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Design of a Track Guidance Algorithm for Formation Flight of UAVs

무인기의 편대비행을 위한 트랙유도 알고리즘 설계

  • Lee, Dongwoo (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Jaehyun (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Seungkeun (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Suk, Jinyoung (Department of Aerospace Engineering, Chungnam National University)
  • 이동우 (충남대학교 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 이재현 (충남대학교 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 김승균 (충남대학교 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 석진영 (충남대학교 항공우주공학과)
  • Received : 2014.09.01
  • Accepted : 2014.09.15
  • Published : 2014.12.01
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Abstract

This paper presents a modified track guidance algorithm for formation flight of multiple UAVs. The suggested guidance algorithm is the spatial version of the first order dynamic characteristics for a time-dependent system so the algorithm is able to generate a path without overshoot to track the desired line. A crucial design parameter is a spatial constant that controls the shape of the convergence to an assigned flight path similarly to a time constant. Reference flight trajectories are designed based on a two-dimensional vehicle model, and the performance of the proposed guidance law is verified by numerical simulation using rigid body UAV dynamics with MATLAB/Simulink Aerosim Blockset.

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