TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - Optimization of very-low-thrust trajectories using evolutionary neurocontrol JF - Acta Astronautica N2 - Searching optimal interplanetary trajectories for low-thrust spacecraft is usually a difficult and time-consuming task that involves much experience and expert knowledge in astrodynamics and optimal control theory. This is because the convergence behavior of traditional local optimizers, which are based on numerical optimal control methods, depends on an adequate initial guess, which is often hard to find, especially for very-low-thrust trajectories that necessitate many revolutions around the sun. The obtained solutions are typically close to the initial guess that is rarely close to the (unknown) global optimum. Within this paper, trajectory optimization problems are attacked from the perspective of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Inspired by natural archetypes, a smart global method for low-thrust trajectory optimization is proposed that fuses artificial neural networks and evolutionary algorithms into so-called evolutionary neurocontrollers. This novel method runs without an initial guess and does not require the attendance of an expert in astrodynamics and optimal control theory. This paper details how evolutionary neurocontrol works and how it could be implemented. The performance of the method is assessed for three different interplanetary missions with a thrust to mass ratio <0.15mN/kg (solar sail and nuclear electric). Y1 - 2005 SN - 1879-2030 VL - 57 IS - 2-8 SP - 175 EP - 185 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Turyshev, Slava G. A1 - Dittus, H. A1 - Shao, M. [u.a.] T1 - Fundamental Physics with the Laser Astrometric Test Of Relativity / S.G. Turyshev ; H. Dittus ; M. Shao ... B.Dachwald ... JF - Proceedings of the 39th ESLAB Symposium "Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2020" : 19 - 21 April 2005, ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands / European Space Agency. [Comp. by: F. Favata ...] . - (ESA SP ; 588) Y1 - 2005 SN - 9290928999 N1 - ISBN der CD-ROM-Ausg.: 9290928999 ; Symposium Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2020 <2005, Noordwijk> ; ESLAB symposium <39, 2005, Noordwijk> ; European Space Laboratory SP - 8 EP - 11 PB - ESA Publ. Div. CY - Noordwijk ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dittus, H. A1 - Turyshev, S. G. A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Blome, Hans-Joachim T1 - A Mission to Explore the Pioneer Anomaly JF - Proceedings of the 39th ESLAB Symposium "Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2020" : 19 - 21 April 2005, ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands / European Space Agency. [Comp. by: F. Favata ...] . - (ESA SP ; 588) Y1 - 2005 SN - 9290928999 N1 - ISBN der CD-ROM-Ausg.: 9290928999 ; Symposium Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2020 <2005, Noordwijk> ; ESLAB symposium <39,2005, Noordwijk> ; European Space Laboratory ; Report Number: LA-UR-05-4907 ; The Pioneer Explorer Collaboration SP - 3 EP - 10 PB - ESA Publ. Div. CY - Noordwijk ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang T1 - Solar Sails for Near- and Medium-Term Scientific Deep Space Missions / W. Sebolt ; B. Dachwald JF - In-space propulsion : edited book of proceedings of the 10-IWCP, the 10th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion held in Lerici, La Spezia, Italy, 21-25 September 2003 / [ed.: Luigi T. DeLuca] Y1 - 2005 N1 - Paper 31 ; International workshop on combustion and propulsion <10, 2003, Lerici> PB - SP Lab, Politecnico di Milano CY - Milano ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - Optimal Solar Sail Trajectories for Missions to the Outer Solar System JF - Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics. 28 (2005), H. 6 Y1 - 2005 SN - 0162-3192 N1 - 2. ISSN: 0162-3192. - 3. ISSN: 0731-5090 SP - 1187 EP - 1193 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - Optimization of very-low-thrust trajectories using evolutionary neurocontrol JF - Acta Astronautica. 57 (2005), H. 2-8 Y1 - 2005 SN - 0094-5765 SP - 175 EP - 185 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - Global optimization of low-thrust space missions using evolutionary neurocontrol T2 - Proceedings of the international workshop on global optimization N2 - Low-thrust space propulsion systems enable flexible high-energy deep space missions, but the design and optimization of the interplanetary transfer trajectory is usually difficult. It involves much experience and expert knowledge because the convergence behavior of traditional local trajectory optimization methods depends strongly on an adequate initial guess. Within this extended abstract, evolutionary neurocontrol, a method that fuses artificial neural networks and evolutionary algorithms, is proposed as a smart global method for low-thrust trajectory optimization. It does not require an initial guess. The implementation of evolutionary neurocontrol is detailed and its performance is shown for an exemplary mission. KW - Evolutionary Neurocontrol KW - Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization KW - Low-Thrust Propulsion Y1 - 2005 SP - 85 EP - 90 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Macdonald, Malcolm A1 - Mengali, Giovanni A1 - Quatra, Alessandro A. A1 - McInnes, Colin R. A1 - Rios-Reyes, Leonel A1 - Scheerers, Daniel J. A1 - Wie, Bong A1 - Görlich, Marianne A1 - Lura, Franz A1 - Diedrich, Benjamin A1 - Baturkin, Volodymyr A1 - Coverstone, Victoria L. A1 - Leipold, Manfred A1 - Garbe, Gregory P. T1 - Potential Solar Sail Degradation Effects on Trajectory and Attitude Control JF - AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit - AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit : [San Francisco, California, 15 - 18 August 2005 ; papers]. - (AIAA meeting papers on disc ; [10.]2005,16-17) Y1 - 2005 SN - 1-56347-765-3 N1 - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ; AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit <2005, San Francisco, Calif.> ; AIAA paper number: AIAA-2006-6172 Link "https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/book/10.2514/MGNC05" am 15.07.2022 nachgetragen Behr PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics CY - Reston, Va. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Wie, Bong T1 - Solar Sail Trajectory Optimization for Intercepting, Impacting, and Deflecting Near-Earth Asteroids JF - AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit - AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit - AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit : [San Francisco, California, 15 - 18 August 2005 ; papers]. - (AIAA meeting papers on disc ; [10.]2005,16-17) Y1 - 2005 SN - 1-56347-765-3 N1 - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ; AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit <2005, San Francisco, Calif.> ; AIAA paper number: AIAA-2006-6176 PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics CY - Reston, Va. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Braun, Carsten A1 - Boucke, Alexander A1 - Ballmann, Josef T1 - Numerical prediction of the wing deformation of a high speed transport aircraft type wind tunnel model by direct aeroelastic simulation T2 - Conference proceedings : CEAS/AIAA/DGLR International Forum on Aeroelasticity and Structural Dynamics IFASD 2005 : München, June 28 - July 1, 2005. DGLR-Bericht. 2005,04 Y1 - 2005 SN - 3-932182-43-X PB - DGLR CY - Bonn ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Baturkin, Volodymyr A1 - Coverstone, Victoria A1 - Diedrich, Ben A1 - Garbe, Gregory A1 - Görlich, Marianne A1 - Leipold, Manfred A1 - Lura, Franz A1 - Macdonald, Malcolm A1 - McInnes, Colin A1 - Mengali, Giovanni A1 - Quarta, Alessandro A1 - Rios-Reyes, Leonel A1 - Scheeres, Daniel J. A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Wie, Bong T1 - Potential effects of optical solar sail degredation on trajectory design T2 - AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist N2 - The optical properties of the thin metalized polymer films that are projected for solar sails are assumed to be affected by the erosive effects of the space environment. Their degradation behavior in the real space environment, however, is to a considerable degree indefinite, because initial ground test results are controversial and relevant inspace tests have not been made so far. The standard optical solar sail models that are currently used for trajectory design do not take optical degradation into account, hence its potential effects on trajectory design have not been investigated so far. Nevertheless, optical degradation is important for high-fidelity solar sail mission design, because it decreases both the magnitude of the solar radiation pressure force acting on the sail and also the sail control authority. Therefore, we propose a simple parametric optical solar sail degradation model that describes the variation of the sail film’s optical coefficients with time, depending on the sail film’s environmental history, i.e., the radiation dose. The primary intention of our model is not to describe the exact behavior of specific film-coating combinations in the real space environment, but to provide a more general parametric framework for describing the general optical degradation behavior of solar sails. Using our model, the effects of different optical degradation behaviors on trajectory design are investigated for various exemplary missions. Y1 - 2005 N1 - 2005 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 7-11.08.2005. Lake Tahoe, California https://www.space-flight.org/AAS_meetings/2005_astro/2005_astro.html SP - 1 EP - 23 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Röth, Thilo T1 - Leichtbau und Karosserietechnik T1 - Light weight structures and body engineering N2 - Studienschwerpunkt Leichtbau und Karosserietechnik an der FH Aachen, Grobstruktur der Lehrinhalte, Studentenprojekt "CAPRO" KW - Leichtbau KW - Karosseriebau KW - Karosserietechnik KW - car body construction Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Röth, Thilo A1 - Tragsdorf, Carsten T1 - Innovativer Einsatz von Werkstoffen - Trends und Entwicklungen im Karosserieleichtbau N2 - 1) In Karosseriestrukturen steht der richtige Werkstoffeinsatz stärker den je im Spannungsfeld von Leichtbau, Kosten (Stückzahlen) und Leistungsanforderung 2) In „klassischen“ Strukturen von Modulträgern und Klappen hat sich die Materialmischbauweise verstärkt in den letzten Jahren durchgesetzt 3) Unter Aspekten des konzeptionellen Leichtbaus erscheint der verstärkte Einsatz von Leichtbauwerkstoffen im Vorderwagen sowie in der Dachstruktur zielführend 4) Offene Strukturprofile in Materialmischbauweise liefern für eine Vielzahl von Anwendungen ein interessantes und bis dato kaum genutztes Potential 5) Neue Entwicklungen bei den Fügetechnologien (i.b. kontinuierliche Fügeverbindungen und kombinierte Verfahren) unterstützen den wirtschaftlichen Karosserieleichtbau 6) Werkstoffinnovationen sowie neuartige Fertigungsverfahren machen den Konstruktionswerkstoff „Stahl“ auch in der Zukunft im Karosseriebau weiterhin sehr attraktiv KW - Karosseriebau KW - Leichtbau KW - Karosserieleichtbau KW - Materialmischbauweise KW - Leichtbauwerkstoffe Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blome, Hans-Joachim T1 - Exploration des Weltalls. Raumfahrt und der Weg des Menschen in den Kosmos JF - Telepolis special. Wie Forscher und Raumfahrer Aliens aufspüren wollen Y1 - 2004 PB - Heise Zeitschriften Verlag CY - Hannover ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Blome, Hans-Joachim A1 - Zaun, Harald T1 - Der Urknall : Anfang und Zukunft des Universums Y1 - 2004 SN - 3406508375 PB - Beck CY - München ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blome, Hans-Joachim A1 - Wilson, Thomas L. T1 - The entangled Universe JF - Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology, Proceedings of the 13th Course of the International School of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics, held in Erice, Italy, 2-14 June 2002 / edited by Maurice M. Shapiro ... [et al.] Y1 - 2004 SN - 981-238-727-7 SP - 23 EP - 38 PB - World Scientific Publishing CY - New Jersey, NJ ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gerhardt, Hans Joachim A1 - Korath, Bernd T1 - Maschinelle Rauchableitung in besonderen Bauarten JF - vfdb-Zeitschrift. 53 (2004), H. 4 Y1 - 2004 SN - 0042-1804 SP - 198 EP - 204 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmitz, Günter T1 - Mechatronic Systems Simulation as an obligatory module for Mechatronic Master Students JF - Mechatronics & Robotics 2004 : Aachen, Germany, September 13 - 15, 2004 / [IEEE Industrial Electronics Society ...] P. Drews (ed.) Y1 - 2004 SN - 3-938153-50-X SP - 1278 PB - Eysoldt CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blome, Hans-Joachim A1 - Kosbow, Michael T1 - Perturbation of a satellite orbit by gravitational waves JF - Jahrbuch 2004 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V. (DGLR) Y1 - 2004 SN - 0070-4083 N1 - DGLR-2004-168 SP - 2083 EP - 2088 PB - DGLR CY - Bonn ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Havermann, Marc A1 - Seiler, Friedrich T1 - Boundary layer influence on supersonic jet cross flow interaction in hypersonic flow : DGLR/STAB-Fachsymposium Strömungsmechanik 2004, Bremer Innovations- und Technologiezentrum (BITZ), Bremen, FRG, 16. - 18. November 2004 / Havermann, M.; Seiler, F. Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches de Saint-Louis Y1 - 2004 N1 - Publication / Institut Franco-Allemand de Recherches de Saint-Louis ; 658 PB - ISL CY - Saint-Louis ER -