Multisegment Scheme Applications to Modified Chebyshev Picard Iteration Method for Highly Elliptical Orbits

Abstract

A modified Chebyshev Picard iteration method is proposed for solving orbit propagation initial/boundary value problems. Cosine sampling techniques, known as Chebyshev-Gauss-Lobatto (CGL) nodes, are used to reduce Runge’s phenomenon that plagues many series approximations. The key benefit of using the CGL data sampling is that the nodal points are distributed nonuniformly, with dense sampling at the beginning and ending times. This problem can be addressed by a nonlinear time transformation and/or by utilizing multiple time segments over an orbit. This paper suggests a method, called a multisegment method, to obtain accurate solutions overall regardless of initial states and albeit eccentricity by dividing the given orbit into two or more segments based on the true anomaly.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2015
Source ID
10.1155/2015/290781

Entities

People

  • Donghoon Kim
  • James D Turner
  • John L. Junkins

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Statistical inference.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris