This paper is concerned with the guidance of abort landing trajectories in a windshear. First, optimal trajectories are determined by minimizing the peak value of the altitude drop. Then, two guidance schemes, approximating the optimal trajectors, are developed: acceleration guidance (based on the relative acceleration) and gamma guidance (based on the absolute path inclination). From numerical experiments, it appears that both the acceleration guidance and the gamma guidance yield trajectories that are close to the optimal trajectory. In addition, a theta guidance scheme (modified constant pitch guidance) is developed that is superior to the constant pitch guidance in terms of the altitude loss and the survival capability in severe windshears.


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    Title :

    Acceleration, gamma, and theta guidance for abort landing in a windshear


    Contributors:
    Miele, A. (author) / Wang, T. (author) / Melvin, W. W. (author) / Bowles, R. L. (author)


    Publication date :

    1989-12-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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