Flight-Corridor Analysis for Hypersonic Glide Vehicles
Publication: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 30, Issue 1
Abstract
Hypersonic glide vehicles will be limited by many constraints during their flight course. The flight corridor is defined as the intersection of these constraints and plays an important role in trajectory planning and optimization. Mathematical models of the flight corridor are established in a drag acceleration-velocity (D-V) profile and a height-velocity (H-V) profile. Further analysis of the flight corridor of hypersonic glide vehicles is carried out from the perspectives of influence factors and uncertainties. A credible and simple existence criterion is proposed to avoid iteration. This paper is aimed at improving the understanding of flight corridors of hypersonic glide vehicles and providing valuable information for missions, such as trajectory planning and optimization.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
References
Harpold, J. C., and Graves, C. A. (1979). “Shuttle entry guidance.” J. Astronaut. Sci., 27(3), 239–268.
Li, G. H., Zhang, H. B., and Tang, G. J. (2015). “Maneuver characteristics analysis for hypersonic glide vehicles.” Aerosp. Sci. Technol., 43, 321–328.
Lu, P., and Hanson, J. M. (1997). “Entry trajectory design for the X-33 vehicle.” AIAA, Reston, VA.
Phillips, T. H. (2003). “A common aero vehicle (CAV): Model, description, and employment guide.” Schafer Corporation for AFRL and AFSPC.
Saraf, A., Leavitt, J. A., Mease, K. D., and Ferch, M. (2004). “Landing footprint computation for entry vehicles.” AIAA, Reston, VA.
Shen, Z. J., and Lu, P. (2003). “Onboard generation of three-dimensional constrained entry trajectories.” J. Guide Control Dyn., 26(1), 111–121.
Walker, S. H., Sherk, J., and Shell, D. (2008). “The DARPA/AF falcon program: the hypersonic technology vehicle 2(HTV-2) flight demonstration phase.” AIAA, Reston, VA.
Xie, Y., Liu, L. H., Tang, G. J., and Wei, Z. (2013). “Highly constrained entry trajectory generation.” Acta Astronaut., 88(3), 44–60.
Xu, M. L., Chen, K. J., Liu, L. H., and Tang, G. J. (2012). “Quasi-equilibrium glide adaptive guidance for hypersonic vehicles.” Sci. China Technol. Sci., 55(3), 856–866.
Xue, S. B., and Lu, P. (2010). “Constrained predictor-corrector entry guidance.” J. Guide Control Dyn., 33(4), 1273–1281.
Zhao, J., and Zhou, R. (2013). “Reentry trajectory optimization for hypersonic vehicle satisfying complex constraints.” Chin. J. Aeronaut., 26(6), 1544–1553.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Volume 30 • Issue 1 • January 2017
Copyright
© 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Aug 24, 2015
Accepted: May 5, 2016
Published online: Jul 15, 2016
Discussion open until: Dec 15, 2016
Published in print: Jan 1, 2017
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.