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Instructor
Gerard Leng
Office
E2 -02 - 37
Contact
Consultation
Course Website
dynlab.mpe.nus.edu.sg/mpelsb
Course Outline
Course Organisation
4 lectures/tutorial
Topics
1 : Guidance System Requirements
2 : Line-of-sight Guidance
3 : Homing Guidance
4 : INS/GPS Guidance
Required Background
Basic engineering or science degree
( calculus, differential equations, particle dynamics )
Text
E. Fleeman, Tactical Missile Design, AIAA, 2006
Recommended references
P. Zarchan, Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance , AIAA Progress in
Astronautics & Aeronautics, v239, (6th edition), 2012
Grading Policy
Proposed grading - Plan A
Project
40%
Final Exam
60%
Warhead
In other words .
A guided weapon is a weapon system that can
Specifications
Weight
Wing span
Guidance
Range
Specifications
Launch weight
Wing span
Guidance
Propulsion
Range
ATGM
AGM
Anti-Ship Missile
ASM
SAM
AIM, AAM
Anti-Missile Missile
AMM
UCAV
2. Elevated - Hellfire
3. Arched - Javelin
Whats this ?
launch
dive/climb
mid-course
altitude hold
tactical maneuvers
terminal
pop-up
X45
X47
Hint : What kind of targets are suitable for UCAV or cruise missiles ?
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1.6.0 Kinematics
g
J
a
X
(1) Position of P
R cosq
R sinq
(2) Velocity of P
Y
q
V cosg
V sing
I
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cosq
-sinq
sinq
cosq
Rq
Vcosg
Vsing
cosq
-sinq
sinq
cosq
Rq
Inverting
R
R q
=
=
V cos(g - q )
V sin(g - q )
3. Conclusions :
a) The velocity component parallel to OP affects the rate of change of
OP
b) The velocity component perpendicular to OP affects the rotation rate
of OP
cosg
-sing
sing
cosg
Vg
We obtain
V
Vg
6. Conclusion
The (applied) lateral acceleration (latax) changes the turn rate but not
the speed
Noting that
Hence
Vg
mVg
ma
=
=
=
=
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9 mg
60 gs