Longitudinal Landing Control Law for an Autonomous Reentry Vehicle
| Autor: | Toshikazu Motoda, Takashi Hata, Tatsushi Izumi, Yoshikazu Miyazawa |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
Computer science
Applied Mathematics Critical factors Aerospace Engineering Aerodynamics Navigation error Space and Planetary Science Control and Systems Engineering Robustness (computer science) Landing performance Control theory Runway Electrical and Electronic Engineering Space vehicle Guidance system Simulation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 22:791-800 |
| ISSN: | 1533-3884 0731-5090 |
| DOI: | 10.2514/2.4480 |
| Popis: | This paper discusses the longitudinal ight-pathcontrol lawdesigned and ight tested for theAutomaticLanding Flight Experiment (ALFLEX). ALFLEX, for which ight tests were conducted in 1996, demonstrated Japanese potential for developing automatic landing technology for a reentry space vehicle. One of the critical factors in satisfying the design requirements for landing on a limited length runway was longitudinal ight-path control following the pre are maneuver. Robustness against uncertainties and sensor errors is a key issue in longitudinal ight-path control. The longitudinalguidance and control lawswere carefully designed and ight tested. Although the ight tests proved that the design satis ed all landing requirements, it identi ed critical parameters affecting landing performance such as vehicle longitudinal aerodynamics, navigation error, and air data sensor error. This paper describes data obtained during the development and ight tests, as well as further investigations conducted after the ight tests in order to improve landing performance for future space vehicle developments. In the subsequent design review a new approach called stochastic gain tuning was adopted, where the guidance feedback gain is tuned to maximize the probability of mission success. The results indicate some possibility of improvement of robustness. |
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