Introduction -- Mathematical Fundamentals -- The Mathematical Model for Hypersonic Entry Glide Vehicle -- Mathematical description of optimal control problem for entry gliding -- Indirect approch to the optimal glide trajectory problem -- Direct Method for Gliding Trajectory Optimization Problem -- The Concept of Steady Glide Reentry Trajectory and the Stability of its Regular Perturbation Solutions -- Analytical Solutions of Steady Glide Reentry Trajectory in Three Dimensions and their Application to Trajectory Planning -- Trajectory Damping Control Technique for Hypersonic Glide Reentry -- Steady Glide Dynamic Modeling and Trajectory Optimization for High Lift-to-Drag Ratio Reentry Vehicle -- Singular Perturbation Guidance of Hypersonic Glide Reentry -- 3-D Reentry Guidance with Real-Time Planning of Reference with New Analytical Solutions Based on Spectral Decomposition Method -- Omnidirectional Autonomous Reentry Guidance Based on 3-D Analytical glide Formulas with the Consideration of the effects of the Earth's rotation -- Analytical Entry Guidance based on Steady Glide -- Linear Pseudospectral General Nominal Effort Miss Distance Guidance Method -- Linear Pseudospectral Adaptive Flight Phase Segmentation General Nominal Effort Miss Distance Reentry Guidance -- Trajectory-Shaping Guidance with Final Speed and Load Factor Constraints.

This book presents the latest researches on hypersonic steady glide dynamics and guidance, including the concept of steady glide reentry trajectory and the stability of its regular perturbation solutions, trajectory damping control technique for hypersonic glide reentry, singular perturbation guidance of hypersonic glide reentry, trajectory optimization based on steady glide, linear pseudospectral generalized nominal effort miss distance guidance, analytical entry guidance and trajectory-shaping guidance with final speed and load factor constraints. They can be used to solve many new difficult problems in entry guidance. And many practical engineering cases are provided for the readers for better understanding. Researchers and students in the fields of flight vehicle design or flight dynamics, guidance and control could use the book as valuable reference.