Optimal Control of Active Recoil Mechanisms

Abstract

A servo-valve feedback system with variable control law is proposed for modification of a conventional hydropneumatic recoil mechanism to minimize peak recoil force for any round fired. Phase-plane-delta method of digital simulation is used to simulate the recoil mechanism model. An objective function with direct physical interpretations is developed and non-linear optimization techniques are used to design feedback gains for each firing round. The method is applied to M37 recoil mechanism and significant improvement in recoil force trajectories is obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA042090

Entities

People

  • A. N. Madiwale
  • S. M. Wu

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Control Rods
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Computers
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Feedback
  • Fluids
  • Gun Barrels
  • Hydraulic Fluids
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • ballistics.