Dynamics, Guidance and Control of Aerospace Vehicles
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2024 | Viewed by 2678
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flight dynamics, guidance and control; integrated design; analysis of aerospace vehicle
Interests: applied mathematics; flight dynamics, guidance and control
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today, aerospace vehicles have a wide range of applications, including in satellites, probes, landers, hypersonic glide vehicles, missiles, etc. On the other hand, requirements for the guidance and control systems of aerospace vehicles are increasing. Firstly, aerospace vehicles must satisfy multiple terminal and process constraints to achieve specific objectives. Secondly, the current trend of multifunctional space vehicles highlights the need for the cooperative control/guidance of multiple vehicles to enable them to perform certain tasks that used to be conducted by a single conventional aerospace vehicle, or to achieve multiple goals at once. Thirdly, the strong nonlinearity of some dynamics will impede the analysis of dynamic systems and the design of guidance and control strategies for aerospace vehicles.
This Special Issue aims to feature original research papers, as well as comprehensive state-of-the-art surveys, on recent scientific discoveries and technological advancements in the dynamics, guidance and control of aerospace vehicles. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Analytical dynamic models;
- Aerospace vehicle dynamics;
- Trajectory planning;
- Entry guidance;
- Multi-constraint guidance;
- Cooperative guidance;
- The dynamics and control of formation flying;
- Trajectory optimization.
We look forward to receiving your submissions, and invite you to contact us if you have any questions.
Prof. Dr. Wanchun Chen
Dr. Wenbin Yu
Dr. Zhongyuan Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- analytical dynamic models
- aerospace vehicle dynamics
- trajectory planning
- entry guidance
- multi-constraint guidance
- cooperative guidance
- dynamics and control of formation flying
- trajectory optimization
- optimal control of aerospace vehicles
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Long-term perturbed orbit propagation method based on node correction and incremental iteration
Author: Dong
Highlights: (1) A numerical computation method is proposed for iterative computation using integral increments
(2) Analyzes the influencing factors when using the method for orbit propagation calculations
(3) Designed a computational scheme for long-term orbits based on node corrections
(4) Experimental evidence that the proposed method can increase the computational speed by tens of times
Title: Research on Honeycomb Structure for Pyroshock Isolation at Spacecraft-Rocket Interface
Authors: Xixiong Wang; Zhibo Gao; Dong Cheng; Xuchen Deng; Tao Yu; Zhaoye Qin; Fulei Chu
Affiliation: School of Electromechanical and Automotive Engineering, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
Abstract: Honeycomb is a splendid kind of structure for aerospace engineering with the advantage of light weight, good shock absorption and good structural stability. This article aims to provide methods to isolate Pyroshock based on honeycomb structure and guarantee the safety of such equipment against high-frequency shock response. According to stress wave theory, an equation for stress wave transmittance of honeycomb structure is derived considering the effect of cell wall length and thickness, where desirable honeycomb parameters are obtained. The complexity of transfer path of the honeycomb structure is exploited to build the spacecraft-rocket interface, which could increase the impedance of the stress wave dramatically. Both finite element analysis and experiments are carried out to validate the shock isolation strategies. The influence of parameters such as cell wall length and thickness of stainless steel honeycomb on the isolation performance is analyzed. It is revealed that the honeycomb structure has the significant effect on Pyroshock isolation performance when the wall length of the honeycomb cell is 8 mm and the thickness of the cell is 0.1 mm.