Radiation pressure force model for an ideal laser-enhanced solar sail
- The concept of a laser-enhanced solar sail is introduced and the radiation pressure force model for an ideal laser-enhanced solar sail is derived. A laser-enhanced solar sail is a “traditional” solar sail that is, however, not solely propelled by solar radiation, but additionally by a laser beam that illuminates the sail. The additional laser radiation pressure increases the sail's propulsive force and can give, depending on the location of the laser source, more control authority over the direction of the solar sail’s propulsive force vector. This way, laser-enhanced solar sails may augment already existing solar sail mission concepts and make novel mission concepts feasible.
| Author: | Bernd DachwaldORCiD |
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| Parent Title (English): | 4th International Symposium on Solar Sailing |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2017 |
| Date of the Publication (Server): | 2022/04/14 |
| Length: | 5 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 5 |
| Note: | 4th International Symposium on Solar Sailing 17-20 January 2017, Kyōto, Japan |
| Link: | https://www.jsforum.or.jp/ISSS2017/papers/paper/17021_Paper_Bernd%20Dachwald.pdf |
| Zugriffsart: | weltweit |
| Institutes: | FH Aachen / Fachbereich Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik |
| FH Aachen / IfB - Institut für Bioengineering |
