Preliminary Design of an Energy Management Control System for a High Performance Lifting Body Reentry Vehicle.
Abstract
A preliminary design was developed for the guidance and phugoid damping portions of an energy management system to be used aboard a lifting body with a hypersonic L/D near 3.0, during the atmospheric maneuvering phase of reentry. A three-degree-of-freedom simulation was derived, using range angle, cross-range angle and radius as state variables. The guidance scheme considered was based on a fast-time prediction of the footprint and nominal trajectory by numerical integration of the equations of motion. Temperature constraints, maximum heating rates and structural limits were neglected. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0730155
Entities
People
- John W. Bunnell
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology