Analog clutter cancellation algorithms for dynamic range reduction

A technique that effectively reduces the dynamic range of the input signal in a radar receiver prior to digitization is presented. The dynamic range reduction is accomplished through a process that predicts the next radar return signal from the previous return signals, generates a replica waveform, and subtracts this replica waveform from the radar return signal prior to digitization. This process allows the radar return signal to be digitized without distortion by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having a limited dynamic range. The full dynamic range of the radar return signal is then restored by adding the replica waveform to the ADC output. Test and evaluation results using both synthetic and recorded radar data demonstrate in excess of a 30-dB reduction in the dynamic range of the signal at the ADC input when strong clutter is present     

Optimization of the tether-assisted return mission of a guided re-entry capsule

This paper presents the mission analysis of a tether-assisted payload retrieval from the International Space Station (ISS). The objective is to assess all relevant phases of such a mission in order to allow a comparison with a conventional mission employing a propulsive deorbitation. The controlled tether deployment procedure and the guided return flight of the released re-entry capsule are optimized. A preferable deployment strategy is identified that allows for favorable entry conditions and low flight loads. The optimal deployment trajectories serve as a basis for an optimal dynamic regulator. This approach is extended towards an adaptive concept, where artificial neural networks are applied to deployment control. For the guidance of the capsule a predictive concept is proposed that is based on the optimal re-entry trajectories identified previously. By applying these concepts, the attainable landing accuracy during return amounts to an average of 5 km, and the application of the tether system exhibits overall system mass advantages. This demonstrates that the tether-assisted return mission is a competitive alternative.     

On Optimal Control of Linear Systems in the Presence of Multiplicative Noise

This correspondence considers the problem of optimal regulator design for discrete time linear systems subjected to white state-dependent and control-dependent noise in addition to additive white noise in the input and the observations. A pseudo-deterministic problem is first defined in which multiplicative and additive input disturbances are present, but noise-free measurements of the complete state vector are available. This problem is solved via discrete dynamic programing. Next is formulated the problem in which the number of measurements is less than that of the state variables and the measurements are contaminated with state-dependent noise. The inseparability of control and estimation is brought into focus, and an "enforced separation" solution is obtained via heuristic reasoning in which the control gains are shown to be the same as those in the pseudo-deterministic problem. An optimal linear state estimator is given in order to implement the controller.     

多变量飞控系统的稳定裕度分析

根据系统回差阵最小奇异值及通用相角－幅值裕度估算图,给出了在系统的输入和输出端所有通道的相角和幅值同时变化时系统的稳定裕度,它不仅可作为评价不同控制律鲁棒性优劣的指标之一,也是对古典单通道量测ＭＩＭＯ系统稳定裕度的补充。同时为了克服所得结果的保守性,采用了两种改进方法,并对某型飞机的侧向运动系统进行了稳定裕度的分析、比较。     

回流口位置对液体火箭液氧贮箱热分层影响规律研究

低温液体火箭射前需要采用自然循环方式对火箭发动机进行充分预冷,循环预冷管路的回流口位置是影响液氧贮箱内部场分布的重要因素。本文采用CFD技术,通过对不同回流位置的液氧贮箱物理场的数值模拟,揭示了贮箱内部温度场及速度场的分布特性,分析了回流口位置对贮箱内部热分层的影响规律。研究表明,当回流口位于下封头以上2米位置时,贮箱内部液氧过冷度最大,过冷液体含量最多,回流位置最佳。此研究结果为运载火箭推进系统的设计提供了重要的理论支持。     

Robust and optimal attitude stabilization of spacecraft with external disturbances

This paper presents a robust and optimal three-axis attitude control scheme for the rigid body motion with external disturbances, in which a worst-case design that the external disturbance signal maximizes the same performance index that the control input minimizes is assumed. After presenting a robust control law for the three-axis attitude control of the rigid body motion with external disturbances, the optimality property of the robust control law is investigated based on the minimax approach and the inverse optimal approach. A numerical example is given to illustrate the theoretical result presented in this paper.     

涡扇发动机加减速特性显式与隐式计算方法

为了探索一种便于进行涡扇发动机过渡态控制规律设计的性能计算模型,提出了基于部件法的涡扇发动机加减速的显式格式和隐式格式计算方法,该方法通过在发动机计算模型中直接给定喘振裕度限制值、燃烧室油气比限制值和涡轮进口总温的限制值,计算出最优的加减速特性,进而获得发动机的最优加减速控制规律。计算模型针对不同的给定值,选择了不同的燃烧室容积效应模型。证明了对一般的涡扇发动机,隐式格式计算模型中,给定压气机喘振裕度算法的解是唯一的。以某涡扇发动机在地面的加减速过程为例,按最优加减速控制规律计算,显式格式算法和隐式格式算法的结果误差小于1.3%.对给定高压转子转速加速率的加速特性也进行了验算,计算结果与最优加速过程的结果误差小于1.7%.本文提出的加减速特性计算方法可为涡扇发动机的过渡态开环和闭环控制规律设计提供便捷的手段。     

Simple Kalman gains for filtering position and velocitymeasurements

An alternate set of equations is given for the exact computation of the Kalman gains under the conditions of no maneuvering input noise and measurements in position and velocity. They are simpler than the standard recursive equations, and are useful in applications where implementation of the standard Kalman filter is not possible due to real-time restrictions. When there is maneuvering input noise, the same gains can still approximate the optimal gains with a very minor degradation in performance, even when some parameters, for example the measurement interval, change during a track. Simulation studies have indicated that there is negligible performance degradation with this method of gain approximation     

Risk-based technology portfolio optimization for early space mission design

The successful design, development, and operation of space missions requires informed decisions to be made across a vast array of investment, scientific, technological, and operational issues. In the work reported in this paper, we address the problem of determining optimal technology investment portfolios that minimize mission risk and maximize the expected science return of the mission. We model several relationships that explicitly link investment in technologies to mission risk and expected science return. To represent and compute these causal and computational dependencies, we introduce a generalization of influence diagrams that we call inference nets. To illustrate the approach, we present results from its application to a technology portfolio investment trade study done for a specific scenario for the projected 2009 Mars MSL mission. This case study examines the impact of investments in precision landing and long-range roving technologies on the mission capability, and the associated risk, of visiting a set of preselected science sites. We show how an optimal investment strategy can be found that minimizes the mission risk given a fixed total technology investment budget, or alternatively how to determine the minimum budget required to achieve a given acceptable mission risk.     

Maximizing the Usable Bandwidth of MTI Signal Processors

A technique is presented for maximizing the percentage of usable Doppler bandwidth throughout which a radar return can be detected while maintaining an acceptable clutter suppression. The technique employs the weighted Chebyshev approximation to the design of a transversal high-pass digital filter which has an optimal passband ripple for a given number of filter weights and associated integration gain consistent with the required increase in signal-to-noise ratio needed for acceptable probabilities of detection and false alarm. Conventional approaches to the design of a movingtarget arget indictor (MTI) filter which maximizes the improvement factor by clutter suppression typically improve the signal-to-background noise ratio over less than 50 percent of the range between dc and the pulse-repetition frequency fT. This technique can increase the usable bandwidth to 80 percent or more of fT. Two examples are included which utilize parameter values from the Army Missile Command's experimental radar and demonstrate the interactive influence of such filter parameters as the number of weights, passband ripple and bandedge, and stopband attenuation and cutoff.     

航天器轨迹优化的通用数值方法

给出了航天器轨迹优化的一种通用数值仿真方法，该方法是由静态参数优化和动态参数优化构成，其中，静态参数优化采用可变误差多面体算法，动态参数优化采用基于最优控制理论的共轭梯度方法。     

电子回旋共振离子推力器放电室低信号调试

微波输入技术是电子回旋共振离子推力器的关键技术之一,输入微波在推力器放电室内产生谐振的时候,微波功率才能高效地被吸收,从而电离气体,提高电子的能量,增加等离子体的电离度。电子回旋共振离子推力器放电室是一个不规则的微波谐振腔,很难从理论上确定其谐振状态下的结构。本文利用网络分析仪,采用微波无源器件回波损耗的测试方法对放电室进行精确调谐,分析微波谐振频率及带宽,目的在于详细研究放电室的结构尺寸、微波耦合探针形状和尺寸在谐振状态下的匹配性。调试结果表明放电室增加14 mm圆柱段,选择圆柱段长度22 mm和球形直径9 mm的组合探针,可以得到较好的谐振状态,此时腔体的回波损耗为-23 dB,谐振频率4.195 GHz,谐振带宽为0.025 0 GHz,品质因素为167.848。     

不同回流位置液体火箭发动机循环预冷回路特性

液体火箭发动机的循环预冷是复杂的传热过程并且受到很多因素的影响,回流口位置则是影响管路预冷效果的重要因素。为了研究不同回流位置对液体火箭发动机预冷效果的影响,文中采用一维均相平衡态流体模型,通过离散化方法分析了不同回流位置时循环预冷过程中泵体温度的变化规律及预冷管路中流体各参数的分布趋势,得出回流上升管出口最佳位置。     

面向结构振动控制的压电作动器优化配置研究

 为了研究压电主动结构振动控制当中作动器的位置优化问题,从系统的状态空间方程出发,在系统可控性Gram矩阵特征值的基础上来描述性能指标,以输入的能量吸收率为优化目标函数,提出了一种新的位置优化配置准则。利用有限元分析(FEA)方法分析作动器的配置,并与遗传算法(GA)结合进行优化计算,计算过程中对作动器的位置采用二进制编码加以描述。通过对一压电简支板结构的仿真计算对该方法进行了验证,并与其他几种不同的配置方法进行对比,从而证明了新方法的优越性。     

Flight trajectory optimization of sun-tracking solar aircraft under the constraint of mission region

The optimal yawing angle of sun-tracking solar aircraft is tightly related to the solar azimuth angle, which results in a large arc flight path to dynamically track the sun position. However, the limited detection range of payload usually requires solar aircraft to loiter over areas of interest for persistent surveillance missions. The large arc sun-tracking flight may cause the target area on the ground to be outside the maximum coverage area of payload. The present study therefore develops an optimal flight control approach for planning the flight path of sun-tracking solar aircraft within a mission region. The proposed method enables sun-tracking solar aircraft to maintain the optimal yawing angle most of the time during daylight flight, except when the aircraft reverses its direction by turning flight. For a circular region with a mission radius of 50 km, the optimal flight trajectory and controls of an example Λ-shaped sun-tracking solar aircraft are investigated theoretically. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach to optimize the flight path of the sun-tracking aircraft under the given circular region while maximizing the battery input power. Furthermore, the effects of varying the mission radius on energy performance are explored numerically. It has been proved that both net energy and energy balance remain nearly constant as the radius constraint varies, which enables the solar aircraft to achieve perpetual flight at almost the same latitude as the large arc flight. The method and results presented in this paper can provide reference for the persistent operation of sun-tracking solar aircraft within specific mission areas.     

基于Galerkin法的柔性绳系辅助返回系统的展开动力学建模与分析

以大型空间绳系辅助返回系统为背景,利用微元法和拉格朗日方程建立有分布质量的柔性绳系辅助返回系统的展开动力学模型.针对模型复杂的非线性和强耦合问题,采用Galerkin法进行离散化处理以求解;引入经典的珠子模型,以验证Galerkin法解的准确性;最后通过数学仿真来验证和分析Galerkin法解的正确性和收敛性,并对绳系...     

Three-phase rectifiers that apply optimal current injection

A class of current injection based three-phase high power factor rectifiers is proposed. Low distortion of the input currents and high power factor are obtained applying near optimal current injection. The optimal current injection is discussed, and requirements it imposes to the current injection network are derived. A class of simple current injection networks that provide near optimal current injection, consisting of a transformer, two capacitors, and a number of resistors or resistance emulators is proposed. The power processed by the resistors or resistance emulators is shown to be 8.81% of the input power. Design of the current injection network is discussed, and dependence of the input current distortion on capacitance of the applied capacitors is analyzed. Volt-ampere rating of the transformer is shown to be only 0.16% of the input power. Effects caused by the output current ripple are studied, and a method for their compensation is proposed. Analytical results are experimentally verified. Switching resistance emulation is discussed and its feasibility is experimentally demonstrated     

多输入气动伺服弹性系统抗阵风不灵敏性研究

针对飞机多输入 /多输出气动伺服弹性系统的抗阵风不灵敏性进行理论分析与计算验证。对于耦合的多回路飞行控制系统 ,建立弹性结构、非定常气动力和控制系统构成的气动伺服弹性分析模型 ,根据现代控制理论中的鲁棒分析技术 ,以系统回差矩阵的奇异值理论为基础 ,应用系统抗干扰不灵敏性的判据 ,确定气动伺服弹性系统对阵风外干扰保持不灵敏性的能力。以某型飞机横侧向耦合控制系统为对象 ,采用 Dryden谱形式的大气紊流模型作为外部阵风干扰 ,对系统的不灵敏性及阵风响应进行计算、分析和比较     

FUZZY IDENTIFICATION METHOD BASED ON A NEW OBJECTIVE FUNCTION

Many fuzzy models on modeling and controlmethods have been developed since Takagi-Sugeno model was proposed[1] .The main prob-lems of the fuzzy identifying method based on T-S model appear in the following two aspects:　　 1 It is important what heuristic knowledgeis chosen to acquire the premise structure of theT- S model.This problem is related to the opti-mal partition of input space of premise part andmodeling accuracy.　　 2 Itis crucial whatidentifying method is u-tilized to estimate …