dc.contributor.author |
E. G. C. Burt |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-10-21T15:56:23Z |
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dc.date.available |
2014-10-21T15:56:23Z |
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dc.date.issued |
1951 |
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dc.identifier.other |
ARC/R&M-3417 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.uri |
https://reports.aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826.2/4002 |
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dc.description.abstract |
The effectiveness of a beam-riding missile is greatly influenced by the mutual effect of noise and nonlinearities. The former is mostly due to radar jitter, while the principal non-linearity is that introduced by limiting the lateral acceleration of the missile to a safe value. For the beam-riding system discussed in this paper the degree of saturation is such that the linear analysis is inadequate, and account must be taken of the non-linearity. With certain assumptions, the system can be described analytically: further approximations lead to optimum values of the disposable parameters for obtaining the minimum miss distance. The analysis shows that, while optimum values of the parameters can be specified for a restricted class of target trajectories, a more detailed study of likely target manoeuvres is necessary before an overall optimum can be defined. |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Aeronautical Research Council Reports & Memoranda |
en_US |
dc.title |
A theoretical treatment of noise and non-linearities in a beam-riding system |
en_US |