Development and comparison of autopilot and guidance algorithms for missiles

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Evcimen, Çağdaş

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In order to have an interception with a target, a missile should be guided with a successful guidance algorithm accompanied with a suitable autopilot structure. In this study, different autopilot and guidance designs for a canard-controlled missile are developed. As a first step, nonlinear missile mathematical model is derived by using the equations of motion with aerodynamic coefficients found by Missile DATCOM program. Autopilot design starts by the linearization of the nonlinear missile model around equilibrium flight conditions. Controllers based on the concepts of optimal control theory results and sliding mode control are designed. In all of the designs, angle of attack command and roll angle command type autopilot structures are used. During the design process, variations in angle of attack, Mach number and altitude can lead to significant performance degradation. This problem is typically solved by applying gain-scheduling methodology according to these parameters. There are different types of guidance methods in the literature. Throughout this study, proportional navigation guidance and its modified forms are selected as a base algorithm in the guidance system design. Other robust forms of guidance methods, such as an optimal guidance approach and sliding mode guidance, are also formed for performance comparison with traditional proportional navigation guidance approach. Finally, a new guidance method, optimal proportional-integral guidance, whose performance is the best among all of the methods included in the thesis against highly maneuvering targets, is introduced.

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Electronics., Electrical Engineering., Nuclear Engineering.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12608677/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/17055

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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Ç. Evcimen, “Development and comparison of autopilot and guidance algorithms for missiles,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2007.