Near-Optimal Minimum-Time Guidance Under Spatial Angular Constraint in Atmospheric Flight

摘要

A near-optimal minimum-time guidance law to a fixed point under a terminal angular manifold is developed. The planar case and the spatial case are separately considered. The problems are solved in several stages with increased level of complexity: from the simple case of a constant speed with a fixed terminal angular direction (Dubins problem), through the case of a constant speed with a terminal conical manifold, to the more general case of atmospheric flight with a terminal conical manifold.