2 papers
eess.SY2026
Modeling of Spinning Plates: Geometric Stiffening and Modal Approximation for GNC Applications
Umberto Zucchelli, Irene Valles Sánchez, Francesco Sanfedino
This work presents a modal formulation for flexible rectangular plates, accounting for nonlinear geometric effects arising from in-plane foreshortening and centrifugal stiffening.…
eess.SY2025
Closed-loop control of sloshing fuel in a spinning spacecraft
Umberto Zucchelli, Miguel Alfonso Mendez, Annafederica Urbano +3
New-generation space missions require satellites to carry substantial amounts of liquid propellant, making it essential to analyse the coupled control-structure-propellant dynamics…