Zenith Pass Problem In Air-To-Air Missiles With Nod-Over- Roll Gimbal

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Nod-over-Roll is a commonly used gimbal configuration in automatic target tracking and pointing systems due to its simplicity and volumetric advantage. Yet, it suffers from an inherent kinematic singularity problem right at the center of its task space, where roll axis and pointing vectors coincide. This phenomenon is called zenith pass problem and has to be solved in real time for a proper tracking performance. This thesis focuses on the zenith pass problem from an air-to-air missile seeker perspective. An estimator-based novel algorithm and a simulation environment has been developed. The performance of the proposed algorithm has been verified by a series of engagement scenario tests performed in comparison with available zenith-pass algorithms in the literature.

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Singularity, Air-to-air engagement, Zenith pass problem, Seeker, Gimbal

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K. D. Kandemir, “Zenith Pass Problem In Air-To-Air Missiles With Nod-Over- Roll Gimbal,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2023.