.... The purpose of this paper is to present an approach to attenuating the vibration of flexible solar array by using reaction flywheel. Design/methodology/approach The reaction flywheel installed on solar array served as an actuator to provide reaction torque to a structure according to a designed feedback...

...Shuai Na; Guo-an Tang; Li-fen Chen Purpose – Orbital maneuver of the spacecraft can cause large-amplitude vibration of its flexible solar array, which leads to large dynamic stress and a risk of structural failure and fatigue failure. This paper aims to provide a method to reduce such vibration...