Minimum-Effort Waypoint-Following Guidance Law

Shaoming He*, Chang Hun Lee, Hyo Sang Shin, Antonios Tsourdos

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Abstract

This chapter addresses the problem of minimum-effort waypoint-following guidance with/without arrival angle constraints of a UAV. By utilizing a linearized kinematics model, the proposed guidance laws are derived as the solutions of a linear quadratic optimal control problem with an arbitrary number of terminal boundary constraints. Theoretical analysis reveals that both optimal proportional navigation guidance and trajectory shaping guidance are special cases of the proposed guidance laws. The key feature of the proposed algorithms lies in their generic property. For this reason, the guidance laws developed can be applied to general waypoint-following missions with an arbitrary number of waypoints and an arbitrary number of arrival angle constraints. Nonlinear numerical simulations clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed formulations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSpringer Aerospace Technology
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages151-173
Number of pages23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Publication series

NameSpringer Aerospace Technology
ISSN (Print)1869-1730
ISSN (Electronic)1869-1749

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