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Alessandro Antonio Quarta

Alessandro Antonio Quarta

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
35
Citations
4778
World Ranking
2659
National Ranking
94

Overview

Alessandro Antonio Quarta is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy, contributing extensively to research in engineering and physics with a focus on aerospace and astronomy. Their work spans several specialized fields, notably aerospace engineering and astronomy and astrophysics, alongside contributions in global and planetary change, civil and structural engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The main research topics covered by Quarta include spacecraft dynamics and control, astro and planetary science, space satellite systems and control, solar and space plasma dynamics, aerospace engineering and energy systems, spacecraft and cryogenic technologies, and spacecraft design and technology.

Research publications by Quarta can be found frequently in several scientific venues. Notable publication venues where the scientist has contributed multiple papers include:

  • Applied Sciences
  • Aerospace Science and Technology
  • Aerospace
  • Acta Astronautica
  • IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Recent selected papers highlight ongoing interests and research directions:

  • Review of hybrid-electric aircraft technologies and designs: Critical analysis and novel solutions (2023), Progress in Aerospace Sciences
  • A comprehensive review of Electric Solar Wind Sail concept and its applications (2021), Progress in Aerospace Sciences
  • Sliding mode control for attitude maneuvers of Helianthus solar sail (2022), Acta Astronautica
  • Feedback control law of solar sail with variable surface reflectivity at Sun-Earth collinear equilibrium points (2020), Aerospace Science and Technology
  • Shape-based approach for solar sail trajectory optimization (2020), Aerospace Science and Technology

Collaborations form an important aspect of Quarta's research activity. Frequent coauthors include Giovanni Mengali, Marco Bassetto, Lorenzo Niccolai, Karim Abu Salem, and Giuseppe Palaia.

Best Publications

  • Invited Article: Electric solar wind sail: Toward test missions

    Pekka Janhunen;P. K. Toivanen;J. Polkko;S. Merikallio

  • Electric Sail Performance Analysis

    Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro Antonio Quarta;P. Janhunen

  • Parametric model and optimal control of solar sails with optical degradation

    Bernd Dachwald;Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro A. Quarta;Malcolm Macdonald

  • Optimal Three-Dimensional Interplanetary Rendezvous Using Nonideal Solar Sail

    Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro Antonio Quarta

  • Impact of Optical Degradation on Solar Sail Mission Performance

    Bernd Dachwald;Malcolm Macdonald;Colin R. McInnes;Giovanni Mengali

  • Electric Sail Mission Analysis for Outer Solar System Exploration

    Alessandro Antonio Quarta;Giovanni Mengali

  • Non-Keplerian orbits for electric sails

    Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro Antonio Quarta

  • Electric solar wind sail mass budget model

    P. Janhunen;Alessandro Antonio Quarta;Giovanni Mengali

  • Review of hybrid-electric aircraft technologies and designs: Critical analysis and novel solutions

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  • Electric Sail Thrust Model from a Geometrical Perspective

    Mingying Huo;Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro A. Quarta

  • A comprehensive review of Electric Solar Wind Sail concept and its applications

    Marco Bassetto;Lorenzo Niccolai;Alessandro A. Quarta;Giovanni Mengali

  • A review of Smart Dust architecture, dynamics, and mission applications

    Lorenzo Niccolai;Marco Bassetto;Alessandro A. Quarta;Giovanni Mengali

  • Trajectory Design with Hybrid Low-Thrust Propulsion System

    Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro Antonio Quarta

  • Fuel-optimal, power-limited rendezvous with variable thruster efficiency

    Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro Antonio Quarta

  • Near-Optimal Solar-Sail Orbit-Raising from Low Earth Orbit

    Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro Antonio Quarta

  • Refined solar sail force model with mission application

    Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro A. Quarta;Christian Circi;Bernd Dachwald

  • Electric Sail Missions to Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

    Alessandro Antonio Quarta;Giovanni Mengali

  • Artificial Lagrange Points for Solar Sail with Electrochromic Material Panels

    Generoso Aliasi;Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro Antonio Quarta

  • Electric sail trajectory design with Bezier curve-based shaping approach

    Mingying Huo;Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro A. Quarta;Naiming Qi

  • Artificial Equilibrium Points for a Generalized Sail in the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem

    Generoso Aliasi;Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro Antonio Quarta

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

    Giovanni Mengali;Alessandro Antonio Quarta

  • Potential Solar Sail Degradation Effects on Trajectory and Attitude Control

    Bernd Dachwald;Wolfgang Seboldt;Malcolm Macdonald;Giovanni Mengali

Frequent Co-Authors

Giovanni Mengali
Giovanni Mengali University of Pisa
Bong Wie
Bong Wie Iowa State University
Daniel J. Scheeres
Daniel J. Scheeres University of Colorado Boulder
Colin R. McInnes
Colin R. McInnes University of Glasgow
Martti Hallikainen
Martti Hallikainen Aalto University
Ming Xu
Ming Xu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Massimiliano Vasile
Massimiliano Vasile University of Strathclyde

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