A cutoff insensitive guidance scheme is proposed for strategic missile systems not equipped with thrust termination systems. The main idea behind this scheme is to manipulate the current flight-path angle to follow the required flight-path angle. For this, a routine to obtain the required flight-path angle is set up by reorganizing the equations comprising the Lambert routine. Compared with existing schemes, the proposed scheme is more robust to motor performance uncertainty; it is also simpler and has a lighter calculation load. It is shown that the algorithm has good performance through the computer simulation.
Flight-Path Angle Control for Cutoff Insensitive Guidance
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics ; 38 , 4 ; 706-710
2014-05-30
5 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch