Ir. L. (Livio) Carzana
Ir. L. (Livio) Carzana
Profiel
PhD on Solar-sail Orbital Dynamics in the Near-Earth Environment
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
November 2020 - Present
Main activities:
- Development of new dynamical models and control strategies to describe the orbital dynamics of solar-sail propelled spacecraft in the near-Earth environment
MSc Thesis Project on Machine Learning-based Trajectory Optimization
FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Aachen, Germany
January 2017 - August 2017
Project on the optimization of laser-pushed solar-sail interplanetary trajectories, performed by means of a machine learning-based optimizer. Main activities pursued:
- Design, validation and implementation of a laser-enhanced solar sail thrust model within a machine learning-based trajectory optimizer witten in C++
- Trajectory optimisation and performance analysis of laser-enhanced sailcraft interplanetary missions
- Writing and publication of a paper for the 68th International Astronautical Congress
Academische achtergrond
MSc Space Engineering, ’Space Exploration’ Specialization
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
August 2015 - December 2017
BSc Aerospace Engineering
University of Naples ”Federico II”, Naples, Italy
September 2012 - July 2015
Expertise
Publicaties
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2022
A New Model for the Planetary Radiation Pressure Acceleration for Solar Sails
L. Carzana / P.N.A.M. Visser / M.J. Heiligers
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2022
Locally optimal control laws for Earth-bound solar sailing with atmospheric drag
Livio Carzana / Pieter Visser / Jeannette Heiligers
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2022
Many-Revolution Earth-Centred Solar-Sail Trajectory Optimisation Using Differential Dynamic Programming
G. Leemans / L. Carzana / M.J. Heiligers
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2021
Design and Optimization of Steering Laws for Geocentric Solar Sailing
W. Keats Wilkie / Sarah M. Cook / L. Carzana / M.J. Heiligers / Andrew F. Heaton
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2021
Solar-sail control laws for perturbed Earth-bound trajectories
L. Carzana / P.N.A.M. Visser / M.J. Heiligers
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