A distributed cooperative guidance law for salvo attack of multiple anti-ship missiles

The consensus problem of impact time is addressed for multiple anti-ship missiles. A new distributed cooperative guidance law with the form of biased proportional navigation guidance(BPNG) is presented. The proposed guidance law employs the available measurements of relative impact time error as the feedback information to achieve the consensus of impact time among missiles and, by exploiting the special structure of the biased cooperative control term, it can handle the seeker's field-of-view(FOV) constraint. The proposed scheme ensures convergence to consensus of impact time under either fixed or switching sensing/communication network, and the topological requirements are less restrictive than those in the existing results. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed guidance law.     

Guidance law with impact time and impact angle constraints

A novel closed-form guidance law with impact time and impact angle constraints is pro- posed for salvo attack of anti-ship missiles, which employs missile’s normal acceleration (not jerk) as the control command directly. Firstly, the impact time control problem is formulated as tracking the designated time-to-go (the difference between the designated impact time and the current flight time) for the actual time-to-go of missile, and the impact angle control problem is formulated as tracking the designated heading angle for the actual heading angle of missile. Secondly, a biased proportional navigation guidance (BPNG) law with designated heading angle constraint is constructed, and the actual time-to-go estimation for this BPNG is derived analytically by solving the system differential equations. Thirdly, by adding a feedback control to this constructed BPNG to eliminate the time-to-go errorthe difference between the standard time-to-go and the actual time-to-go, a guidance law with adjustable coefficients to control the impact time and impact angle simultaneously is developed. Finally, simulation results demonstrate the performance and feasibility of the proposed approach.     

带落角约束的圆弧比例导引律和偏置比例导引律的研究

为了实现导弹以一定落角命中目标,研究了两种带有落角约束的圆弧比例导引律和偏置比例导引律。首先建立弹目相对运动数学模型和框架动力学数学模型,然后阐述了两种导引律的基本原理,接着对导弹在三维空间内攻击静止与运动目标进行数学仿真试验,仿真实验证明两种导引律都能以较小的脱靶量和期望落角命中目标,最后从原理上和仿真实验上对两种导引律进行了对比研究。     

Three-dimensional Large Landing Angle Guidance Based on Two-dimensional Guidance Laws

 Both the design process and form of the three-dimensional (3D) suboptimal guidance law (3DSGL) are very complex. Therefore, we propose the use of two-dimensional (2D) guidance laws to meet the guidance requirements of 3D space. By analyzing the relationship between the flight-path angle and its projections on OXY and OXZ planes, we obtain the ideal design requirements of the guidance laws. Based on the requirements, we design a 2D suboptimal guidance law used in the horizontal plane; combining the 2D vertical suboptimal guidance law, we create a whole ballistic simulation of six degree-of-freedom. The results are compared with those using other three guidance modes in the case of large windage of the initial azimuth angle. When the proportional navigation guidance (PNG) law is used in the horizontal planes, the landing angle will obviously decrease. With the proposed guidance mode, the large landing angle can be realized and meet the guidance precision requirements. Moreover, the required overload can decrease to meet the control requirement. The effects of the proposed guidance mode are close to that of 3DSGL despite its very simple form.     

基于Lyapunov稳定性的扩展比例导引律研究

利用虚拟目标概念和三维空间追逃模型,提出了一种基于Lyapunov稳定性的扩展比例导引律。该导引律能同时满足脱靶量要求和末端落角要求,保证了大空域变轨弹道的各段弹道平滑衔接。利用该导引律引导反舰导弹实现了各种形式的大空域变轨弹道。采用大空域变轨弹道有利于提高反舰导弹的机动能力和突防能力。仿真结果证明了所提出的基于Lyapunov稳定性的扩展比例导引律是很有效的。     

Impact time control using biased proportional navigation for missiles with varying velocity

A feasible guidance scheme with impact time constraint is proposed for attacking a stationary target by missiles with time-varying velocity. The main idea is to replace the constant velocity with the future mean velocity; therefore, the existing time-to-go estimation algorithm of the proportional navigation guidance law can be improved to adapt to varying conditions. In order to obtain the prediction of the velocity profile, the velocity differential equation to the downrange is derived, which can be numerically integrated between the current downrange and the target position by the on-board computer. Then, a third-order polynomial is introduced to fit the velocity profile in order to calculate the future mean velocity. At the beginning of each guidance loop, the future mean velocity is predicted and the time-to-go information is updated, based on which a novel biased proportional navigation guidance law is established to achieve the impact time constraint. Finally, numerical simulation results verified the effectiveness of the time-to-go estimation algorithm and the proposed law.     

Unified approach to missile guidance laws: a 3D extension

Since the proportional navigation guidance law was first introduced, many of the researchers had proposed different methodologies to investigate the corresponding performances of all the existing guidance laws. Even though a unified approach was proposed a few years ago, other authors found that under the proposed framework, all the existing guidance laws, namely ideal proportional navigation (IPN), true proportional navigation (TPN), and pure proportional navigation (PPN), were indeed special cases of the mentioned general guidance law. However, the results were restricted to two-dimensional space. In this paper, the author not only extends the results to three-dimensional space, but also to general IPN (GIPN), general TPN (GTPN), and PPN. Unlike conventional researchers, a modified polar coordinate (MPC) is adopted. It is shown that with the property of this MPC, for the line of sight (LOS) based guidance laws (GIPN and GTPN) the number of differential equations required to fully describe the relative dynamics can be reduced from six to three, however, for the missile's velocity-based guidance law, i.e., PPN, five differential equations are required. All the terms of differential equations involve only products and additions of variables. For all the mentioned guidance laws in this paper, only two transformed variables are required to describe the capture region, while the third variable is required to provide the condition of finite turn rate.     

无人机空中加油自主会合的制导与控制

针对无人机空中加油的自主会合问题,进行了相应制导律和非线性控制器的设计。通过改进的带角度约束的三维比例制导律实现对航向角的控制,以协调转弯的方式将航迹角指令转化为姿态角指令。基于无人机六自由度的动力学模型,针对无人机的姿态控制,采用时标分离的方法设计了慢子系统和快子系统,并对这两个子系统分别进行动态逆控制设计。同时,基于滑模控制的方法设计了满足自主会合要求的速度控制律。在保证无人机飞行稳定的基础上,实现了对控制和制导指令的精确跟踪。仿真结果表明,所设计的制导律和控制律能够实现无人机空中加油的自主会合,具有良好的动态特性。     

异构多导弹系统自适应分布式协同制导

针对异构多导弹系统的分布式协同制导问题,在传统比例导引律的基础上设计出一类领航跟随分布式协同制导律。运用代数图论、分布式网络同步原理以及非线性系统一致性理论,领弹采用基于固定系数的比例导引律,从弹采用基于可变系数的参数自适应比例导引律。该领航-跟随分布式自适应协同制导律可使领弹和从弹实现对目标的同时攻击,且各相邻导弹间仅传输各自的可测状态信息,算法具有较低的通信代价和较好的可扩展性。最后给出了相关数值仿真算例,仿真结果验证了控制算法的有效性。     

Biased PNG law for impact with angular constraint

A new homing guidance law is proposed to impact a target with a desired attitude angle. It is a variation of the conventional proportional navigation guidance (PNG) law which includes a supplementary time-varying bias. The proposed guidance law does not require a time-to-go estimation and has a simpler form. Analytic conditions for fulfilling the guidance goal are also provided. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed guidance law has wider launch envelopes than the previous one and shows a good performance even against a maneuvering target     

基于轨迹成型的攻击角度与时间控制

假定所成型的导弹飞行轨迹由圆弧段和直线段构成,直线段经过目标点且满足导弹末端攻击角度的要求,圆弧段起始于导弹初始位置且与直线段相切于待定的点,该点由指定的导弹攻击时间通过迭代算法得到。给出了可行的攻击时间范围。在轨迹成型的基础上,提出一种新的虚拟目标轨迹跟踪控制方法：在圆弧段提出一种前馈加反馈的复合控制方案,在直线段提出一种带角度控制的比例导引方案。该方法是一种几何方法,易于工程实施。仿真结果表明,该方法可以有效地同时对攻击角度与攻击时间进行控制。     

反舰导弹最优滑模制导律仿真研究

针对传统比例导引法攻击机动目标的不足,建立了三维空间中反舰导弹和目标的相对运动模型,在研究反舰导弹攻击非机动目标的最优制导律基础上,利用俯仰和偏航两个平面相叠加的方法,结合滑模控制理论设计了工程上易于实现的三维模型下的反舰导弹最优滑模制导律。仿真结果表明,给出的导引律在攻击机动目标时制导精度高、脱靶量小,导引控制过程具有良好的动态性,性能明显优于传统的比例导引律。     

Generalized guidance law for homing missiles

The concept of a generalized guidance law is presented, and the closed-form solution for a homing missile pursuing a maneuvering target according to generalized guidance laws is given. It is shown that the guidance laws appearing in the literature are merely special cases of the one proposed by the authors. The derived generalized forms of capture area, missile acceleration, and homing time duration that are derived provide insight into the performance of the guidance laws being considered and lead to the discovery of new ones. The problem of finding a nonlinear optimal guidance law for a homing missile with controlled acceleration, applied so as to capture a maneuvering target with a predetermined trajectory while minimizing a weighted linear combination of time of capture and energy expenditures, is solved in closed form. The derived optimal control law is equal to the LOS (line of sight) rate multiplied by a trigonometric function of the aspect angle. Numerical simulation shows that the resulting guidance law appears to yield a significant advantage over true proportional navigation     

基于偏置比例导引的垂直攻击滑模制导律

为了提高空地导弹毁伤效果,需要对地面固定目标采用大角度乃至垂直打击方式。针对这一需求,设计了一种基于偏置比例导引的垂直攻击滑模制导律。首先在传统的比例导引制导律的基础上增加了一个角度约束偏置项,并结合滑模变结构理论使其滑模变结构化。然后运用自适应滑模趋近律,并采用准滑动模态控制削弱了抖振的影响。仿真结果表明:此制导律控制落角能力较强,同时具有较高的命中精度。整个攻击过程中的弹目视线角速度变化较小,最后以垂直落角攻击目标。     

Empirical virtual sliding target guidance law design: an aerodynamic approach

We present a novel empirical virtual sliding target (VST) guidance law for the midcourse phase of a long range surface-to-air missile that uses the simplicity of the conventional proportional navigation (PN) guidance law while exploiting the aerodynamic characteristics of a missile's flight through the atmosphere to enable the missile to achieve superior performance than that achieved by conventional PN guidance laws. The missile trajectory emulates the trajectory of an optimal control based guidance law formulated on a realistic aerodynamic model of the missile-target engagement. The trajectory of the missile is controlled by controlling the speed of a virtual target that slides towards a predicted intercept point during the midcourse phase. Several sliding schemes, both linear and nonlinear, are proposed and the effect of the variation of the sliding parameters, which control the sliding speed of the virtual target, on the missile performance, are examined through extensive simulations that take into account the atmospheric characteristics as well as limitations on the missile in terms of the energy available and lateral acceleration limits. Launch envelopes for these sliding schemes for approaching and receding targets are also obtained. These results amply demonstrate the superiority of the proposed guidance law over the conventional PN law.     

Design of Time-constrained Guidance Laws via Virtual Leader Approach

Guidance problems with flight time constraints are considered in this article. A new virtual leader scheme is used for design of guidance laws with time constraints. The core idea of this scheme is to adopt a virtual leader for real missiles to convert a guidance problem with time constraints to a nonlinear tracking problem, thereby making it possible to settle the problem with a variety of control methods. A novel time-constrained guidance (TCG) law, which can control the flight time of missiles to a prescribed time, is designed by using the virtual leader scheme and stability method. The TCG law is a combination of the well-known proportional navigation guidance(PNG) law and the feedback of flight time error. What's more, this law is free of singularities and hence yields better performances in comparison with optimal guidance laws with time constraints. Nonlinear simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed law.     

Optimization of biased proportional navigation [guided projectiles]

An analytical treatment of the biased proportional navigation (BPN) is carried out with the aim of optimizing the bias parameter. It is shown that optimum biasing can lead to significantly more control-effort-efficient PN guidance in a wide variety of engagement situations, especially those involving higher target maneuvers. The performance of the BPN is compared with the standard (unbiased) PN system for the general case of a maneuvering target, and performance of the BPN is maximised to obtain the optimum bias value. The optimum bias is expressed through a simple algebraic equation, which can be readily solved. For the special (and very useful) case of the effective navigation constant being equal to three, the equation reduces to a quadratic, leading to an explicit expression for the optimum bias. Specific examples are provided to show the benefits of the BPN law. The higher control efficiency of the law is especially useful in extra-atmospheric interception, where the savings in control effort directly translates to a saving of propellent which forms part of the payload     

垂直攻击型武器末制导系统设计与分析

介绍了垂直攻击型武器末制导段的特点,分析了其制导控制系统的特殊要求。针对常规控制方案的不足,提出侧力板控制方案,推导出一种考虑速度变化的变系数比例导引律,并结合某型号飞行器进行了仿真。结果证明,侧力板控制与变系数导引律明显优于常规控制和常系数比例导引律,完全可以满足垂直攻击型武器在末制导段的要求,该项研究为型号设计提供了具有实际参考价值的结论。     

基于H∞ 控制的非线性末制导律设计

 针对三维目标拦截问题,提出一种新的具有强鲁棒性的非线性H_∞末制导律。基于三维弹目相对运动学的非线性关系,将目标机动作为系统扰动,建立了弹目相对运动的数学模型。同时,基于零化弹目视线角速率的思想,提出一种全局非线性H_∞稳定控制策略,得到了连续的非线性末制导律。该方法利用Lyapunov稳定性理论严格证明了制导系统的全局渐近稳定性,并且无需求解哈密尔顿-雅可比-艾萨克斯（HJI）偏微分方程,同时也无需控制弹目相对运动速度。数字仿真表明,和比例导引律相比,这种制导律对高速大机动目标具有很强的鲁棒性和适应性,并能获得良好的制导精度。     

防空导弹任务规划与协同控制技术研究

针对防空导弹拦截群目标的任务需求，提出了多弹协同作战框架。考虑到实际拦截过程中弹目相对速度和角度较大的问题，建立了导弹拦截目标的能力预测模型，以确保分配结果处于导弹攻击能力范围内，并采用了改进的粒子群优化算法进行任务分配。然后为了兼顾协同制导和命中精度的要求，基于弹道成型和偏置比例导引的思想，结合一致性理论，设计了多弹时间/角度协同制导律。最后通过4枚导弹拦截3个目标的典型场景仿真，证明了方案的有效性。