Solar Sailing: Technology, Dynamics and Mission ApplicationsSpringer Science & Business Media, 20.02.2004 - 296 Seiten Solar sailing offers the possibility of low-cost long-distance missions, impossible for any other type of conventional spacecraft. The book provides a detailed account of solar sailing, at a high technical level but in a way accessible to the scientifically informed layman. Solar sail orbital dynamics and solar radiation pressure form the foundations of the book, but the engineering design of solar sails is also considered, along with potential mission applications. This book introduces the subject and at the same time provides a technical reference source. |
Inhalt
Introduction to solar sailing | 1 |
12 PERSPECTIVES | 2 |
122 Early optimism | 3 |
123 Chasing a comet | 5 |
124 Celestial races | 7 |
126 New millennium | 9 |
127 Lessons of history | 10 |
13 PRACTICALITIES OF SOLAR SAILING | 11 |
435 Globally optimal trajectories | 148 |
44 PLANETCENTERED ORBITS | 151 |
442 Suboptimal trajectories | 152 |
443 Minimum time escape trajectories | 163 |
445 Solution by the HamiltonJacobi method | 164 |
45 SUMMARY | 168 |
46 FURTHER READING | 169 |
Planetcentred trajectories | 170 |
132 Performance metrics | 13 |
133 Solar sail orbits | 14 |
134 Comparison with other propulsion systems | 17 |
14 SOLAR SAIL MISSION APPLICATIONS | 19 |
142 Inner solar system missions | 21 |
143 Outer solar system missions | 23 |
144 NonKeplerian orbits | 24 |
15 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT | 25 |
152 Autonomous explorers | 27 |
153 Speculation | 28 |
16 FURTHER READING | 29 |
Selected introductory papers | 30 |
Solar sailing books | 31 |
Solar radiation pressure | 32 |
22 HISTORICAL VIEW OF SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE | 33 |
23 THE PHYSICS OF RADIATION PRESSURE | 34 |
232 Electromagnetic description | 36 |
233 Force on a perfectly reflecting solar sail | 38 |
24 RADIATIVE TRANSFER METHODS | 40 |
242 Angular moments of specific intensity | 42 |
25 RADIATION PRESSURE WITH A FINITE SOLAR DISC | 43 |
253 Limbdarkened solar disc | 46 |
261 Optical force model | 47 |
262 Parametric force model | 51 |
27 OTHER FORCES | 54 |
29 FURTHER READING | 55 |
Solar sail design | 56 |
32 DESIGN PARAMETERS | 57 |
33 SAIL FILMS | 60 |
332 Substrates | 61 |
333 Coatings | 62 |
334 Metallic sail films | 64 |
335 Environmental effects | 66 |
336 Sail bonding folding and packing | 67 |
34 SOLAR SAIL STRUCTURES | 69 |
35 SOLAR SAIL CONFIGURATIONS | 71 |
351 Optimum solar sail configurations | 72 |
352 Threeaxis stabilised square sail | 76 |
353 Spinstabilised heliogyro | 81 |
354 Spinstabilised disc sail | 89 |
355 Solar photon thruster | 91 |
356 Highperformance solar sails | 95 |
357 Microsolar sails | 97 |
36 RECENT CASE STUDIES IN SOLAR SAIL DESIGN | 99 |
362 Union pour la Promotion de la Propulsion Photonique U3P | 102 |
363 Johns Hopkins University JHU | 103 |
364 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT | 104 |
365 Cambridge Consultants Ltd CCL | 105 |
366 ODISSEE mission DLRJPL | 107 |
37 SUMMARY | 109 |
Spinning solar sails | 110 |
Attitude control | 111 |
Solar sail orbital dynamics | 112 |
42 EQUATIONS OF MOTION | 113 |
422 Sail force vector | 115 |
423 Polar equations of motion | 118 |
424 Lagrange variational equations | 119 |
43 SUNCENTRED ORBITS | 120 |
432 Conic section orbits | 121 |
433 Logarithmic spiral trajectories | 129 |
434 Locally optimal trajectories | 136 |
NonKeplerian orbits | 171 |
52 SUNCENTRED NONKEPLERIAN ORBITS | 173 |
523 Suncentred nonKeplerian orbit stability | 180 |
524 Suncentred nonKeplerian orbit control | 188 |
525 Patched orbits | 193 |
53 PLANETCENTRED NONKEPLERIAN ORBITS | 196 |
532 NonKeplerian orbit solutions | 197 |
533 Planetcentred nonKeplerian orbit stability | 203 |
534 Planetcentred nonKeplerian orbit control | 206 |
535 Patched orbits | 211 |
54 SOLAR SAILS IN RESTRICTED THREEBODY SYSTEMS | 214 |
543 Equilibrium solutions | 215 |
544 Regions of existence of equilibrium solutions | 217 |
545 Equilibrium solutions in the EarthSun system | 219 |
546 Stability of equilibrium solutions | 221 |
547 Lunar Lagrange point orbits | 223 |
55 EFFECT OF A REAL SOLAR SAIL MODEL | 224 |
56 SUMMARY | 226 |
57 FURTHER READING | 227 |
Planetcentred nonKeplerian orbits | 228 |
Mission application case studies | 229 |
62 GEOSTORM MISSION | 231 |
622 Mission concept | 233 |
623 Mission orbit | 234 |
624 Solar sail design | 236 |
625 Other concepts | 238 |
632 Mission concept | 239 |
633 Mission orbit | 241 |
64 MERCURY ORBITER | 243 |
643 Mission orbit | 244 |
644 Solar sail design | 247 |
652 Mission concepts | 249 |
66 POLAR OBSERVER | 250 |
662 Mission concept | 251 |
663 Mission orbit | 254 |
67 MICROSOLAR SAIL CONSTELLATIONS | 257 |
68 NONKEPLERIAN ORBITS | 258 |
682 Planetcentred nonKeplerian orbits | 260 |
692 Mission orbit | 262 |
693 Outer planet missions | 264 |
694 550 au and beyond | 266 |
610 SUMMARY | 267 |
Solar storm missions | 268 |
NonKeplerian orbits | 269 |
Miscellaneous | 270 |
Laserdriven light sails | 271 |
72 LIGHT SAIL PHYSICS | 272 |
73 LIGHT SAIL MECHANICS | 274 |
732 Classical light sail mechanics | 275 |
733 Relativistic light sail mechanics | 278 |
74 LIGHT SAIL DESIGN | 281 |
742 Laser systems | 283 |
743 Optical collimating systems | 284 |
744 Impact damage and interstellar drag | 285 |
75 MISSION APPLICATIONS | 287 |
752 Interstellar probe | 288 |
76 SUMMARY | 291 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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