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View article: Minimum Radiative Heat and Propellant Aerocapture Guidance with Attitude Kinematics Constraints
Minimum Radiative Heat and Propellant Aerocapture Guidance with Attitude Kinematics Constraints Open
Aerocapture leverages atmospheric drag to convert a spacecraft's hyperbolic trajectory into a bound orbit. For some aerocapture missions, heating due to the radiation of high temperature gases in the shock-layer can be much larger than the…
View article: Integrated Shape and Trajectory Optimisation of Hypersonic Waveriders
Integrated Shape and Trajectory Optimisation of Hypersonic Waveriders Open
This research performs a surrogate-assisted shape optimisation of hypersonic waveriders, where the trajectories of each shape are optimised with a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for heat-load and cross-range. A study on the best ev…
View article: Autonomous Navigation for Binary Asteroid Landing
Autonomous Navigation for Binary Asteroid Landing Open
This paper investigates the performance of an autonomous navigation system to navigate a spacecraft in the proximity of a binary asteroid system using optical and laser ranging measurements. The knowledge about the binary asteroid is limit…
View article: Gravity-Field Estimation of Asteroids
Gravity-Field Estimation of Asteroids Open
With the increasing interest in the Solar System's smaller bodies, quite a few missions have been sent to comets and asteroids, and more will be send in the near future. Due to the large distances involved, communication to command mission…
View article: Booster Fly-Back Analysis of Reusable Launch Systems
Booster Fly-Back Analysis of Reusable Launch Systems Open
Within the last decade, the use of launch vehicles has increased as private companies have emerged in the space exploration industry. Compared to the early 1980s, the market for launch vehicles has become significantly more competitive, in…
View article: Development and Validation of a Nonlinear Fabric Model for Subsonic Parachute Aerodynamics
Development and Validation of a Nonlinear Fabric Model for Subsonic Parachute Aerodynamics Open
Parachute/flow interaction is dominant in evaluating a decelerator’s performance. Such interaction is characterized by nonlinear deformations and complex flow phenomena. While testing methods are available to investigate parachute performa…
View article: Asteroid Gravity-Field Estimation
Asteroid Gravity-Field Estimation Open
<p class="p1"><strong>1. Introduction</strong></p> <p class="p1">With the increasing interest in the Solar System's smaller bodies, quite a few missions have been sent to comets and asteroi…
View article: Mission Analysis and Navigation Design for Uranus Atmospheric Flight
Mission Analysis and Navigation Design for Uranus Atmospheric Flight Open
We present a 6 DoF mission concept for in situ probing of Uranus’ atmosphere, consisting of two un-propelled gliders and one orbiter in continuous line of sight. We focus on analysing the gliders’ navigation and science modules…
View article: Re-entry Shape Optimisation Using the Axisymmetric Analogue Method with Modified Newtonian Technique Resolved Inviscid Flowfield
Re-entry Shape Optimisation Using the Axisymmetric Analogue Method with Modified Newtonian Technique Resolved Inviscid Flowfield Open
Re-entry shape and trajectory optimisation studies typically require hundreds to thousands of flow solutions to resolve the heat transfer and skin friction. Due to the fact that full CFD simulations and even Euler simulations are typically…
View article: Convex Optimization Guidance for Precision Landing on Titan
Convex Optimization Guidance for Precision Landing on Titan Open
Precision landing is an anticipated technology for future interplanetary missions. Autonomous spacecraft Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) on the surface of a planetary body with a degree of precision in the order of meters is highly challe…
View article: MHACO: a Multi-Objective Hypervolume-Based Ant Colony Optimizer for Space Trajectory Optimization
MHACO: a Multi-Objective Hypervolume-Based Ant Colony Optimizer for Space Trajectory Optimization Open
In this paper, we combine the concepts of hyper-volume, ant colony optimization and nondominated sorting to develop a novel multi-objective ant colony optimizer for global space trajectory optimization. In particular, this algorithm is fir…
View article: Aerocapture Mission Analysis
Aerocapture Mission Analysis Open
By simulating full lift-up and full lift-down trajectories, the limit initial conditions for which successful aerocapture is possible have been determined. These boundaries form the entry corridor for aerocapture, and have been developed f…
View article: Robust Control of a Conventional Aeroelastic Launch Vehicle
Robust Control of a Conventional Aeroelastic Launch Vehicle Open
Long and slender bodies, such as (small) conventional launch systems, may suffer from an unwanted coupling between the rigid body and its flexible modes. The current research treats the launch vehicle as a flexible beam with lumped masses …
View article: Robust Control for Active Debris Removal of a Large Flexible Space Structure
Robust Control for Active Debris Removal of a Large Flexible Space Structure Open
This paper examines the dynamics and control involved in the active removal of a large space debris - Envisat. In the light of European Space Agaency's e.deorbit mission, the current mission scenario consists of a chaser satellite, synchro…
View article: Multibody Approach to the Controlled Removal of Large Space Debris with Flexible Appendages
Multibody Approach to the Controlled Removal of Large Space Debris with Flexible Appendages Open
The space environment is ever-changing with the space structures getting larger and the orbits getting increasingly crowded with time. This creates a need for removal of large de-funct satellites to avoid the disastrous Kessler syndrome, w…
View article: Stability of Guided Parachute-Payload Systems for Planetary Descent
Stability of Guided Parachute-Payload Systems for Planetary Descent Open
A key requirement for enabling manned Mars missions is the capability to land a payload within 100 m from its nominal target. State of the art technology, however, is still far from reaching this objective. A possible solution for improvin…
View article: The Effect of Sloshing on the Controllability of a Conventional Aeroelastic Launch Vehicle
The Effect of Sloshing on the Controllability of a Conventional Aeroelastic Launch Vehicle Open
Examples of control problems occurring during flight tests of fighter aircraft are well documented. In many cases, the cause of the problem could be characterised as inadequate modelling or other inappropriate treatment of the aeroelastic …
View article: Reachability Analysis to Design Zero-Wait Entry Guidance
Reachability Analysis to Design Zero-Wait Entry Guidance Open
This paper presents a novel reentry guidance architecture that aims to improve cur- rent mission safety by enabling zero-wait orbital aborts. To do so, an on-board trajectory planner based on Adaptive Multivariate Pseudospectral Interpolat…
View article: Control Recovery of a Satellite with Large Flexible Appendages after Impact with Space Debris
Control Recovery of a Satellite with Large Flexible Appendages after Impact with Space Debris Open
Larger power requirements from modern spacecraft precipitate enormous solar arrays to fulfil budgetary needs. Although the solar arrays may have a relatively small influence on the total mass of the spacecraft system, large arrays with lon…
View article: Optimal Drag-Energy Entry Guidance via Pseudospectral Convex Optimization
Optimal Drag-Energy Entry Guidance via Pseudospectral Convex Optimization Open
In this paper a new drag-energy scheme, based on the use of pseudospectral methods
\nand convex optimization, is proposed. One of the most successful technologies to deal with
\natmospheric entry is the class of drag-tracking schemes, a di…
View article: Node Control and Numerical Optimization of Aerogravity-Assist Trajectories
Node Control and Numerical Optimization of Aerogravity-Assist Trajectories Open
This paper investigates the method of using node control for numerical optimization to determine feasible aerogravity-assist trajectories at Mars. To find these trajectories, a simulator capable of simulating gravitational and aerodynamic …
View article: Simple Adaptive Control System Design Trades
Simple Adaptive Control System Design Trades Open
In the design of a Model Reference Adaptive Control system, a reference model serves as the (well-known) basis through which system and user requirements can find their way into the design. By tuning the design parameters, the response of …
View article: Re-entry Test Vehicle Configuration Selection and Analysis
Re-entry Test Vehicle Configuration Selection and Analysis Open
A small and low-cost re-entry vehicle can be a good means for doing hypersonic research, testing new heat-resistant materials, and qualifying newly developed subsystems in a realistic environment. To establish the optimal vehicle shape a r…
View article: Regression-Based Sensitivity Analysis and Robust Design
Regression-Based Sensitivity Analysis and Robust Design Open
This paper presents the Regression-Based global Sensitivity Analysis method (RBSA). It is an approach for quantitative, variance-based, sensitivity analysis of mathematical models used for design purposes. The method is based on the subdiv…
View article: GUIDANCE FOR AUTONOMOUS RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING WITH ENVISAT USING HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATIONS
GUIDANCE FOR AUTONOMOUS RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING WITH ENVISAT USING HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP SIMULATIONS Open
In this paper a convex guidance and control algorithm is developed to enable Rendezvous and docking with the non-operational, rotating satellite Envisat. The algorithm employs the concept of model predictive control to allow for an unconst…
View article: Real Time Adaptive Feedforward Guidance for Entry Vehicles
Real Time Adaptive Feedforward Guidance for Entry Vehicles Open
One of the most powerful analysis tools to deal with entry guidance problems is the possibility to formulate them as optimal control problems (OCPs). Environmental constraints, actuator limits, and strict requirements on the final conditio…