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  1. Solar Sail Optimal Transfer Between Heliostationary Points

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, October 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  2. Role of Solar Irradiance Fluctuations on Optimal Solar Sail Trajectories

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, September 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  3. Trajectory Analysis of a Sun-Facing Solar Sail with Optical Degradation

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, September 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Vittorio Cipolla, Giovanni Mengali

  4. Asteroid Hovering Missions from a Fuel-Consumption Viewpoint

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, July 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  5. Smart dust option for geomagnetic tail exploration

    Article • Astrodynamics, August 2019, Tsinghua University Press

    Giovanni Mengali

  6. Optimal solar sail transfers to circular Earth-synchronous displaced orbits

    Article • Astrodynamics, August 2019, Tsinghua University Press

    Giovanni Mengali

  7. Comparison between direct and indirect approach to solar sail circle-to-circle orbit raising optimization

    Article • Astrodynamics, April 2019, Tsinghua University Press

    Giovanni Mengali

  8. Stability and Control of Spinning Electric Solar Wind Sail in Heliostationary Orbit

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, February 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  9. Elliptic Displaced Orbit Approximation with Equally Spaced Impulses

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, February 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  10. Optimal circle-to-rectilinear orbit transfer with circumferential thrust

    Article • Astrodynamics, December 2018, Tsinghua University Press

    Giovanni Mengali

  11. Orbital Motion Approximation with Constant Circumferential Acceleration

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, August 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  12. Thrust and torque vector characteristics of axially-symmetric E-sail

    Article • Acta Astronautica, May 2018, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  13. Relative Motion of Sun-Pointing Smart Dust in Circular Heliocentric Orbits

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, April 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  14. Finite element analysis of solar sail force model with mission application

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering, March 2018, SAGE Publications

    Giovanni Mengali

  15. Electric Sail Thrust Model from a Geometrical Perspective

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, March 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali, Mingying Huo

  16. Plasma brake model for preliminary mission analysis

    Article • Acta Astronautica, March 2018, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  17. Optimal in-orbit repositioning of Sun-pointing Smart Dust

    Article • Acta Astronautica, March 2018, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  18. Thermal-structural analysis of a square solar sail

    Article • Acta Astronautica, March 2018, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  19. Multiple solar sail formation flying around heliocentric displaced orbit via consensus

    Article • Acta Astronautica, March 2018, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  20. Distributed adaptive synchronization for multiple spacecraft formation flying around Lagrange point orbits

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, March 2018, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  21. Accurate approximation of in-ecliptic trajectories for E-sail with constant pitch angle

    Article • Advances in Space Research, March 2018, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  22. Logarithmic spiral trajectories generated by Solar sails

    Article • Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Mengali

  23. Two-dimensional heliocentric dynamics approximation of an electric sail with fixed attitude

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  24. Locally-optimal electric sail transfer

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering, September 2017, SAGE Publications

    Giovanni Mengali

  25. Electric sail elliptic displaced orbits with advanced thrust model

    Article • Acta Astronautica, September 2017, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  26. Solar sail trajectory analysis with asymptotic expansion method

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, September 2017, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  27. Formation flying for electric sails in displaced orbits. Part II: Distributed coordinated control

    Article • Advances in Space Research, September 2017, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  28. Formation flying for electric sails in displaced orbits. Part I: Geometrical analysis

    Article • Advances in Space Research, September 2017, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  29. Analytical solution of the optimal steering law for non-ideal solar sail

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, March 2017, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  30. Electric sail-based displaced orbits with a refined thrust model

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering, November 2016, SAGE Publications

    Giovanni Mengali

  31. Analysis of relative motion in non-Keplerian orbits via modified equinoctial elements

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, November 2016, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  32. Heliocentric phasing performance of electric sail spacecraft

    Article • Acta Astronautica, October 2016, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  33. Electric sail option for cometary rendezvous

    Article • Acta Astronautica, October 2016, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  34. Solar sail structural analysis via improved finite element modeling

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering, August 2016, SAGE Publications

    Giovanni Mengali

  35. Minimum-time trajectories of electric sail with advanced thrust model

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, August 2016, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  36. Invariant Manifold and Bounds of Relative Motion Between Heliocentric Displaced Orbits

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, August 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  37. Extreme values of relative distances for spacecraft in elliptic displaced orbits

    Article • Advances in Space Research, August 2016, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  38. Optimal planetary rendezvous with an electric sail

    Article • Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, July 2016, Emerald

    Giovanni Mengali

  39. Analysis of Electric Sail Heliocentric Motion Under Radial Thrust

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  40. Heliocentric trajectory analysis of Sun-pointing smart dust with electrochromic control

    Article • Advances in Space Research, February 2016, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  41. A solution to detect and avoid conflicts for civil remotely piloted aircraft systems into non-segregated airspaces

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering, January 2016, SAGE Publications

    Giovanni Mengali

  42. Electric solar wind sail optimal transit in the circular restricted three body problem

    Article • Acta Astronautica, November 2015, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  43. Artificial Periodic Orbits Around L1-Type Equilibrium Points for a Generalized Sail

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, September 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  44. Radially accelerated trajectories for variable mass spacecraft

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  45. Special Orbits for Mercury Observation

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Mengali

  46. Low-Thrust Earth-Venus Trajectories

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Mengali

  47. Multi-revolution transfer for heliocentric missions with solar electric propulsion

    Article • Advances in Space Research, January 2015, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  48. Analysis of spacecraft motion under constant circumferential propulsive acceleration

    Article • Acta Astronautica, December 2014, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  49. Fast E-sail Uranus entry probe mission

    Article • Planetary and Space Science, December 2014, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  50. Optimal nodal flyby with near-Earth asteroids using electric sail

    Article • Acta Astronautica, November 2014, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  51. Artificial equilibrium points for a solar balloon in the α Centauri system

    Article • Acta Astronautica, November 2014, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  52. Electric Sail for a Near-Earth Asteroid Sample Return Mission: Case 1998 KY26

    Article • Journal of Aerospace Engineering, November 2014, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Giovanni Mengali

  53. Optimal Solar Sail Interplanetary Trajectories with Constant Cone Angle

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Mengali

  54. Artificial Equilibrium Points for Electric Sail with Constant Attitude

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, November 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  55. Optimal Solar Sail Phasing Trajectories for Circular Orbit

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, November 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  56. Approximate Solutions to Circle-to-Circle Solar Sail Orbit Transfer

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, November 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  57. Optimal control laws for heliocentric transfers with a magnetic sail

    Article • Acta Astronautica, August 2013, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  58. Trajectory Approximation for Low-Performance Electric Sail with Constant Thrust Angle

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, May 2013, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  59. Optimal solar sail transfer to linear trajectories

    Article • Acta Astronautica, February 2013, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  60. A graphical approach to electric sail mission design with radial thrust

    Article • Acta Astronautica, February 2013, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  61. Traffic-separation & collision-avoidance strategy to promote civil applications of UAVs

    Article • January 2013, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Giovanni Mengali

  62. Passive Control Feasibility of Collinear Equilibrium Points with Solar Balloons

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, September 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  63. Artificial equilibrium points for a generalized sail in the elliptic restricted three-body problem

    Article • Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Mengali

  64. New Look to the Constant Radial Acceleration Problem

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, May 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  65. Semi-Analytical Method for the Analysis of Solar Sail Heliocentric Orbit Raising

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, January 2012, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  66. H2-reversal trajectory: A new mission application for high-performance solar sails

    Article • Advances in Space Research, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Christian Circi, Giovanni Mengali

  67. Artificial equilibrium points for a generalized sail in the circular restricted three-body problem

    Article • Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, July 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Mengali

  68. Minimum-time space missions with solar electric propulsion

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, July 2011, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  69. Solar Sail Capabilities to Reach Elliptic Rectilinear Orbits

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, May 2011, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  70. Optimal interplanetary rendezvous combining electric sail and high thrust propulsion system

    Article • Acta Astronautica, March 2011, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  71. Analytical results for solar sail optimal missions with modulated radial thrust

    Article • Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Mengali

  72. Linear Systems Approach to Multiple-Impulse Trajectory Analysis via Regularization

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, September 2010, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  73. Electric sail missions to potentially hazardous asteroids

    Article • Acta Astronautica, May 2010, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  74. Electric Sail Mission Analysis for Outer Solar System Exploration

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, May 2010, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  75. Solar sail trajectories with piecewise-constant steering laws

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, December 2009, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  76. Optimal switching strategy for radially accelerated trajectories

    Article • Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Mengali

  77. Solar sail missions to Mercury with Venus gravity assist

    Article • Acta Astronautica, August 2009, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  78. Escape from Elliptic Orbit Using Constant Radial Thrust

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, May 2009, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  79. Non-Keplerian orbits for electric sails

    Article • Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Mengali

  80. Solar Sail Near-Optimal Circular Transfers with Plane Change

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, March 2009, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  81. Practical Systems Design for an Earth-Magnetotail-Monitoring Solar Sail Mission

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, March 2009, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  82. Rapid Solar Sail Rendezvous Missions to Asteroid 99942 Apophis

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, January 2009, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  83. In-orbit repositioning of multiple solar sail spacecraft

    Article • Aerospace Science and Technology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  84. Optimal trade studies of interplanetary electric propulsion missions

    Article • Acta Astronautica, June 2008, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  85. Electric Sail Performance Analysis

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, January 2008, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  86. Tradeoff Performance of Hybrid Low-Thrust Propulsion System

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, November 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  87. Solar-Sail-Based Stopover Cyclers for Cargo Transportation Missions

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, July 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  88. Impact of Optical Degradation on Solar Sail Mission Performance

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, July 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  89. Reply by the Authors to A. D. Guerman and G. Smirnov

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, May 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  90. Optimal Steering Law for the GeoSail Mission

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, May 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  91. Optimal heliostationary missions of high-performance sailcraft

    Article • Acta Astronautica, April 2007, Elsevier

    Giovanni Mengali

  92. Refined Solar Sail Force Model with Mission Application

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, March 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Christian Circi, Giovanni Mengali

  93. Trajectory Design with Hybrid Low-Thrust Propulsion System

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, March 2007, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  94. Minimagnetospheric Plasma Propulsion for Outer Planet Missions

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, September 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  95. Parametric Model and Optimal Control of Solar Sails with Optical Degradation

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, September 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  96. Formation Control Laws for Autonomous Flight Vehicles

    Article • June 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Giovanni Mengali

  97. A hybrid genetic based optimization procedure for aircraft conceptual analysis

    Article • Optimization and Engineering, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Giovanni Mengali

  98. Compound Solar Sail with Optical Properties: Models and Performance

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, January 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  99. Optimal Missions with Mini-Magnetospheric Plasma Propulsion

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, January 2006, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  100. Fuel-Optimal, Power-Limited Rendezvous with Variable Thruster Efficiency

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, November 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  101. Optimal Control Laws for Axially Symmetric Solar Sails

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, November 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  102. Near-Optimal Solar-Sail Orbit-Raising from Low Earth Orbit

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, September 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  103. Potential Solar Sail Degradation Effects on Trajectory and Attitude Control

    Article • August 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  104. Time-Optimal Three-Dimensional Trajectories for Solar Photon Thruster Spacecraft

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, March 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  105. Optimization of Biimpulsive Trajectories in the Earth-Moon Restricted Three-Body System

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, March 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  106. Optimal Three-Dimensional Interplanetary Rendezvous Using Non-Ideal Solar Sail

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, January 2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  107. Earth Escape by Ideal Sail and Solar-Photon Thrustor Spacecraft

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, November 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  108. Unified Algebraic Approach to Approximation of Lateral-Directional Modes and Departure Criteria

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, July 2004, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  109. Comments on "Literal Approximations to Aircraft Dynamics Modes" and "Consistent Approximations to Aircraft Longitudinal Modes"

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, March 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  110. Role of Eigenvectors in Aircraft Dynamics Optimization

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, March 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  111. Comments on "Literal Approximations to Aircraft Dynamics Modes" and "Consistent Approximations to Aircraft Longitudinal Modes"

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, March 2003, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  112. Probabilistic Approach for Integrated Structural Control Design

    Article • AIAA Journal, September 2000, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  113. Probabilistic Approach to Aircraft Performance Enhancement in Atmospheric Turbulence

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, May 2000, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  114. Ride Quality of Civil Aircraft from a Probabilistic Viewpoint

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, March 2000, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  115. Probabilistic approach for integrated structural control design

    Article • AIAA Journal, January 2000, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  116. An assessment of multiple site damage through a simple statistical model

    Article • April 1999, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  117. Mixed linear-quadratic/eigenstructure strategy for design of stability augmentation systems

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, November 1996, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  118. Simulation of turbulent fluctuations

    Article • AIAA Journal, November 1994, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali

  119. Ride quality improvements by means of numerical optimization techniques

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, September 1994, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Giovanni Mengali