Authors: Roberto Armellin Francesco Topputo
Publish Date: 2006/10/27
Volume: 96, Issue: 3-4, Pages: 289-309
Abstract
A sixthorder accurate scheme is presented for the solution of ODE systems supplemented by twopoint boundary conditions The proposed integration scheme is a linear multipoint method of sixthorder accuracy successfully used in fluid dynamics and implemented for the first time in astrodynamics applications A discretization molecule made up of just four grid points attains a Oh 6 accuracy which is beyond the first Dahlquist’s stability barrier Astrodynamics applications concern the computation of libration point halo orbits in the restricted three and fourbody models and the design of an optimal control strategy for a low thrust libration point mission
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