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Giovanni Mengali

Giovanni Mengali

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
34
Citations
4695
World Ranking
2846
National Ranking
100

Overview

Giovanni Mengali is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy and contributes extensively to the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily focuses on Aerospace Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics, with additional work in Civil and Structural Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Condensed Matter Physics.

Mengali's scholarly output addresses topics related to Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, Astro and Planetary Science, and Space Satellite Systems and Control. Additional thematic areas of interest include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems, Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies, and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Recent publications by Mengali include:

  • "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
  • "Asteroid Hovering Missions from a Fuel-Consumption Viewpoint", 2020, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

Mengali frequently publishes in specialized venues including Aerospace Science and Technology, Acta Astronautica, Aerospace, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, and Astrodynamics.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Mengali's work. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Alessandro A. Quarta
  • Marco Bassetto
  • Lorenzo Niccolai
  • Christian Bianchi
  • Andrea Caruso

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

  • 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

  • Sliding mode control for attitude maneuvers of Helianthus solar sail

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  • 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

Alessandro Antonio Quarta
Alessandro Antonio Quarta University of Pisa
Bong Wie
Bong Wie Iowa State University
Colin R. McInnes
Colin R. McInnes University of Glasgow
Daniel J. Scheeres
Daniel J. Scheeres University of Colorado Boulder
Martti Hallikainen
Martti Hallikainen Aalto University
Sami K. Solanki
Sami K. Solanki Max Planck Society
Marco Velli
Marco Velli University of California, Los Angeles
Ming Xu
Ming Xu University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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