Analysis of interplanetary solar sail trajectories with attitude dynamics
Borggrafe, Andreas and Ohndorf, Andreas and Dachwald, Bernd and Sebolt, Wolfgang; (2012) Analysis of interplanetary solar sail trajectories with attitude dynamics. In: Advances in the Aeronautical Sciences. Univelt Inc, PRT, pp. 1553-1569.
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Abstract
We present a new approach to the problem of optimal control of solar sails for low-thrust trajectory optimization. The objective was to find the required control torque magnitudes in order to steer a solar sail in interplanetary space. A new steering strategy, controlling the solar sail with generic torques applied about the spacecraft body axes, is integrated into the existing low-thrust trajectory optimization software InTrance. This software combines artificial neural networks and evolutionary algorithms to find steering strategies close to the global optimum without an initial guess. Furthermore, we implement a three rotational degree-of-freedom rigid-body attitude dynamics model to represent the solar sail in space. Two interplanetary transfers to Mars and Neptune are chosen to represent typical future solar sail mission scenarios. The results found with the new steering strategy are compared to the existing reference trajectories without attitude dynamics. The resulting control torques required to accomplish the missions are investigated, as they pose the primary requirements to a real on-board attitude control system.
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Item type: Book Section ID code: 46642 Dates: DateEventMarch 2012PublishedSubjects: Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery
Technology > Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. AstronauticsDepartment: Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 07 Feb 2014 14:11 Last modified: 30 Nov 2024 13:49 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/46642