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A method for the approximate design of an optimal controller for stabilizing the motion of a rigid body about a fixed point is considered. It is assumed that rigid body motion is nearly the motion in the classical Lagrange case. The method is based on the common use of the Bellman dynamic programming principle and the averagingmethod. The latter is used to solve theHamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation approximately, which permits synthesizing the controller. The proposed method for controller design can be used in many problems close to the problem of motion of the Lagrange top (the motion of a rigid body in the atmosphere, the motion of a rigid body fastened to a cable in deployment of the orbital cable system, etc.).
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Original Russian Text © Yu.M. Zabolotnov, A.A. Lobanov, 2017, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Tverdogo Tela, 2017, No. 3, pp. 59–71.
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Zabolotnov, Y.M., Lobanov, A.A. Synthesis of a controller for stabilizing the motion of a rigid body about a fixed point. Mech. Solids 52, 278–288 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0025654417030050
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