CAE349 Guidance and Control Syllabus:

CAE349 Guidance and Control Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

1. To learn about the aircraft equations of motion and method of linearization.
2. To learn about the operating principle of guidance law.
3. To study about the augmentation systems.
4. To study longitudinal stability and to design the longitudinal autopilot.
5. To study lateral stability and to design the lateral autopilot.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Introduction to Guidance and control – Definition, Historical background – Coordinate Frame – Equations of motion – Lineraization.

UNIT II AUGMENTATION SYSTEMS

Need for automatic flight control systems, Stability augmentation systems, control augmentation systems, Design of Limited authority and Full Authority Augmentation systems – Gain scheduling concepts.

UNIT III LONGITUDINAL AUTOPILOT

Displacement Autopilot -Pitch Orientation Control system, Acceleration Control System, Glide Slope Coupler and Automatic Flare Control and Flight path stabilization, Longitudinal control law design using back stepping algorithm.

UNIT IV LATERAL AUTOPILOT

Damping of the Dutch Roll, Methods of Obtaining Coordination, Yaw Orientation Control system, turn compensation, Automatic lateral Beam Guidance. Introduction to Fly-by-wire flight control systems, Lateral control law design using back stepping algorithm.

UNIT V MISSILE AND LAUNCH VEHICLE GUIDANCE

Operating principles and design of guidance laws, homing guidance laws- short range, Medium range and BVR missiles, Launch Vehicle- Introduction, Mission requirements, Implicit guidance schemes, Explicit guidance, Q guidance schemes

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:

Students able to
CO1 Explain the equations governing the aircraft dynamics and the process of linearizing them.
CO2 Define the various guidance schemes and requirements for aircrafts and missiles.
CO3 Apply the principle of stability and control augmentation systems.
CO4 Analyse the oscillatory modes and methods of suppressing them
CO5 Design the controller for lateral, longitudinal and directional control of aircrafts.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Blakelock, J. H., “Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles”, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1990.
2. Collinson R.P.G, ‘Introduction to Avionics’, Chapman and Hall, India, 1996.
3. Garnel. P. & East. D. J, ‘Guided Weapon control systems’, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1977.

REFERENCES:

1. Michael V. Cook ‘Flight Dynamics Principles: A Linear Systems Approach to Aircraft Stability and Control’, Elsevier, 2010.
2. Nelson R.C, ‘Flight stability & Automatic Control’, McGraw Hill, 1989.
3. Pierre T. Kabamba, Anouck R. Girard. ‘Fundamentals of Aerospace Navigation and Guidance’, Cambridge university press, 2014.