TY  - CONF
A1  - Dachwald, Bernd
A1  - Wurm, P.
T1  - Design concept and modeling of an advanced solar photon thruster
T2  - Advances in the Astronautical Sciences
N2  - The so-called "compound solar sail", also known as "Solar Photon Thruster" (SPT), holds the potential of providing significant performance advantages over the flat solar sail. Previous SPT design concepts, however, do not consider shadowing effects and multiple reflections of highly concentrated solar radiation that would inevitably destroy the gossamer sail film. In this paper, we propose a novel advanced SPT (ASPT) design concept that does not suffer from these oversimplifications. We present the equations that describe the thrust force acting on such a sail system and compare its performance with respect to the conventional flat solar sail.
KW  - solar sails
Y1  - 2009
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11058
SN  - 978-087703554-1
SN  - 00653438
N1  - 19th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting; Savannah, GA; United States; 8 February 2009 through 12 February 2009
SP  - 723
EP  - 740
PB  - American Astronautical Society
CY  - San Diego, Calif.
ER  -