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Capture condition for endo-atmospheric interceptors steered by ALCS and ARCS

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This contribution deals with capture condition for interceptor missiles steered by aero-lift control system (ALCS) and attitude reaction-jet control system (ARCS). With the guidance law derived from bounded differential game formulation, existence condition of capture zone is studied for the case that the interceptor has advantage on maneuverability and disadvantage on agility. For the existence of the open capture zone, ARCS can only close after the engagement terminates. Moreover, ARCS also needs to contribute to maneuverability over the minimum required value. More fuel will be required if ARCS increases its contribution to maneuverability. The minimum required fuel occurs at the tangent point of two curves: the curve of critical parameters and a candidate constraint curve, which is also true even for the complex propellant constrain. The validity of these results is also demonstrated by simulations.

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    Yanfang Liu, Naiming Qi & Tianye Wang

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This work was partially supported by the China Aerospace Science and Institute Corporation and State Scholarship Fund.

Yanfang LIU is a Ph.D. candidate at School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, and a visiting scholar student at Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University. His study in Canada is supported by State Scholarship Fund. He received his B.E. degree from the Harbin Engineering University in 2008. His area of research includes missile guidance and control.

Naiming QI is a professor with School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2001. His area of research includes aircraft dynamics, guidance, and control and integration of electro-mechanical system.

Tianye WANG is a graduate student with School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology. He received his B.E. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2012.

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Liu, Y., Qi, N. & Wang, T. Capture condition for endo-atmospheric interceptors steered by ALCS and ARCS. Control Theory Technol. 12, 56–67 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11768-014-0031-3

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