supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10772026, 11072030);the Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 20080070011);the Scientific Research Foundation of Ministry of Education of China for Returned Scholars (Grant No. 20080732040);the Program of Beijing Municipal Key Discipline Construction
In this paper, the chaotic dynamics in an attitude transition maneuver of a slosh-spacecraft coupled with flexible appendage in going from minor axis to major axis spin under the influence of dissipative effects due t...