A. Buscarino, Carlo Famoso, Luigi Fortuna, Giuseppe La Spina
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Abstract
Abstract On September 22, 2022, a spacecraft, designed by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team, successfully attempted to deflect the orbit of the asteroid Dimorphos, which together with Didymos, constitutes a binary system of near-Earth asteroids orbiting around the Sun. The effect of the impact of the spacecraft was to shorten the orbit of Dimorphos of about 33 min with respect to the original one. In this communication, a simple nonlinear circuit emulator based on a mathematical model allowing the emulation of the DART mission behavior is presented. The modeling is approached referring to the Kepler problem that leads to a highly nonlinear dynamical model. The problem is approached numerically, by using appropriate integration algorithms for both the two-body and three-body formulations of the problem, and experimentally, by means of an analog/digital electronic circuit emulator of the system that allows us to realize faster and qualitative more efficient experiments.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Nonlinear Engineering aims to be a platform for sharing original research results in theoretical, experimental, practical, and applied nonlinear phenomena within engineering. It serves as a forum to exchange ideas and applications of nonlinear problems across various engineering disciplines. Articles are considered for publication if they explore nonlinearities in engineering systems, offering realistic mathematical modeling, utilizing nonlinearity for new designs, stabilizing systems, understanding system behavior through nonlinearity, optimizing systems based on nonlinear interactions, and developing algorithms to harness and leverage nonlinear elements.