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Trajectory Optimization for the Vertical Landing Phase of Reusable Launch Vehicles Via Convex Approach

  • Yuan Li
  • , Linan Shi
  • , Ping Chen
  • , Changzhu Wei*
  • , Xing Gao
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Beijing Aerospace Automatic Control Institute
  • Science and Technology on Space Physics Laboratory

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Abstract

For better computational efficiency, this paper proposes a convex algorithm to solve the online trajectory optimization problem for the vertical powered landing flight phase of vehicles. To recycle the stages of launch vehicles and lower the cost, vertical take-off/vertical landing reusable launch vehicles are widely studied, actually the precision of the powered landing phase is very important for the recycling mission. In this paper, to achieve both the high precision of landing and the high efficiency of online computation, the convex optimization approach is applied to settle the trajectory optimization problem. Firstly, according to the dynamical model, constraints and mission requirements, the trajectory optimization problem of the vehicles is formulated. Secondly, the flip-Radau pseudospectral discretization approach, lossless convexification, and successive convexification technology are employed to convert the original nonconvex problem to a series of convex problems, and these subproblems can be solved by the primal-dual interior-point method (IPM) accurately and rapidly. The computational procedure of the IPM is also given in detail in this paper. Finally, numerical simulation experiments are given, which prove the computational efficiency and accuracy of the presented convex optimization method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Guidance, Navigation and Control - Proceedings of 2020 International Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, ICGNC 2020
EditorsLiang Yan, Haibin Duan, Xiang Yu
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages5265-5276
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9789811581540
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
EventInternational Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, ICGNC 2020 - Tianjin, China
Duration: 23 Oct 202025 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume644 LNEE
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, ICGNC 2020
Country/TerritoryChina
CityTianjin
Period23/10/2025/10/20

Keywords

  • Convex optimization
  • Convexification
  • Primal-dual interior-point method
  • Trajectory optimization

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