Titan SURF/Titan Wind Analysis using LCS

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Mentor(s): Jerrold Marsden, Claire Newman, Philip DuToit

Project Description: The student will make use of currently available wind models for the atmosphere of Titan and use Lagrangian Coherent Structures (LCS) to determine regions of the Titan atmosphere in which free floating balloons are likely to remain, or said a different way, to determine where the transport barriers are. In addition, the student will work with the Titan propulsion group to try to determine what are the power requirements for a balloon to navigate through different regions of the atmosphere. A related objective may be to determine optimal strategies for navigating between different regions of the Titan atmosphere.

Recommended Prerequisites: Some experience with basic dynamical systems, control, and computation.


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