Optimal Spacecraft Trajectories

Optimal Spacecraft Trajectories
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 151
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ISBN-10 : 9780198811084
ISBN-13 : 019881108X
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Optimal Spacecraft Trajectories by : John E. Prussing

A textbook on the theory and applications of optimal spacecraft trajectories

Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization

Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9781139490771
ISBN-13 : 113949077X
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization by : Bruce A. Conway

This is a long-overdue volume dedicated to space trajectory optimization. Interest in the subject has grown, as space missions of increasing levels of sophistication, complexity, and scientific return - hardly imaginable in the 1960s - have been designed and flown. Although the basic tools of optimization theory remain an accepted canon, there has been a revolution in the manner in which they are applied and in the development of numerical optimization. This volume purposely includes a variety of both analytical and numerical approaches to trajectory optimization. The choice of authors has been guided by the editor's intention to assemble the most expert and active researchers in the various specialities presented. The authors were given considerable freedom to choose their subjects, and although this may yield a somewhat eclectic volume, it also yields chapters written with palpable enthusiasm and relevance to contemporary problems.

Optimal Space Trajectories

Optimal Space Trajectories
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 9780444601070
ISBN-13 : 0444601074
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Optimal Space Trajectories by : Jean-Pierre Marec

Studies in Astronautics, Volume 1: Optimal Space Trajectories focuses on the concept of optimal transfer and the problem of optimal space trajectories. It examines the relative performances of the various propulsion systems (classical and electrical propulsions) and their optimization (optimal mass breakdown), along with parametric and functional optimizations and optimal transfers in an arbitrary, uniform, and central gravitational field. Organized into 13 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of optimal transfer and the modeling of propulsion systems. It then discusses the Hohmann transfer, the Hoelker and Silber bi-elliptical transfer, and the deficiencies of parametric optimization. The book explains the canonical transformation, optimization of the thrust law using the Maximum Principle, and optimal orbit corrections. The time-free orbital transfers and time-fixed orbital transfers and rendezvous are also discussed. Moreover, this volume explains the classical high-thrust and electric low-thrust propulsion systems and rendezvous between two planets. This book is written primarily for engineers who specialize in aerospace mechanics and want to pursue a career in the space industry or space research. It also introduces students to the different aspects of the problem of optimal space trajectories.

Design of Trajectory Optimization Approach for Space Maneuver Vehicle Skip Entry Problems

Design of Trajectory Optimization Approach for Space Maneuver Vehicle Skip Entry Problems
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9789811398452
ISBN-13 : 9811398453
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Design of Trajectory Optimization Approach for Space Maneuver Vehicle Skip Entry Problems by : Runqi Chai

This book explores the design of optimal trajectories for space maneuver vehicles (SMVs) using optimal control-based techniques. It begins with a comprehensive introduction to and overview of three main approaches to trajectory optimization, and subsequently focuses on the design of a novel hybrid optimization strategy that combines an initial guess generator with an improved gradient-based inner optimizer. Further, it highlights the development of multi-objective spacecraft trajectory optimization problems, with a particular focus on multi-objective transcription methods and multi-objective evolutionary algorithms. In its final sections, the book studies spacecraft flight scenarios with noise-perturbed dynamics and probabilistic constraints, and designs and validates new chance-constrained optimal control frameworks. The comprehensive and systematic treatment of practical issues in spacecraft trajectory optimization is one of the book’s major features, making it particularly suited for readers who are seeking practical solutions in spacecraft trajectory optimization. It offers a valuable asset for researchers, engineers, and graduate students in GNC systems, engineering optimization, applied optimal control theory, etc.

Multiple Gravity Assist Interplanetary Trajectories

Multiple Gravity Assist Interplanetary Trajectories
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 905699090X
ISBN-13 : 9789056990909
Rating : 4/5 (0X Downloads)

Synopsis Multiple Gravity Assist Interplanetary Trajectories by : A V Labunsky

Reflecting the results of twenty years; experience in the field of multipurpose flights, this monograph includes the complex routes of the trajectories of a number of bodies (e.g., space vehicles, comets) in the solar system. A general methodological approach to the research of flight schemes and the choice of optimal performances is developed. Additionally, a number of interconnected methods and algorithms used at sequential stages of such development are introduced, which allow the selection of a rational multipurpose route for a space vehicle, the design of multipurpose orbits, the determination of optimal space vehicle design, and ballistic performances for carrying out the routes chosen. Other topics include the practical results obtained from using these methods, navigation problems, near-to-planet orbits, and an overview of proven and new flight schemes.

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem
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Publisher : Elsevier
Total Pages : 593
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ISBN-10 : 9780444600745
ISBN-13 : 0444600744
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis The Three-Body Problem by : C. Marchal

Recent research on the theory of perturbations, the analytical approach and the quantitative analysis of the three-body problem have reached a high degree of perfection. The use of electronics has aided developments in quantitative analysis and has helped to disclose the extreme complexity of the set of solutions. This accelerated progress has given new orientation and impetus to the qualitative analysis that is so complementary to the quantitative analysis. The book begins with the various formulations of the three-body problem, the main classical results and the important questions and conjectures involved in this subject. The main part of the book describes the remarkable progress achieved in qualitative analysis which has shed new light on the three-body problem. It deals with questions such as escapes, captures, periodic orbits, stability, chaotic motions, Arnold diffusion, etc. The most recent tests of escape have yielded very impressive results and border very close on the true limits of escape, showing the domain of bounded motions to be much smaller than was expected. An entirely new picture of the three-body problem is emerging, and the book reports on this recent progress. The structure of the solutions for the three-body problem lead to a general conjecture governing the picture of solutions for all Hamiltonian problems. The periodic, quasi-periodic and almost-periodic solutions form the basis for the set of solutions and separate the chaotic solutions from the open solutions.

Optimal Control with Aerospace Applications

Optimal Control with Aerospace Applications
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9781461489450
ISBN-13 : 1461489458
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Optimal Control with Aerospace Applications by : James M Longuski

Want to know not just what makes rockets go up but how to do it optimally? Optimal control theory has become such an important field in aerospace engineering that no graduate student or practicing engineer can afford to be without a working knowledge of it. This is the first book that begins from scratch to teach the reader the basic principles of the calculus of variations, develop the necessary conditions step-by-step, and introduce the elementary computational techniques of optimal control. This book, with problems and an online solution manual, provides the graduate-level reader with enough introductory knowledge so that he or she can not only read the literature and study the next level textbook but can also apply the theory to find optimal solutions in practice. No more is needed than the usual background of an undergraduate engineering, science, or mathematics program: namely calculus, differential equations, and numerical integration. Although finding optimal solutions for these problems is a complex process involving the calculus of variations, the authors carefully lay out step-by-step the most important theorems and concepts. Numerous examples are worked to demonstrate how to apply the theories to everything from classical problems (e.g., crossing a river in minimum time) to engineering problems (e.g., minimum-fuel launch of a satellite). Throughout the book use is made of the time-optimal launch of a satellite into orbit as an important case study with detailed analysis of two examples: launch from the Moon and launch from Earth. For launching into the field of optimal solutions, look no further!

Global Optimization

Global Optimization
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Publisher : SIAM
Total Pages : 439
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ISBN-10 : 9781611972672
ISBN-13 : 1611972671
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Global Optimization by : Marco Locatelli

This volume contains a thorough overview of the rapidly growing field of global optimization, with chapters on key topics such as complexity, heuristic methods, derivation of lower bounds for minimization problems, and branch-and-bound methods and convergence. The final chapter offers both benchmark test problems and applications of global optimization, such as finding the conformation of a molecule or planning an optimal trajectory for interplanetary space travel. An appendix provides fundamental information on convex and concave functions. Intended for Ph.D. students, researchers, and practitioners looking for advanced solution methods to difficult optimization problems. It can be used as a supplementary text in an advanced graduate-level seminar.

Methods of Orbital Maneuvering

Methods of Orbital Maneuvering
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1238
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ISBN-10 : 1624105823
ISBN-13 : 9781624105821
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Methods of Orbital Maneuvering by : Marc David DiPrinzio