Capturability Analysis of a 3-D Retro-PN Guidance Law for Higher Speed Nonmaneuvering Targets

Ghosh, Satadal and Ghose, Debasish and Raha, Soumyendu (2014) Capturability Analysis of a 3-D Retro-PN Guidance Law for Higher Speed Nonmaneuvering Targets. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, 22 (5). pp. 1864-1874.

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Abstract

This brief presents the capturability analysis of a 3-D Retro-proportional navigation (Retro-PN) guidance law, which uses a negative navigation constant (as against the usual positive one), for intercepting targets having higher speeds than interceptors. This modification makes it possible to achieve collision conditions that were inaccessible to the standard PN law. A modified polar coordinate system, that makes the model more compact, is used in this brief for capturability analysis. In addition to the ratio of the target to interceptor speeds, the directional cosines of the interceptor, and target velocity vectors play a crucial role in the capturability. The existence of nontrivial capture zone of the Retro-PN guidance law and necessary and sufficient conditions, for capturing the target in finite time, are presented. A sufficient condition on the navigation constant is derived to ensure finiteness of the line-of-sight turn rate. The results are more extensive than those available for 2-D engagements, which can be obtained as special cases of this brief. Simulation results are given to support the analytical results.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
Publisher:	IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to the IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC, 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141 USA
Keywords:	Capturability analysis; guidance laws; high-speed target; proportional navigation (PN); Retro-PN
Department/Centre:	Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Supercomputer Education & Research Centre
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2015 06:39
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2015 06:39
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/50593

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