Arcsine Vector Field for Path Following Guidance

No AccessEngineering NotesArcsine Vector Field for Path Following GuidanceAmit Shivam and Ashwini RatnooAmit ShivamIndian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560 012, India*Research Scholar, Department of Aerospace Engineering; .Search for more papers by this author and Ashwini Ratnoo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5311-3066Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560 012, India†Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering; . Associate Fellow AIAA (Corresponding Author).Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:18 Aug 2023https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G007562SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Sujit P., Saripalli S. and Sousa J. 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