A qualitative study of proportional navigation

A qualitative study of proportional navigation

This paper represents a study of the trajectories of an ideal missile homing on a target according to the proportional navigation law. A qualitative study is performed and conditions are determined which enable one to demonstrate that: 1) the missile always reaches the target regardless of the initi...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on aerospace and electronic systems 1971-07, Vol.AES-7 (4), p.637-643
1. Verfasser: Guelman, Mauricio
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aerodynamics
Differential equations
Geometry
Kinematics
Missiles
Navigation
Proportional control
Time varying systems
Trajectory
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Zusammenfassung:This paper represents a study of the trajectories of an ideal missile homing on a target according to the proportional navigation law. A qualitative study is performed and conditions are determined which enable one to demonstrate that: 1) the missile always reaches the target regardless of the initial conditions at launch; 2) the rotational rate of the line of sight is decreasing at the pursuit end.
ISSN:0018-9251
1557-9603
DOI:10.1109/TAES.1971.310406