Gliding Trajectory Optimization Method Based on Particle Swarm Optimization and Direct Shooting Method

Abstract:

Glide trajectory optimization of vehicle can greatly improve the performance of missile. As is well-known, methods of trajectory optimization can be divided into direct and indirect methods. Generally, the direct method is convenient and can obtain the optimal solution with higher probability. Based on the direct method, a missile trajectory is optimized by discretizing the control quantity (angle of attack) and transforming the original optimal control problem to a nonlinear programing problem (NLP) in the present paper. The particle swarm optimization algorithm that is easy to implement and has higher convergence rate is utilized to solve the transformed NLP to generate the optimal angle of attack rule. Simulation results show that with the optimal rule, gliding distance of missile is clearly improved compared to the initial one.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 615)
• Pages: 270-275
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.615.270
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Wen Jing Zhang, Fen Fen Xiong*
• Keywords: Direct Method, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), Trajectory Optimization

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