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Interpersonal dynamics in spaceflight: An archival study

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Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.065

Tripp Driskell , C. Shawn Burke , James E. Driskell

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3D printing of flexible parts out of lunar regolith simulant

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Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2025-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.02.003

Miranda Fateri , Achim Frick , Constantin Schuler , Tim Schubert , Jochen Hoffmann , Jacobus van der Walt , Michael Salinas

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3D printing of regolith-based epoxy composites with excellent temperature resistance and mechanical strength

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Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.02.001

Chengwei Bao , Yanen Wang , Garth Pearce , Pan Zhao , Minyan Liu , Ray Tahir Mushtaq

{"title":"3D printing of regolith-based epoxy composites with excellent temperature resistance and mechanical strength","authors":"Chengwei Bao , Yanen Wang , Garth Pearce , Pan Zhao , Minyan Liu , Ray Tahir Mushtaq","doi":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Preparing regolith-based composites for 3D printing is crucial in lunar base construction, leveraging cost-effective and mechanically favorable materials for lunar construction by utilizing lunar regolith as the reinforcing phase. This research focuses on developing lunar regolith simulant as a matrix for 3D printing, which is crucial for in-situ resource utilization on the Moon. Resin-based composites, well-established in aerospace, are explored for their simple manufacturing and robust properties. The formulation involves simulated regolith-based polymer for direct ink writing printing. Rheological properties, including yield stress and plastic viscosity, are characterized across various cementite-sand ratios and printing temperatures. The relationship between extrudability, the time interval of the printing material and its rheological attributes is investigated. Quantitative assessment of material buildability employs three-dimensional scanning of the printed parts. Freeze-thaw cycle tests explore its temperature resilience. The influence of varying the printing infill rate on printing efficiency and the performance of the printed parts was assessed. It was found that modulating the printing infill rate affects the efficiency and performance of parts, with a 1:4 cementite-sand ratio and a 40 <span><math><mrow><mo>°C</mo></mrow></math></span> print temperature demonstrating optimal printing workability. These findings offer an efficient scheme for the automated production of regolith-based epoxy composites with precise structural, temperature-resistant, and favorable mechanical properties.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44971,"journal":{"name":"Acta Astronautica","volume":"229 ","pages":"Pages 787-803"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143368333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Mathematical simulation of a droplet breakup under the effect of a laser pulse

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Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.02.002

V.V. Tyurenkova , P.P. Zakharov , N.N. Smirnov , E.V. Mikhalchenko , E.I. Skryleva , F. Chen , Y. Meng

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Waveform relaxation method for parallel orbital propagation

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Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.057

Carlos Rubio, Adrián Delgado, Adrián García-Gutiérrez, Alberto Escapa

{"title":"Waveform relaxation method for parallel orbital propagation","authors":"Carlos Rubio, Adrián Delgado, Adrián García-Gutiérrez, Alberto Escapa","doi":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.057","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.057","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A new highly parallelizable procedure to integrate perturbed Keplerian motions numerically is presented in this study. It is based on a waveform relaxation method combined with the classic fourth-order Runge–Kutta integrator. Other parallelizable algorithms are already known in the literature, being one of the most widespread the Picard–Chebyshev method. When formulated in Cartesian variables, however, the Picard–Chebyshev method exhibits a limited convergence interval. This limitation requires sequential integration over small segments, reducing the level of parallelization. Alternatively, the equations of motion can be transformed into modified equinoctial elements. The waveform relaxation method proposed here extends both the convergence interval and rate when using Cartesian variables, carrying them to the same level as the modified equinoctial elements. Hence, this method offers an effective parallel algorithm that can be applied directly in Cartesian variables, what simplifies the formulation of the dynamical equations, the integrator structure, and the perturbation force expressions. The convergence and performance of the new waveform relaxation method was validated by performing low-Earth orbit propagations subjected to both conservative and non-conservative perturbations. The evaluation revealed a substantial enhancement with respect to a Picard–Chebyshev method, with a reduction in the Cartesian variables parallel evaluation of the perturbations of approximately 20 times, spanning from 10 to 30 orbit periods and with no significant loss of precision.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44971,"journal":{"name":"Acta Astronautica","volume":"229 ","pages":"Pages 672-683"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143077724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Projections of Earth’s technosphere: Luminosity and mass as limits to growth

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Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.048

Jacob Haqq-Misra , Clément Vidal , George Profitiliotis

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Experimental study of aerodynamic heating in the region of an incident shock wave boundary layer interaction

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Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.062

Sergey S. Popovich, Andrey G. Zditovets, Nickolai A. Kiselev, Urii A. Vinogradov

{"title":"Experimental study of aerodynamic heating in the region of an incident shock wave boundary layer interaction","authors":"Sergey S. Popovich, Andrey G. Zditovets, Nickolai A. Kiselev, Urii A. Vinogradov","doi":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.062","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The effect of an incident shock wave on the thermal and dynamic parameters of a supersonic flow on a flat plate is experimentally studied. The shock wave was initiated by a wedge with an opening angle of 12°. The oncoming flow Mach number was 2.48, the total pressure was 530 kPa, the total temperature was 295 K. The Reynolds number based on the boundary layer length from the nozzle throat to the beginning of the test section was at least 2∙10<sup>7</sup>. The static pressure distributions along the flat plate length are presented for two flow patterns with a shock wave and without any disturbances. The 2D2C-PIV method was used to obtain the velocity field in the wind tunnel test section and in the boundary layer separation region on the flat plate. Applying PIV method allowed to register the main characteristics of the interaction region including mean velocity field, incident and reflected shock wave patterns, as well as the boundary layer distortion. The cooling rates of the flat plate were obtained using an infrared camera, which made it possible to calculate the distributions of the temperature recovery factor and the heat transfer coefficient along the flat plate surface. An increase in the temperature recovery factor was noted for flow with an induced shock wave in comparison with an undisturbed flow. At the same time, an uneven distribution of temperature recovery factor and heat transfer coefficient was observed in the separation region. The results of the study can be useful in calculating high-speed channel flows with heat exchange in air- and spacecrafts propulsion systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44971,"journal":{"name":"Acta Astronautica","volume":"229 ","pages":"Pages 804-813"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143368335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Rapid optimization of low-thrust trajectories for multi-target detection under complex gravitational perturbation

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Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.055

Zichen Fan , Weiqin Ke , Mingying Huo , Ji Qi , Wenyu Feng , Naiming Qi

{"title":"Rapid optimization of low-thrust trajectories for multi-target detection under complex gravitational perturbation","authors":"Zichen Fan , Weiqin Ke , Mingying Huo , Ji Qi , Wenyu Feng , Naiming Qi","doi":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.055","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.055","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The large amount of space debris in Earth’s orbit has seriously affected the operational safety of spacecraft. Therefore, this paper proposes a fast optimization algorithm for multi-target detection trajectories based on Bezier-shaped method, targeting non-cooperative targets such as space debris in key areas of the high orbit. This method considers non-spherical gravity perturbation models with different accuracies to achieve rapid design of transfer trajectories; according to different detection missions, this method is also applied under different conditions of free and fixed flight time to achieve a multi-target detection. Compared with the Gauss pseudospectral method, the method proposed in this paper achieved excellent optimization results using an extremely short computation time, significantly improving the efficiency of trajectory optimization under complex gravitational perturbations. This is of great significance for the initial mission analysis of detecting a large amount of space debris in Earth’s orbit in the near future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":44971,"journal":{"name":"Acta Astronautica","volume":"229 ","pages":"Pages 736-748"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143173860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Predefined-time fault-tolerant control for rigid spacecraft attitude tracking maneuver with asymmetrical full-state performance constraints

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Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2025-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.058

Qin Huang , Ying Zhang

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Development and in-orbit verification of the coilable mast mechanism of APSCO SSS-1 satellite

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Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2025-01-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.01.036

Liang Sun , Gaonan Xu , Xurui Zhao , Yu Liu , Hai Huang , Baoshen Hou

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