The Advantages of Velocity Vector Referencing in Proportional Navigation

Mahapatra, Pravas R and Shukla, Uday S (1990) The Advantages of Velocity Vector Referencing in Proportional Navigation. In: IEEE Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1990. Record. 'The 1990's - A Decade of Excellence in the Navigation Sciences'. IEEE PLANS '90, 20-23 March, Las Vegas,NV, pp. 102-109.

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Abstract

Two generic classes of Proportional Navigation (PN) laws exist depending on whether the control acceleration of the pursuer is referenced relative to the pursuer velocity vector or the target-pursuer line-of-sight (LOS). This paper makes a critical comparison of the two types of laws, covering aspects of their implementation, analysis and trajectory behavior. It is shown that the LOS-referenced PN laws possess serious limitations in terms of implementation and trajectory behavior. These include forward acceleration and braking as a part of the control effort, relative inefficiency in terms of control effort requirements, restrictive launch conditions and singularities in acceleration requirements.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	IEEE
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Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Aerospace Engineering(Formerly Aeronautical Engineering)
Date Deposited:	25 Aug 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:27
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/7041

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