Shneydor N.A., Missile Guidance and Pursuit: Kinematics, Dynamics and Control

Woodhead Publishing Limited, 1998. — 259 p.The continuing evolving capability of guided weapons demands ever more knowledge of their development. This modern and comprehensive book covers the control aspect of guidance of missiles, torpedoes, robots, and even animal predators, from the viewpoint of the pursuer. The text studies trajectories, zones of interception, the required manoeuvre effort, time of flight, launch envelopes, and stability of the guidance process. Mathematics at first-year university level is the only prerequisite. Acquaintance with feedback control theory would be helpful to the reader.
Covers the control aspect of guidance of missiles, torpedoes, robots, and even animal predators, from the viewpoint of the pursuer
Studies trajectories, zones of interception, the required manoeuvre effort, time of flight, launch envelopes, and stability of the guidance processTerminology and Definitions
LineofSight Guidance
Pure Pursuit
Parallel Navigation
Proportional Navigation
Mechanization of Proportional Navigation
Guidance Laws Related to Prop Navigation
Modern Guidance Laws
Equations of Motion
Angular Transformations
A Few Concepts from Aerodynamics
Derivations of Several Equations
List of Symbols and Abbreviations