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Table 1 ITHACO type-A RW main parameters

From: A high accuracy modeling scheme for dynamic systems: spacecraft reaction wheel model

Parameter

Description

Value

Gd

Driver gain

0.19 A/V

Kt

Motor torque constant

0.029 N.m/A

Ke

Motor back-EMF

0.029 V/rad/s

Ks

Over-speed circuit gain

95 V/ rad/s

ws

Maximum wheel speed

690 rad/s

wd

Driver bandwidth

2000 rad/s

Rin

Input resistance

2 Ω

Kf

Voltage feedback gain

0.5 V/V

N

Number of motor poles

36

Tc

Torque command range

− 5 to + 5 V

τc

Coulomb fiction

0.002 N.m

J

Flywheel inertia

0.0077 N.m.s2