The terminal guidance problem for a fixed-trim re-entry body is formulated with the objective of synthesizing a closed-loop steering law. A transformation of variables is made that reduces the order of the state system for the guidance problem, and a subsequent linearization with motion along the sight line to the target as a reference produces a further order reduction. The final, reduced-order system, although nonlinear and time-varying, is simple enough to lend itself to synthesis of a class of guidance laws. A generalization of the feedforward device of classical control theory is successfully employed for compensation of roll-autopilot lags. A comparison with existing fixed trim guidance laws is carried out computationally with a simulation model idealizing the navigation and control systems as error-free. The proposed guidance law exhibits superior miss-distance performance in the comparison. / Ph. D.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/71128 |
Date | January 1981 |
Creators | Gracey, Christopher |
Contributors | Aerospace and Ocean Engineering |
Publisher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
Language | en_US |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Dissertation, Text |
Format | x, 124, [1] leaves, application/pdf, application/pdf |
Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Relation | OCLC# 7603907 |
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