Mengali, Giovanni and Quarta, Alessandro and Circi, Christian and Dachwald, Bernd (2007) Refined Solar Sail Force Model with Mission Application. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 30 (2), pp. 512-520. doi: 10.2514/1.24779.
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Abstract
The aim of this paper is to propose a refined mathematical model for describing the acceleration experienced by a solar sail. Unlike the conventional model characterized by constant coefficients, the force coefficients of the sail are now assumed to depend on the light incidence angle, the sail surface roughness, and the sun–sail distance. The new model is elaborated with the support of experimental data that show how the main variable affecting the force coefficients is the light incidence angle. To emphasize the differences between the refined force model with respect to the conventional one, a comparison is established through the analysis of a circle-to-circle interplanetary rendezvous problem between coplanar orbits. The problem is solved using an indirect approach and the optimal steering law is approximated in polynomial form. A number of optimal trajectories toward Mars and Venus are simulated and the results obtained are discussed as a function of the dimensionless sail loading parameter and the sail surface roughness.
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/47780/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||||||
Title: | Refined Solar Sail Force Model with Mission Application | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | March 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.2514/1.24779 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 512-520 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | Solar Sail, Optical Model | ||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | W RP - Raumtransport | ||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | W RP - Raumtransport | ||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | W - no assignment (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Köln-Porz , Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Materials Physics in Space > Institute of Space Simulation Space Operations and Astronaut Training > GSOC-German Space Operations Center | ||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Dachwald, Dr.-Ing. Bernd | ||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 10 Apr 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2009 13:37 |
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