Efficiency of Hysteresis Rods in Small Spacecraft Attitude Stabilization

Figure 10

(a) Variation of the optimum thickness, 𝑡_max, of TFR, 0.2 m long, with the width, 𝑤, for peak values of applied field 𝐻_𝑎=5, 10, 15 and 20 A/m. (b) Variation of the optimum diameter, 𝑑_max, of CCSRs with the length of the body, 𝑙, in the same conditions as (a). Material: mu-metal.

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