+ cos(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht*(cos(phi)*cos(tht)*dphi - sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht)) ...
+ Iyy*(sin(tht)*(cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dphi + cos(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht) ...
+ w0*cos(tht)*sin(phi) + cos(psi)*cos(tht)*(cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dtht ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dphi - cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi) ...
+ cos(tht)*sin(psi)*(sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi - cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dphi ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dtht ...
- sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi))*((cos(phi)*cos(psi) ...
+ sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht))*(cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dpsi ...
- sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht) + (cos(phi)*sin(psi) ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht))*(cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dpsi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht) + w0*cos(phi)*cos(tht) - cos(tht)^2*sin(phi)*dtht) ...
- Izz*(sin(tht)*(cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dphi + cos(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht) ...
+ w0*cos(tht)*sin(phi) + cos(psi)*cos(tht)*(cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dtht ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dphi - cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi) ...
+ cos(tht)*sin(psi)*(sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi - cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dphi ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dtht ...
- sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi))*((cos(phi)*cos(psi) ...
+ sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht))*(cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dpsi ...
- sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht) + (cos(phi)*sin(psi) ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht))*(cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dpsi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht) + w0*cos(phi)*cos(tht) ...
- cos(tht)^2*sin(phi)*dtht))/(Ixx*(cos(phi)^2*cos(tht)^2 + (sin(phi)*sin(psi) ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht))^2 + (cos(psi)*sin(phi) ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht))^2));
prydot(5) = (Iyy*(cos(tht)*sin(psi)*(cos(phi)*cos(psi)*prydot(4) ...
- sin(phi)*sin(psi)*prydot(6) - cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dphi^2 ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dpsi^2 + cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi^2 ...
+ cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi^2 + cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht^2 ...
- 2*cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi*dpsi - cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*prydot(6) ...
+ sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*prydot(4) ...
- 2*cos(phi)*cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dpsi*dtht ...
+ 2*cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dphi*dpsi ...
+ 2*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi*dtht) ...
- sin(tht)*(cos(tht)*sin(phi)*prydot(4) + cos(phi)*cos(tht)*dphi^2 ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(tht)*dtht^2 - 2*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dphi*dtht) ...
+ cos(psi)*cos(tht)*(sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi^2 + sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi^2 ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*prydot(4) - cos(psi)*sin(phi)*prydot(6) ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi^2 + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi^2 ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht^2 - 2*cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dphi*dpsi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*prydot(4) ...
+ cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*prydot(6) ...
+ 2*cos(psi)*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dphi*dtht ...
+ 2*cos(phi)*cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dpsi*dtht ...
- 2*sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi*dpsi) ...
- cos(tht)*dtht*(cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dphi + cos(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht) ...
+ w0*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht - cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dpsi*(sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi ...
- cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dphi + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dtht - sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi) ...
+ cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dpsi*(cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi + cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dpsi ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dtht - cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dphi ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi) ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht*(cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dtht ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dphi - cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi) ...
+ sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht*(sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi - cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dphi ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dtht ...
- sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi) - w0*cos(phi)*cos(tht)*dphi) ...
- Ixx*((cos(phi)*cos(psi) + sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht))*(cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dpsi ...
- sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht) + (cos(phi)*sin(psi) ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht))*(cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dpsi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht) + w0*cos(phi)*cos(tht) ...
- cos(tht)^2*sin(phi)*dtht)*((sin(phi)*sin(psi) ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht))*(sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi ...
- cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dtht - sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi) ...
- (cos(psi)*sin(phi) ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht))*(cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi - cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dpsi + cos(tht)*sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dtht) ...
- w0*sin(tht) + cos(phi)*cos(tht)*(cos(phi)*cos(tht)*dphi ...
- sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht)) + Izz*((cos(phi)*cos(psi) ...
+ sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht))*(cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dpsi ...
- sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht) + (cos(phi)*sin(psi) ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht))*(cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dpsi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht) + w0*cos(phi)*cos(tht) ...
- cos(tht)^2*sin(phi)*dtht)*((sin(phi)*sin(psi) ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht))*(sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi ...
- cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dtht - sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi) ...
- (cos(psi)*sin(phi) ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht))*(cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi - cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dpsi + cos(tht)*sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dtht) ...
- w0*sin(tht) + cos(phi)*cos(tht)*(cos(phi)*cos(tht)*dphi ...
- sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht)))/(Iyy*(cos(phi)*cos(psi)^2*cos(tht)^2 ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(tht)^2*sin(psi)^2 + cos(phi)*sin(tht)^2));
prydot(6) = (Izz*((cos(phi)*cos(psi) ...
+ sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht))*(sin(psi)*sin(tht)*prydot(5) ...
+ cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dpsi^2 + cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dtht^2 ...
+ 2*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi*dtht) + (cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dpsi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht)*(sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi ...
- cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dtht - sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi) ...
- (cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dpsi ...
- sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dtht)*(cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi ...
- cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi - cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dpsi + cos(tht)*sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dtht) ...
- (cos(phi)*sin(psi) ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht))*(cos(psi)*sin(tht)*prydot(5) ...
+ cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dpsi^2 + cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dtht^2 ...
- 2*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi*dtht) + cos(tht)^2*sin(phi)*prydot(5) ...
- 2*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht^2 + cos(phi)*cos(tht)^2*dphi*dtht ...
+ w0*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dphi + w0*cos(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht) ...
+ Ixx*(sin(tht)*(cos(tht)*sin(phi)*dphi + cos(phi)*sin(tht)*dtht) ...
+ w0*cos(tht)*sin(phi) + cos(psi)*cos(tht)*(cos(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*sin(phi)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*cos(tht)*dtht ...
- cos(psi)*sin(phi)*sin(tht)*dphi - cos(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi) ...
+ cos(tht)*sin(psi)*(sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dpsi - cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dphi ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(tht)*sin(psi)*dtht ...
- sin(phi)*sin(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi))*((sin(phi)*sin(psi) ...
+ cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht))*(sin(phi)*sin(psi)*dphi ...
- cos(phi)*cos(psi)*dpsi + cos(phi)*cos(psi)*sin(tht)*dphi ...
+ cos(psi)*cos(tht)*sin(phi)*d
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