TY - JOUR
T1 - Shape optimization of a three-dimensional membrane-structured solar sail using an angular momentum unloading strategy
AU - Miura, Satoshi
AU - Saito, Kazuki
AU - Torisaka, Ayako
AU - Parque, Victor
AU - Miyashita, Tomoyuki
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Glenn Pennycook, MSc, from Edanz Group (www.edanzediting.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 COSPAR
PY - 2021/5/1
Y1 - 2021/5/1
N2 - A shape of the satellite's solar sail membrane is essential for unloading angular momentum in the three-axis stabilized attitude control system because the three-dimensional solar sail can receive solar radiation pressure from arbitrary directions. In this paper, the objective is the shape optimization of a three-dimensional membrane-structured solar sail using the angular momentum unloading strategy. We modelled and simulated the solar radiation pressure torque, for unloading angular momentum. Using the simulation system, since the unloading angular momentum rate is maximized, the shape of the three-dimensional solar sail was optimized using a Genetic algorithm and Sequential Quadratic Programming. The unloading velocity in the optimized shaped solar sail was greatly improved with respect to a conventional flat or pyramid solar sail.
AB - A shape of the satellite's solar sail membrane is essential for unloading angular momentum in the three-axis stabilized attitude control system because the three-dimensional solar sail can receive solar radiation pressure from arbitrary directions. In this paper, the objective is the shape optimization of a three-dimensional membrane-structured solar sail using the angular momentum unloading strategy. We modelled and simulated the solar radiation pressure torque, for unloading angular momentum. Using the simulation system, since the unloading angular momentum rate is maximized, the shape of the three-dimensional solar sail was optimized using a Genetic algorithm and Sequential Quadratic Programming. The unloading velocity in the optimized shaped solar sail was greatly improved with respect to a conventional flat or pyramid solar sail.
KW - Solar radiation pressure
KW - Solar sail
KW - Unloading of angular momentum
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U2 - 10.1016/j.asr.2020.12.036
DO - 10.1016/j.asr.2020.12.036
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100236305
SN - 0273-1177
VL - 67
SP - 2706
EP - 2715
JO - Life sciences and space research
JF - Life sciences and space research
IS - 9
ER -