CONTROL MOMENT GYROSCOPES (CMGS) ARE DEVICES FOR PRODUCING TRANSIENT REACTION TORQUES FOR VEHICLE CONTROL.…
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Award details
- Award ID
- NNL08AD26T
- Contractor
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Sub-agency / office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Award amount
- $0
- Period of performance
- Sep 18, 2008 – Jan 31, 2012
- NAICS
- 541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- PSC
- PSC AR11
- Place of performance
- VA
- Parent award
- NNL08AA00B
Public award description
CONTROL MOMENT GYROSCOPES (CMGS) ARE DEVICES FOR PRODUCING TRANSIENT REACTION TORQUES FOR VEHICLE CONTROL. AT ITS SIMPLEST, A CMG CONSISTS OF A SPINNING FLYWHEEL MOUNTED IN A FRAME, WHICH IS ITSELF FASTENED TO A FIX BASE VIA A PIVOT THAT PERMITS THE FRAME OR "GIMBAL" TO ROTATE ABOUT A FIXED AXIS THAT IS ORTHOGONAL TO THE FLYWHEEL'S SPIN AXIS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK IS TO BUILD ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF NIAS PREVIOUS TASK WHICH DESIGNS, DEVELOPS, AND FABRICATES AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHTWEIGHT ANGULAR BIAS MOMENTUM FLYWHEEL SUITABLE FOR CMG USE, AND DESIGNES A GIMBAL MOUNT FOR THE DEVICE. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO PRODUCE A SINGLE GIMBALLED FLYWHEEL SUITABLE FOR USE IN A CMG COMPRISED OF FOUR OR MORE SUCH FLYWHEELS.
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