Control Law for a Missile Intercept System.

Abstract

A feedback control law is derived for a two dimensional missile intercept system which combines in a step-by-step manner the closed form solutions to a least squares estimation of the target turn rate, line speed and heading with a minimum control energy problem subject to a terminal intercept constraint. The major assumptions are that the pursuer possesses thrust modulation capabilities, in addition to thrust vectoring, and that continuous measurements of the range coordinates are available for estimation purposes. Simulation results are included which indicate that good terminal accuracy is achieved when the estimation errors are small and illustrate the limitations on accuracy when fluctuations occur in the target speed and turn rate. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049329

Entities

People

  • Allan E. Pearson
  • K. C. Wei

Organizations

  • Brown University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Actuators
  • Air Force
  • Control Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Errors
  • Feedback
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Modulation
  • Simulations
  • Terminals
  • Time Intervals
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Missile Defense Systems.