Space subsystems design: (navigation, control, structure and…)
Amirhossein Mirzaei; S. Hamid Jalali-Naini; Ali Arabian Arani
Volume 15, Issue 4 , December 2022, , Pages 1-18
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The miss distance analysis of the first-order explicit guidance law (EGL) is carried out using linearized equation of motion in the normalized form in order to obtain normalized miss distance curves. The initial heading error, constant target, acceleration limit, radome refraction error, and fifth-order ...
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The miss distance analysis of the first-order explicit guidance law (EGL) is carried out using linearized equation of motion in the normalized form in order to obtain normalized miss distance curves. The initial heading error, constant target, acceleration limit, radome refraction error, and fifth-order binomial control system are considered. Moreover, body rate feedback is added to the explicit guidance law as a well-known classical compensation method of the radome effect as in proportional navigation. The analysis is performed for different values of the power of the alpha function, defined as the time decrease rate of the zero-effort miss to unit control input. As a special case, the EGL with unit power gives the first-order optimal guidance strategy for minimizing the integral of the square of the commanded acceleration during the total flight time. For the performance/stability analysis, the rms miss distance versus turning rate time constant and radome slope can be plotted for different values of the power of alpha function.
Space subsystems design: (navigation, control, structure and…)
S. Hamid Jalali-Naini; omid Omidi Hemmat
Volume 14, Issue 1 , March 2021, , Pages 55-64
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This paper presents a modification to a type of Pulse-width Pulse-Frequency (PWPF) Modulator utilized an integrator block. In this modulator that called here as "Integral Pulse-Width Pulse-Frequency (IPWPF)," an integrator is used instead of the first-order low-pass filter. To improve the performance ...
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This paper presents a modification to a type of Pulse-width Pulse-Frequency (PWPF) Modulator utilized an integrator block. In this modulator that called here as "Integral Pulse-Width Pulse-Frequency (IPWPF)," an integrator is used instead of the first-order low-pass filter. To improve the performance of the control system, the modulator is modified by using a logical circuit in order to reset the output of the integrator. In this logical circuit, if the error signal becomes less than a specified small value, the integrator will be reset, that is, "Small Error-Reset Integrator (SE-RI)." The modification is applied to the stabilization and pointing modes. In stabilization mode, the control gain is obtained analytically such that the angular rate of the satellite becomes zero or less than a specific percentage of its initial value by a single pulse. Simulation results show that the performance of the modified IPWPF is comparable with that of PWPF in pointing mode.
Space subsystems design: (navigation, control, structure and…)
S. Hamid Jalali Naini; Ali Arabian Arani
Volume 13, Issue 4 , December 2020, , Pages 1-13
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In this paper, a modified proportional navigation (PN) with weighted combination of linear acceleration and line-of-sight (LOS) acceleration feedback is suggested. For this purpose, a comprehensive miss distance analysis is carried out for PN with linear acceletation feedback and PN with LOS acceleration ...
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In this paper, a modified proportional navigation (PN) with weighted combination of linear acceleration and line-of-sight (LOS) acceleration feedback is suggested. For this purpose, a comprehensive miss distance analysis is carried out for PN with linear acceletation feedback and PN with LOS acceleration feedback using a fifth-order binomial guidance and control system. The miss distance (MD) due to initial heading error, target acceleration, and seeker noise is separately analysed. As a special case, a modified PN with acceleration feedback using variable gains is suggested based on MD analysis for infra red seekers. The comparison of PN strategies is carried out using an equivalent effective navigation ratio, defined by using LOS rate profile solution. In addition, the first-order optimal guidance law is converted into PN with PD block with variable gains.
Space subsystems design: (navigation, control, structure and…)
S. Hamid Jalali-Naini; Ali Arabian Arani
Volume 13, Issue 2 , June 2020, , Pages 1-12
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In the present work, the performance of True Proportional Navigation (TPN) with different profiles for effective navigation ratio in terms of the relative velocity angle with respect to line-of-sight is investigated due to initial heading errors and target maneuvers. Since an appropriate profile of effective ...
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In the present work, the performance of True Proportional Navigation (TPN) with different profiles for effective navigation ratio in terms of the relative velocity angle with respect to line-of-sight is investigated due to initial heading errors and target maneuvers. Since an appropriate profile of effective navigation ratio for heading error is almost in contrary with the appropriate profile for maneuvering targets, a variable effective navigation ratio in terms of the relative velocity angle and its rate is introduced. In this way, the miss distance (MD) for the first two peaks of the normalized MD graph versus normalized final time, for example under an effective navigation ratio of 4, is reduced together. The analysis is carried out using normalized equations in polar coordinates for perfect and binomial fifth-order control systems without acceleration limit. Due to practical consideration, the effective navigation ratio is tuned and limited between 3 and 5.
S.Hamid Jalali-Naini
Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2018, , Pages 13-29
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In this study, the preferred regions of Pulse-Width Pulse-Frequency Modulator (PWPFM) are obtained analytically for the static analysis. For this purpose, a comprehensive parametric study is carried out based on the two performance indices of fuel consumption and the number of thruster firings. The preferred ...
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In this study, the preferred regions of Pulse-Width Pulse-Frequency Modulator (PWPFM) are obtained analytically for the static analysis. For this purpose, a comprehensive parametric study is carried out based on the two performance indices of fuel consumption and the number of thruster firings. The preferred regions are presented by normalized relations and curves. Moreover, the exact analytical solutions of the two performance indices are obtained for a class of modulators with the assumption of constant inputs. The advantages of the present study are non dimensional analysis and obtaining the preferred regions in terms of each others, resulting in more accurate regions as opposed to inequality relations using constant values for a specified input signal. In addition, in the case of specified minimum pulse width (having the update frequency and thruster time constant), determining the preferred regions becomes more limited. In this regard, useful relations and curves based on the maximum possible value for the number of the thruster firings are derived and presented.
Vahid Bohlouri; S.H Jalali-Naini
Volume 10, Issue 4 , March 2018, , Pages 55-66
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his paper suggests arobust optimization algorithm for the design of the satellite attitude control system in order to increase the robustness of the performance under uncertainties. A single-axis on-off attitude control with rigid dynamics is considered using Schmitt-Trigger and PID controller. The model ...
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his paper suggests arobust optimization algorithm for the design of the satellite attitude control system in order to increase the robustness of the performance under uncertainties. A single-axis on-off attitude control with rigid dynamics is considered using Schmitt-Trigger and PID controller. The model uncertainties include the moment of inertia, thrust level, thruster delay and theexternal disturbance amplitude.A weighted combination of expected value and standard deviation of pointing error is considered as an objective function for the robust optimization. The numerical solutions show that the robust optimization reduces the variations of the objective function, i.e. it increases the robustness of the system performance compared to the deterministic optimization.
Mohsen Dehghani Mohammad-Abadi; Seyed Hamid Jalali Naini
Volume 9, Issue 3 , December 2016, , Pages 1-12
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In this paper, an approximate solution of required velocity with final position constraint is derived using a piecewise linear gravity assumption for elliptical earth model. In this approach, the total flight time is divided into several time intervals and the gravitational acceleration is assumed to ...
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In this paper, an approximate solution of required velocity with final position constraint is derived using a piecewise linear gravity assumption for elliptical earth model. In this approach, the total flight time is divided into several time intervals and the gravitational acceleration is assumed to be linear at each interval. The solution gives an explicit relation in terms of the current position vector, desired final position and flight time in three dimensions. The accuracy and computational burden of the method are obtained numerically in terms of the number of time intervals, and compared with linearized solution and Zarchan's iterative algorithm. Numerical solution shows that the present method has better accuracy than the two mentioned approaches with the same computational burden up to a range angle of 18 deg for minimum energy trajectory in an elliptical earth model. The presented method can be extended for two or multi-body problem and also for the computation of sensitivity matrix of required velocity.
Seyed Hamid Jalali Naini
Volume 7, Issue 4 , January 2015, , Pages 1-9
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In this paper, implicit guidance equations are derived in polar coordinates. Depending on applications, implicit guidance equations in polar coordinates may be preferred over cartesian coordinates. Moreover, depending on the type of guidance problem, analytical solutions for sensitivity matrices may ...
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In this paper, implicit guidance equations are derived in polar coordinates. Depending on applications, implicit guidance equations in polar coordinates may be preferred over cartesian coordinates. Moreover, depending on the type of guidance problem, analytical solutions for sensitivity matrices may be simplified using polar coordinates. Therefore, transformation of implicit guidance equation into polar coordinates can be useful in guidance problems. In addition, the resulting equations are extended to cylindrical coordinates.
M. Sohrab; R. Zardashti; S. H. Jalali-Naini
Volume 7, Issue 3 , October 2014, , Pages 75-82
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In this paper, a fuzzy logic guidance algorithm is presented for the ascending phase of satellite launch vehicles in the presence of wind effects. In this algorithm, the midcourse constraints including maximum allowable angle of attack at the maximum dynamic pressure and the product of the dynamic pressure ...
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In this paper, a fuzzy logic guidance algorithm is presented for the ascending phase of satellite launch vehicles in the presence of wind effects. In this algorithm, the midcourse constraints including maximum allowable angle of attack at the maximum dynamic pressure and the product of the dynamic pressure and angle of attack, as well as constraints on the final altitude and flight-path angle are considered. The algorithm uses a Mamdani-type fuzzy controller with centroid defuzzification.Maximizing and minimizing set methods to reduce wind effect, while satisfying the midcourse and final constraints. Simulation results show that the presented algorithm improves the performance of the satellite launch vehicle, satisfying the constraints within the maximum allowable estimation error on wind speed.
S. H. Jalali Naini
Volume 4, Issue 2 , January 2012, , Pages 71-81
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In this research, an approximate solution of the required velocity with final velocity constraint is derived using linear gravity assumption along the path of current position to the final position vectors. Moreover, an approximate solution for sensitivity matrix of the required velocity with respect ...
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In this research, an approximate solution of the required velocity with final velocity constraint is derived using linear gravity assumption along the path of current position to the final position vectors. Moreover, an approximate solution for sensitivity matrix of the required velocity with respect to the position vector is obtained. The presented solutions are given for a predetermined final time. In this case, for the free final position, the analytical solution is rather more difficult than its fixed final position counterpart. Therefore, three approaches are utilized for approximation of the final position vector. Finally, the obtained solutions are compared to exact numerical one for the spherical-Earth model.
S. H. Jalali-Naini
Volume 2, Issue 3 , December 2009, , Pages 1-12
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In this paper, a closed-loop optimal guidance with final position and velocity constraints is obtained by applying time-varying weighting coefficient in the performance index in order to shape the commanded acceleration. The control system is assumed to be linear, time-varying, and of arbitrary order ...
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In this paper, a closed-loop optimal guidance with final position and velocity constraints is obtained by applying time-varying weighting coefficient in the performance index in order to shape the commanded acceleration. The control system is assumed to be linear, time-varying, and of arbitrary order with a throttleable engine. The acceleration due to drag is also modeled as a linear function with respect to velocity vector multiplied by a given function of time. In addition, different weighting functions are suggested for different acceleration constraints, such as maximum dynamic pressure, separation of stages, and zero acceleration at the final time. Finally, the performance of the guidance law for a combined weighting function is evaluated and discussed.
