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Authors:
  1. Runqi Chai

    1. Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, UK

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  2. Al Savvaris

    1. Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, UK

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  3. Antonios Tsourdos

    1. Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, UK

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  4. Senchun Chai

    1. School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

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  • Systematically introduces a range of optimization approaches to spacecraft trajectory optimization problems
  • Describes a novel hybrid optimization strategy
  • Presents new multi-objective approaches to finding optimal trade-off solutions with preference requirements
  • Provides an in-depth analysis of chance constraint handling algorithms

Part of the book series: Springer Aerospace Technology (SAT)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Runqi Chai, Al Savvaris, Antonios Tsourdos, Senchun Chai
    Pages 1-6

  3. Overview of Trajectory Optimization Techniques

    • Runqi Chai, Al Savvaris, Antonios Tsourdos, Senchun Chai
    Pages 7-25

  4. Modeling of the Trajectory Optimization Problems

    • Runqi Chai, Al Savvaris, Antonios Tsourdos, Senchun Chai
    Pages 27-53

  5. Performance Analysis of Different Optimization Strategies

    • Runqi Chai, Al Savvaris, Antonios Tsourdos, Senchun Chai
    Pages 55-72

  6. Hybrid Optimization Methods with Enhanced Convergence Ability

    • Runqi Chai, Al Savvaris, Antonios Tsourdos, Senchun Chai
    Pages 73-97

  7. Multi-objective Trajectory Optimization Problem

    • Runqi Chai, Al Savvaris, Antonios Tsourdos, Senchun Chai
    Pages 99-132

  8. Real-Time Optimal Guidance and Control Strategies for Space Maneuver Vehicles

    • Runqi Chai, Al Savvaris, Antonios Tsourdos, Senchun Chai
    Pages 133-161

  9. Stochastic Trajectory Optimization Problems with Chance Constraints

    • Runqi Chai, Al Savvaris, Antonios Tsourdos, Senchun Chai
    Pages 163-191

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 193-207
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About this book

This book explores the design of optimal trajectories for space maneuver vehicles (SMVs) using optimal control-based techniques. It begins with a comprehensive introduction to and overview of three main approaches to trajectory optimization, and subsequently focuses on the design of a novel hybrid optimization strategy that combines an initial guess generator with an improved gradient-based inner optimizer. Further, it highlights the development of multi-objective spacecraft trajectory optimization problems, with a particular focus on multi-objective transcription methods and multi-objective evolutionary algorithms. In its final sections, the book studies spacecraft flight scenarios with noise-perturbed dynamics and probabilistic constraints, and designs and validates new chance-constrained optimal control frameworks. 


The comprehensive and systematic treatment of practical issues in spacecraft trajectory optimization is one of the book’s major features, making it particularly suited for readers who are seeking practical solutions in spacecraft trajectory optimization. It offers a valuable asset for researchers, engineers, and graduate students in GNC systems, engineering optimization, applied optimal control theory, etc.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, UK

    Runqi Chai, Al Savvaris, Antonios Tsourdos

  • School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

    Senchun Chai

About the authors

Dr. Runqi Chai’s research interests include spacecraft trajectory optimization, multi-objective optimization, optimal control theory, model predictive control and chance-constrained optimization. Currently he serves as an active reviewer for several international publications including IEEE and AIAA.

The list of Runqi Chai’s publications is as follows:
R. Chai, A. Savvaris, A. Tsourdos, S. Chai, and Y. Xia, Trajectory Optimization of Space Maneuver Vehicle Using a Hybrid Optimal Control Solver. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2019, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 467-480
R. Chai, A. Savvaris, and S. Chai*, Integrated missile guidance and control using optimization-based predictive control, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2019, 1-17, Available online.
R. Chai, A. Savvaris, A. Tsourdos, S. Chai*, and Y. Xia, Optimal fuel consumption finite-thrust orbital hopping of aeroassisted spacecraft, Aerospace Science and Technology, 2018, vol. 75, no. 4, pp. 172-182


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