Riemannian metric of the averaged energy minimization problem in orbital transfer with low thrust
Riemannian metric of the averaged energy minimization problem in orbital transfer with low thrust
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DOI:
10.1016/j.anihpc.2006.03.013
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发表时间:
2007-05
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
B. Bonnard;Jean-Baptiste Caillau
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作者:
B. Bonnard;Jean-Baptiste Caillau
This article deals with the optimal transfer of a satellite between Keplerian orbits using low propulsion and is based on preliminary results of Epenoy et al. (1997) where the optimal trajectories of the energy minimization problem are approximated using averaging techniques. The averaged Hamiltonian system is explicitly computed. It is related to a Riemannian problem whose distance is an approximation of the value function. The extremal curves are analyzed, proving that the system remains integrable in the coplanar case. It is also checked that the metric associated with coplanar transfers towards a circular orbit is flat. Smoothness of small Riemannian spheres ensures global optimality of the computed extremals.