Distributed Analytical Formation Control and Cooperative Guidance for Gliding Vehicles

This paper addresses the analytical formation control and cooperative guidance problem for multiple hypersonic gliding vehicles under distributed communication. The gliding flight of the hypersonic gliding vehicle is divided into formation control phase and time coordination phase. In formation cont...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shengwei Jia, Xiao Wang, Fugui Li, Yulin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8826968
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832552556229820416
author Shengwei Jia
Xiao Wang
Fugui Li
Yulin Wang
author_facet Shengwei Jia
Xiao Wang
Fugui Li
Yulin Wang
author_sort Shengwei Jia
collection DOAJ
description This paper addresses the analytical formation control and cooperative guidance problem for multiple hypersonic gliding vehicles under distributed communication. The gliding flight of the hypersonic gliding vehicle is divided into formation control phase and time coordination phase. In formation control phase, based on the idea of path tracking, the formation controller is designed using the second-order consensus protocol with normal positions as the coordination variables. In time coordination phase, based on the quasi-equilibrium gliding condition and the assumption of uniform deceleration motion, the analytical expression of time to go is derived. Then, the cooperative guidance method is developed using the first-order consensus protocol with time to go as the coordination variable. The proposed method takes full consideration of the characteristics of hypersonic gliding vehicle, such as complex nonlinear dynamics, no thrust, and quasi-equilibrium gliding condition, and no online numerical iteration is needed, which is well applicable for hypersonic gliding vehicles. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the formation control and cooperative guidance method.
format Article
id doaj-art-33a7728ee91545bb960eaa1e76ffb106
institution Kabale University
issn 1687-5966
1687-5974
language English
publishDate 2020-01-01
publisher Wiley
record_format Article
series International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
spelling doaj-art-33a7728ee91545bb960eaa1e76ffb1062025-02-03T05:58:25ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88269688826968Distributed Analytical Formation Control and Cooperative Guidance for Gliding VehiclesShengwei Jia0Xiao Wang1Fugui Li2Yulin Wang3Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, ChinaChina Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Beijing 100076, ChinaChina Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Beijing 100076, ChinaInstitute of Remote-sensing Satellite, China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing 100094, ChinaThis paper addresses the analytical formation control and cooperative guidance problem for multiple hypersonic gliding vehicles under distributed communication. The gliding flight of the hypersonic gliding vehicle is divided into formation control phase and time coordination phase. In formation control phase, based on the idea of path tracking, the formation controller is designed using the second-order consensus protocol with normal positions as the coordination variables. In time coordination phase, based on the quasi-equilibrium gliding condition and the assumption of uniform deceleration motion, the analytical expression of time to go is derived. Then, the cooperative guidance method is developed using the first-order consensus protocol with time to go as the coordination variable. The proposed method takes full consideration of the characteristics of hypersonic gliding vehicle, such as complex nonlinear dynamics, no thrust, and quasi-equilibrium gliding condition, and no online numerical iteration is needed, which is well applicable for hypersonic gliding vehicles. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the formation control and cooperative guidance method.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8826968
spellingShingle Shengwei Jia
Xiao Wang
Fugui Li
Yulin Wang
Distributed Analytical Formation Control and Cooperative Guidance for Gliding Vehicles
International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
title Distributed Analytical Formation Control and Cooperative Guidance for Gliding Vehicles
title_full Distributed Analytical Formation Control and Cooperative Guidance for Gliding Vehicles
title_fullStr Distributed Analytical Formation Control and Cooperative Guidance for Gliding Vehicles
title_full_unstemmed Distributed Analytical Formation Control and Cooperative Guidance for Gliding Vehicles
title_short Distributed Analytical Formation Control and Cooperative Guidance for Gliding Vehicles
title_sort distributed analytical formation control and cooperative guidance for gliding vehicles
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8826968
work_keys_str_mv AT shengweijia distributedanalyticalformationcontrolandcooperativeguidanceforglidingvehicles
AT xiaowang distributedanalyticalformationcontrolandcooperativeguidanceforglidingvehicles
AT fuguili distributedanalyticalformationcontrolandcooperativeguidanceforglidingvehicles
AT yulinwang distributedanalyticalformationcontrolandcooperativeguidanceforglidingvehicles