Hinged solar array with prescribed rotation bounds ?

[bbercoviciUspace]

Hello BSK folks,

We're using the dualHingedRigidBodyStateEffector to model flexing solar arrays. As far as I understand, the hinge is modeled as a purely linear damped torsional spring. Is there a way to account for prescribed rotation bounds within which the hinge rotation is linear, and outside of which the rotation is either non linear or blocked ?

[schaubh]

Howdy @bbercoviciUspace, the current effector does not have such bounds. You'd have to make your custom version of this where you include such bounds and changes from linear kx to nonlinear f(x) behaviors. I'd look at the effector differential equations. There you can see the current linear flexing model being implemented. You'd then add the hooks to replace kx with the desired behavior.