In this study, a solar sail is modeled as smooth curved surfaces and the total force and moment models for the deformed sails are investigated, and two different forms of the models, namely the tensor expressions and the parameterized expressions, are proposed. Both forms can describe the total force and moment off-line by using the constant coefficient tensors or coefficient matrix correspondingly. Besides, some other properties as a result of deformation such as the sail mass center are also discussed. Thus this work paves the way for sail craft’s precise navigation and control where exact forces are needed.


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    Title :

    The Solar Radiation Pressure Force Models for a General Sail Surface Shape


    Additional title:

    Springer Praxis Books (formerly: Springer-Praxis Series)


    Contributors:
    Macdonald, Malcolm (editor) / Jing, HE (author) / Shengping, GONG (author) / Junfeng, LI (author) / Yufei, LIU (author)


    Publication date :

    2014-02-04


    Size :

    20 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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