A Three-Dimensional Guidance Logic for Continuous Curvature Path Following

A new simple and practical guidance logic is proposed for a vehicle to follow a general continuous curvature path defined in a three-dimensional space. The proposed guidance logic is formulated in such a way that the guidance law is to generate the command acceleration such that a vehicle pursues th...

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Main Author: Sungsu Park
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3754182
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description A new simple and practical guidance logic is proposed for a vehicle to follow a general continuous curvature path defined in a three-dimensional space. The proposed guidance logic is formulated in such a way that the guidance law is to generate the command acceleration such that a vehicle pursues the designed moving virtual target, and this eventually makes a vehicle to follow a desired path. The position and velocity of the virtual target are specified explicitly by introducing the concept of the projection point and the tangentially receding distance. Numerical simulations are conducted to evaluate the precise path-following capability of the proposed guidance logic.
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spelling doaj-art-b56a0161770d41b68d8f88e39a1072d82025-08-20T03:39:26ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59661687-59742019-01-01201910.1155/2019/37541823754182A Three-Dimensional Guidance Logic for Continuous Curvature Path FollowingSungsu Park0Department of Aerospace Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Republic of KoreaA new simple and practical guidance logic is proposed for a vehicle to follow a general continuous curvature path defined in a three-dimensional space. The proposed guidance logic is formulated in such a way that the guidance law is to generate the command acceleration such that a vehicle pursues the designed moving virtual target, and this eventually makes a vehicle to follow a desired path. The position and velocity of the virtual target are specified explicitly by introducing the concept of the projection point and the tangentially receding distance. Numerical simulations are conducted to evaluate the precise path-following capability of the proposed guidance logic.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3754182
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title A Three-Dimensional Guidance Logic for Continuous Curvature Path Following
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title_fullStr A Three-Dimensional Guidance Logic for Continuous Curvature Path Following
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