Open loop control of the five-axis missile and target flight motion simulator implementation
Abstract
An important phase in missile systems development is flight testing and simulation in the environmental conditions dictated by the operation the system is made for. Since field testing of complex systems means a big financial burden and a time consuming process, hardware in the loop (HIL) simulations represent a very effective solution for saving both costs and time. This paper presents an implementation of a control application that integrates synchronized data generation and acquisition on the five-axis missile and target flight motion simulator owned by the HIL laboratory. The described simulation application is a result of a missile development engineer’s need for a simple way to acquire information on a real missile response, when desired control signals are provided. The solution is realized in LabVIEW software using a robust software design architecture named “classic state machine”.
References
Awad, A., Wang, H. 2014, Evaluation and Enhancing Missile performance via Real Time Flight Simulation Model, Proceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, Nanjing, China, July 28-30.
Acutronic. 2011. Datasheet-5-Axis-Flight-Motion-Simulator-S-450R-5.
Bress, J.T. 2013. Effective LabVIEW Programming.
Don, J.R., Bradford, H.P., David, A.R., Hollis, H.J., & Wei, C. 2001. NASA/TM-2001-210683.
National Instruments. 2012. LabView Data Acquisition and Signal Conditioning, Course Manual.
National Instruments. 2008. NI-Tutorial-3567, LabVIEW FPGA in Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Applications.
Oberkampf, W.L., DeLand, S.M., Rutherford, B.M., Diegert ,K.V., Alvin, K.F., 2001, Error and Uncertainty in modeling and simulation, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 75(2002) 333-357
USA, Department of Defense. 1995. Military Handbook, Missile Flight Simulation, Part One, Surface – To – Air Missiles. MIL-HDBK-1211(MI).
Proposed Creative Commons Copyright Notices
Proposed Policy for Military Technical Courier (Journals That Offer Open Access)
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).