DocumentCode
1145359
Title
A qualitative study of proportional navigation
Author
Guelman, Mauricio
Author_Institution
Ministry of Defence Armament Development Authority Tel-Aviv, Israel
Issue
4
fYear
1971
fDate
7/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
637
Lastpage
643
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Aerodynamics; Differential equations; Geometry; Kinematics; Missiles; Navigation; Proportional control; Time varying systems; Trajectory;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.1971.310406
Filename
4103772
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