DocumentCode
1143096
Title
Proportional Navigation on Nonstationary Targets
Author
Arbenz, Kurt
Author_Institution
Raytheon Company Sudbury, Mass. 01776
Issue
4
fYear
1970
fDate
7/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
455
Lastpage
457
Abstract
In a missile flying a proportional navigation course, the missile heading rate is made proportional to the indicated line of sight rate. While for stationary targets the resulting differential equations of motion can be readily integrated, this is no longer the case for moving targets. To obtain closed-form expressions convenient for the evaluation of trajectory parameters, the assumption is made in this paper that for moving targets, the angular rate of the closing velocity vector is made proportional to the line of sight rather than the actual heading rate.
Keywords
Acceleration; Closed-form solution; Differential equations; Integral equations; Kinematics; Missiles; Navigation; Trajectory; Velocity control; Weapons;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.1970.310125
Filename
4103552
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