TY - GEN
T1 - Flight management system for unmanned reusable space vehicle atmospheric and re-entry trajectory optimisation
AU - Ramasamy, Subramanian
AU - Sangam, Manoj
AU - Sabatini, Roberto
AU - Gardi, Alessandro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© (2014) Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The design and trajectory computation algorithms of an innovative Flight Management System (FMS) for Unmanned Reusable Space Vehicle (URSV) are presented. The proposed FMS features a number of common functionalities with modern aircraft FMS that enable flight planning in non-segregated airspace, as well as specific features for optimal trajectory generation and space segment monitoring of the flight mission. The general avionics architecture of URSV is presented and the specific FMS algorithms are developed to cope with the flight vehicle optimal trajectory planning and monitoring. Simulation case studies are performed in a realistic operational scenario resulting in the rapid generation of feasible trajectories, ensuring no violation of the defined mission and vehicle dynamics constraints. Additionally, error budget analysis is performed on longitudinal profile trajectories to evaluate the URSV performance.
AB - The design and trajectory computation algorithms of an innovative Flight Management System (FMS) for Unmanned Reusable Space Vehicle (URSV) are presented. The proposed FMS features a number of common functionalities with modern aircraft FMS that enable flight planning in non-segregated airspace, as well as specific features for optimal trajectory generation and space segment monitoring of the flight mission. The general avionics architecture of URSV is presented and the specific FMS algorithms are developed to cope with the flight vehicle optimal trajectory planning and monitoring. Simulation case studies are performed in a realistic operational scenario resulting in the rapid generation of feasible trajectories, ensuring no violation of the defined mission and vehicle dynamics constraints. Additionally, error budget analysis is performed on longitudinal profile trajectories to evaluate the URSV performance.
KW - Flight management system
KW - Re-entry trajectory planning
KW - Trajectory optimisation
KW - Unmanned reusable space vehicle
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84921675092&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.629.304
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.629.304
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84921675092
T3 - Applied Mechanics and Materials
SP - 304
EP - 309
BT - AEROTECH V
A2 - Romli, Fairuz I.
A2 - Majid, D.L.
A2 - Mustapha, Faizal
A2 - Romli, Fairuz I.
A2 - Majid, D.L.
A2 - Mustapha, Faizal
A2 - Varatharajoo, Renuganth
A2 - Romli, Fairuz I.
A2 - Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin
A2 - Majid, D.L.
A2 - Mustapha, Faizal
A2 - Varatharajoo, Renuganth
A2 - Romli, Fairuz I.
A2 - Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin
A2 - Majid, D.L.
A2 - Mustapha, Faizal
T2 - 5th AEROTECH conference
Y2 - 29 October 2014 through 30 October 2014
ER -