A time domain simulation of a beam control system
Abstract
The Airborne Laser Laboratory (ALL) is being developed by the Air Force to investigate the integration and operation of high energy laser components in a dynamic airborne environment and to study the propagation of laser light from an airborne vehicle to an airborne target. The ALL is composed of several systems; among these are the Airborne Pointing and Tracking System (APT) and the Automatic Alignment System (AAS). This report presents the results of performing a time domain dynamic simulation for an integrated beam control system composed of the APT and AAS. The simulation is performed on a digital computer using the MIMIC language. It includes models of the dynamics of the system and of disturbances. Also presented in the report are the rationales and developments of these models. The data from the simulation code is summarized by several plots. In addition results from massaging the data with waveform analysis packages are presented. The results are discussed and conclusions are drawn.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- February 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981msu..rept.....M
- Keywords:
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- Alignment;
- Digital Simulation;
- Laser Weapons;
- Light Beams;
- Tracking (Position);
- Laser Targets;
- Line Of Sight;
- Lasers and Masers