A Rapid Assessment Tool for Space Access Vehicle Configurations in Guidance and Control Performance (Preprint)

Abstract

A guidance and control (G\&C) design tool to rapidly assess the necessary control effort of a conceptual space access vehicle to track its flight trajectory is described. This tool can be used as part of the preliminary design cycle in configuration, trajectory planning, structural analysis, aerodynamic modeling, and control surface sizing. Given a conceptual configuration for a space access vehicle and a desired trajectory for a reentry flight, this G\&C tool provides an inner-loop feedback control law and outer loop feedback guidance law to track the given trajectory. Assessment of the vehicle's tracking performance and associated aero-control usage can be made. This assessment can then be used to determine the appropriate control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA462014

Entities

People

  • Anhtuan D. Ngo
  • Gregory E. Moster
  • Michael W. Oppenheimer
  • William B. Blake

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aeronautics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Astronautics
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Guidance
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Structural Analysis
  • Trajectories

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers