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Meaning of "reaction wheel"

reaction wheel: In physics and engineering, a reaction wheel is a type of flywheel used primarily by spacecraft for attitude control or maneuvering without expelling propellant
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  • A type of flywheel used by spacecraft to adjust their attitude without using fuel for rockets.

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Reaction wheel or secondary gyroscopic assembly.
This example concerns a reaction wheel.
A reaction wheel of similar capability would require megawatts of power.
Designers therefore supplement reaction wheel systems with other attitude control mechanisms.
Reaction wheel failures.
The thermal link is manually attached to the reaction wheel and the radiator.
The reaction wheel is a major component for control and stabilization of satellite attitude.
The reaction containers are transferred to the reaction wheel using a reaction container transfer means.
The reaction wheel is preferably a carousel having sixty slots adapted to receive reaction containers.
The enclosure and the RWs comprise the RWA or reaction wheel assembly.
A reaction wheel RR can compensate for failure of one inertia wheel.
Sample is added to reaction wheel slot 5 to one container.
Preferably, one of these wheels is a driven wheel and the other wheel is a reaction wheel.
Such a reaction wheel assembly is defined in claim 1.
In this dissertation, a different kind of the reaction wheel pendulum is presented.

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Mass efficient reaction wheel assembly systems including multi-faceted bracket structures.
A driving means, such as a servo motor, indexes the reaction wheel at a constant rate.
A reaction wheel according to claim 1 wherein said peripheral annular flange has two parallel transverse faces.
For precision attitude control, a reaction wheel attitude control system was also included.
Preferably, only one of the wheels is driven and the other wheel is a reaction wheel.
Figure 7 shows a schematic diagram of the reaction wheel of the instrument of Figure 4.
The torque converter has a rear impeller wheel, a front turbine wheel, and a central reaction wheel.
For example, the system may be converted such that reaction wheel arrays may be desaturated.
Figure 3A shows a schematic diagram of a vertical cross-section through reaction containers and reaction wheel.
Sample is added to the reaction wheel at slot 5 by pipette arm 270 to a reaction container.
The motivation was the development of excessive friction in reaction wheel no. 4.
One non-limiting example of a reaction wheel stage is shown diagrammatically in FIG . 6.
Consequently, according to a second embodiment, said low-dissipation equipment comprises at least one reaction wheel.
Figure 11 shows a schematic diagram of the reaction wheel of the instrument shown in Figure 10.
A reaction wheel assembly, comprising:.
The reaction container is preheated in reaction wheel slots 3 and 4.
The reaction wheel 14 is indexed in steps to advance reaction containers 11.
The reaction containers are preheated in reaction wheel slots 3 and 4.
The reaction wheel 14 has sixty cuvette positions ( not shown ), and it preferably indexes every 10 seconds.
FIGS . 1 and 2 are respectively diagrammatic representations of a reaction wheel and of a gyroscopic actuator.
On the reaction wheel 114 the samples are warmed to 37°C using conventional heating techniques.
Is the friction torque of the rotor 220 of the reaction wheel.
Controlled torque ( or torque setpoint ) on the reaction wheel 22 by the attitude control system 20.
Kepler 's primary mission ended in May 2013 when it lost a second reaction wheel.
The reaction containers 211 are then indexed to reaction wheel slot 58 to be removed and sealed.
The first Kalman filter 342 is implemented to estimate the torque created by the reaction wheel 22.
In this assay, reaction containers 11 are uploaded up at reaction wheel slots 1 and 2.

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