7003
0 2 4 6 8 10
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
Time (sec)
Initial condition response
0 2 4 6 8 10
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
Time (sec)
Initial condition response
Problem 7.1: Initial condition response.
2. A schematic for the satellite and scientific probe for the Gravity Probe-B (GP-B) experiment
that was launched on April 30, 2004 is sketched in Fig. 7.84. Assume that the mass of the
spacecraft plus helium tank, m1, is 2000 kg and the mass of the probe, m2, is 1000 kg. A
rotor will ‡oat inside the probe and will be forced to follow the probe with a capacitive forcing
mechanism. The spring constant of the coupling, k, is 3:2106. The viscous damping bis
4:6103:
(a) Write the equations of motion for the system consisting of masses m1and m2using the
inertial position variables, y1and y2.
(b) The actual disturbance uis a micrometeorite, and the resulting motion is very small
Therefore, rewrite your equations with the scaled variables z1= 106y1,z2= 106y2, and
v= 1000u: