Contributions to Stability Problems in Satellite Dynamics

This habilitation thesis contains the following original contributions to this topic published in scientific journals, proceedings transcripts and a textbook about spacecraft dynamics: Steiner, W., Steindl, A., Troger, H., Center Manifold Approach to the Control of a Tethered Satellite System. Applied Mathematics and Computation 70, 315-327, 1995. Steiner, W., Transient Chaotic Oscillations of a Tethered Satellite System, Acta Mechanica 127, 155--163, 1998. Steiner, W., Schagerl, M., Raumflugmechanik, Dynamik und Steuerung von Raumfahrzeugen, (chapter 10.1), Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg 2004. Steiner, W., Stability Analysis of Relative Equilibria of Mechanical Systems with Cyclic Coordinates: A Direct Approach, Arch.~Appl.~Mech. 75, 355-363, 2006. Steiner, W., A Finite Element Based Stability Test for Equilibria of Flexible Structures in Circular Orbits, International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics 43, 650-659, 2008 Steiner, W., Stability Analysis of an Orbiting Plate with Finite Elements, Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2008.