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2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 248-272
Author(s):  
Yuxin Liu ◽  
Ron Noomen ◽  
Pieter Visser

AbstractWe develop a Gravity Assist Mapping to quantify the effects of a flyby in a two-dimensional circular restricted three-body situation based on Gaussian Process Regression (GPR). This work is inspired by the Keplerian Map and Flyby Map. The flyby is allowed to occur anywhere above 300 km altitude at the Earth in the system of Sun-(Earth+Moon)-spacecraft, whereas the Keplerian map is typically restricted to the cases outside the Hill sphere only. The performance of the GPR model and the influence of training samples (number and distribution) on the quality of the prediction of post-flyby orbital states are investigated. The information provided by this training set is used to optimize the hyper-parameters in the GPR model. The trained model can make predictions of the post-flyby state of an object with an arbitrary initial condition and is demonstrated to be efficient and accurate when evaluated against the results of numerical integration. The method can be attractive for space mission design.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenton B. Fillingim ◽  
Richard O. Nwaeri ◽  
Felipe Borja ◽  
Katherine Fu ◽  
Christiaan J. J. Paredis

Abstract This study offers insight into the processes of expert designers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and how they use heuristics in the design process. A methodology for the extraction, classification, and characterization of heuristics is presented. Ten expert participants were interviewed to identify design heuristics used during early stage space mission design at JPL. In total, 101 heuristics were obtained, classified, and characterized. The use of interviews to extract heuristics allowed for researchers to confirm that those heuristics were indeed used by designers. Through the use of post-interview surveys, participants characterized heuristics based on attributes including source/origin, applicability based on concept maturity, frequency of use, reliability, and tendency to evolve. These findings are presented, and statistically significant correlations were found between the participant perceptions of frequency of use, reliability, and evolution of a heuristic. A positive correlation was found between frequency of use and reliability while negative correlations were found between frequency of use and evolution, and reliability and evolution. Survey results and analysis aim to identify valid attributes for assessing the applicability and value of multiple heuristics for design practice in early space mission formulation.


Author(s):  
Kenton B. Fillingim ◽  
Richard Ossie Nwaeri ◽  
Felipe Borja ◽  
Katherine Fu ◽  
Christiaan J. J. Paredis

This study offers insight into the processes of expert designers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and how they make use of heuristics in the design process. A methodology for the extraction, classification, and characterization of heuristics is presented. Ten expert participants were interviewed to identify design heuristics used during early stage space mission design at JPL. In total, 101 heuristics were obtained, classified, and characterized. Through the use of postinterview surveys, participants characterized heuristics based on attributes including source/origin, applicability based on concept maturity, frequency of use, reliability, and tendency to evolve. These findings are presented, and statistically analyzed to show correlations between the participant perceptions of frequency of use, reliability, and evolution of a heuristic. Survey results and analysis aim to identify valid attributes for assessing the applicability and value of multiple heuristics for design practice in early space mission formulation.


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