M. Saponara
Polytechnic University of Milan
5 Papers
M. Saponara is an academic researcher from Polytechnic University of Milan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Computer science & Spacecraft. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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Papers
Perforation and penetration of aluminium target plates by armour piercing bullets
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental, analytical and numerical simulations were performed to study the ballistic resistance of 6061-T6 aluminium plates subjected to a normal impact of small calibre armour piercing bullets.
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Deep Learning for Real-Time Satellite Pose Estimation on Tensor Processing Units
TL;DR: In this paper , advancements in spacecraft and tactical and strategic missile systems, including subsystem design and application, mission design and analysis, materials and structures, developments in space sciences, space processing and manufacturing, space operations, and applications of space technologies to other fields.
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Drag and Attitude Control for the Next Generation Gravity Mission
Stefano Cesare,Sabrina Dionisio,M. Saponara,D. Bravo-Berguño,Luca Massotti,J. Encarnacao,Bruno Christophe +6 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors highlight the importance of the second "observable" in the reconstruction of the lower harmonics of Earth's gravity field, by highlighting the tight control requirements in linear and angular accelerations and angular rates, and the expectable performances from the drag-free attitude, and orbit control system (DFAOCS) obtained through an end-to-end (E2E) simulator.
Deep Learning for Real Time Satellite Pose Estimation on Low Power Edge TPU
TL;DR: This paper proposes a pose estimation software exploiting neural network architectures which can be scaled to different accuracy-latency trade-offs and designed to be compatible with Edge Tensor Processing Units to show how low power machine learning accelerators could enable Artificial Intelligence exploitation in space.
Metallographic characterisation of Al6061-T6 aluminium plates subjected to ballistic impact
TL;DR: In this paper, the material behavior after ballistic impact is investigated by optical and scanning electron microscopy as well as by micro-hardness tests, which allows one to highlight the physical phenomena that happen during the impact: the formation of adiabatic shear bands (ASB), the evolution of softening and hardening phenomena, the creation of petalling, plugging, and formation of a melted film between the target and the penetrator.