Small-size rocket impulse-reaction launch dynamics

The method of analyzing the small-size rocket liftoff is presented. Under consideration is a system that consists of a rocket with an operating rocket engine, a launch tube, and an operating gas generator mounted in the tube under the rocket. The liftoff parameters including the rocket motion velocity inside the tube and the loads applied are calculated. The calculated and experimental data were compared and their adequate agreement is presented with respect both dynamics of rocket impulse-reaction liftoff from the launch tube and the launch velocity.     

A rapid compensation method for launch data of long-range rockets under influence of the Earth's disturbing gravity field

Regarding the rapid compensation of the influence of the Earth' s disturbing gravity field upon trajectory calculation,the key point lies in how to derive the analytical solutions to the partial derivatives of the state of burnout point with respect to the launch data.In view of this,this paper mainly expounds on two issues:one is based on the approximate analytical solution to the motion equation for the vacuum flight section of a long-range rocket,deriving the analytical solutions to the partial derivatives of the state of burnout point with respect to the changing rate of the final stage pitch program;the other is based on the initial positioning and orientation error propagation mechanism,proposing the analytical calculation formula for the partial derivatives of the state of burnout point with respect to the launch azimuth.The calculation results of correction data are sim ulated and verified under different circumstances.The simulation results are as follows:(1) the accuracy of approximation between the analytical solutions and the results attained via the difference method is higher than 90％,and the ratio of calculation time between them is lower than 0.2％,thus demonstrating the accuracy of calculation of data corrections and advantages in calculation speed;(2) after the analytical solutions are compensated,the longitudinal landing deviation of the rocket is less than 20 m and the lateral landing deviation of the rocket is less than 10 m,demonstrating that the corrected data can meet the requirements for the hit accuracy of a long-range rocket.     

空中发射初始状态对运载火箭有效载荷的影响

空中发射可以明显提高火箭有效载荷,减少火箭发射场地的数量和高额的维护经费,缩短发射周期。本文研究了空中发射初始状态对运载火箭有效载荷的影响,通过飞行轨道的模型简化,首先建立了火箭飞行的数学模型,然后定量地分析了发射高度和发射速度对火箭入轨后有效载荷的影响。研究结果表明：若提高发射高度和发射速度,可以明显增加有效载荷,且基本发射高度、发射速度分别与有效载荷表现为线性关系。相对地面发射来说,如果初始高度达到30千米,有效载荷提升到1.63倍;如果初始高度达到30千米,初始速度达到1000米每秒（约3马赫）,有效载荷将是传统地面发射的5.43倍。单纯从初始高度和速度的因素看,初始发射速度对有效载荷提升的影响更显著,故在考虑经济性情况下设计发射平台时应更加注重发射速度的提高。     

Comparative analysis of architectures for the control loop of launch vehicles during atmospheric flight

Most of architectures used for the control loop of launch vehicles are based on attitude angle, attitude rate and lateral acceleration feedbacks. Related controllers are usually chosen to be stable. The main purpose of this paper is to give a comparison between a few architectures, pointing out the benefits of an unstable attitude angle feedback design for the control of an aerodynamically unstable launch vehicle. Such a design indeed is appropriate to reduce significantly the aerodynamic load during atmospheric flight. This is an issue of practical interest as it has become a design driver for mechanical sizing of modern launchers.The paper recalls the various goals the control loop is trying to reach all along the atmospheric flight (stability, set point tracking, aerodynamic load minimization …). For each phase of the flight, priorities are discussed. The paper then focuses on two critical phases of the atmospheric flight, i.e. high dynamic pressure period and atmospheric stages separation.     

Real-time target tracking

This paper presents the basic design and evaluation of a prediction-based controller for real-time object tracking. After a system overview, the trajectory identification and prediction module is studied, presenting a prediction system for non-linear trajectories. The prediction system is based on a set of parallel linear predictors, each of which represents a hypothesis about the target trajectory. The performance of the system is compared to a traditional linear prediction model, showing an improvement of one order of magnitude in the prediction error     

Interacting multiple model filter for tactical ballistic missile tracking

An interacting multiple model (IMM) filter is presented for the real-time tracking of tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs). The novel aspects of the proposed IMM filter include the development of a constant axial force (CAF) Kalman filter, asymmetric IMM state interaction, and an entropy-based variation of the IMM mode probability update equation. Using data from a recent TBM defense (TBMD) test event, the proposed IMM filter is shown to yield consistent state estimates throughout the entire TBM trajectory, which includes a dual-stage boost during launch.     

Receiver-channel based adaptive blind equalization approach for GPS dynamic multipath mitigation

Aiming at mitigating multipath effect in dynamic global positioning system (GPS) satellite navigation applications, an approach based on channel blind equalization and real-time recursive least square (RLS) algorithm is proposed, which is an application of the wireless communication channel equalization theory to GPS receiver tracking loops. The blind equalization mechanism builds upon the detection of the correlation distortion due to multipath channels; therefore an increase in the number of correlator channels is required compared with conventional GPS receivers. An adaptive estimator based on the real-time RLS algorithm is designed for dynamic estimation of multipath channel response. Then, the code and carrier phase receiver tracking errors are compensated by removing the estimated multipath components from the correlators’ outputs. To demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed approach, this technique is integrated into a GPS software receiver connected to a navigation satellite signal simulator, thus simulations under controlled dynamic multipath scenarios can be carried out. Simulation results show that in a dynamic and fairly severe multipath environment, the proposed approach achieves simultaneously instantaneous accurate multipath channel estimation and significant multipath tracking errors reduction in both code delay and carrier phase.     

I: PRECISE ORBIT DETERMINATION AND GRAVITY FIELD MODELLING: Strategies for Precise Orbit Determination of Low Earth Orbiters Using the GPS

Considerable experience accumulated during the past decade in strategies for processing GPS data from ground-based geodetic receivers. First experience on the use of GPS observations from spaceborne receivers for orbit determination of satellites on low altitude orbits was gained with the launch of TOPEX/POSEIDON ten years ago. The launch of the CHAMP satellite in July 2000 stimulated a number of activities worldwide on improving the strategies and algorithms for orbit determination for Low Earth Orbiters (LEOs) using the GPS. Similar strategies as for ground-based receivers are applied to data from spaceborne GPS receivers to determine high precision orbits. Zero- and double-differencing techniques are applied to obtain kinematic and/or reduced-dynamic orbits with an accuracy which is today at the decimeter level. Further developments in modeling and processing strategies will continuously improve the quality of GPS-derived LEO orbits in the near future. A significant improvement can be expected from fixing double-difference phase ambiguities to integer numbers. Particular studies focus on the impact of a combined processing of LEO and GPS orbits on the quality of orbits and the reference frame realization. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

火箭垂直起飞段漂移变化的建模与分析

垂直起飞段是火箭靶场试验过程中最容易发生故障的时段之一,并且起飞段发生故障带来的后果往往是灾难性的。因此,分析运载火箭起飞段的运行情况,测量箭体起飞漂移和分析漂移量变化规律,对于航天工程具有极为重要的意义。在系统分析某一型号火箭起飞段漂移情况的基础上,建立了火箭垂直起飞段漂移模型．查明了箭体漂移量服从自回归模型AR(5),并采用D—W典型检验方法,对数学模型实际情况的吻合性进行了检验。大量实测数据计算结果证实,该箭体漂移的运动学模型是可靠的,很好地刻画了火箭在垂直起飞段漂移量的变化规律。     

基于落点预测的高旋火箭弹弹道修正算法

高旋火箭弹的修正控制是基于等效力实现的二维弹道修正控制，由于弹体存在陀螺进动和马格努斯效应，在控制力作用下产生的附加攻角引起的升力与控制力的矢量合为等效力，其大小与方向在控制过程中不断变化，不能简单根据偏差量（修正量）的比例关系来确定控制力的方向。基于此，分析了控制力与等效力的关系，提出了一种基于弹道落点预测的控制算法。首先利用弹道落点预测模型实时预测落点与目标的偏差量，然后利用小扰动法构造偏差量对控制量的敏感系数矩阵，通过偏差量与敏感系数矩阵解算出纵、横两个方向的需用控制量。采用修正前后速度矢量的位置关系得到控制量的合矢量及其方位角，并利用控制量的合矢量与等效力计算出控制周期，在控制周期内按照等效力方位角调整控制力的方向实现对高旋火箭弹的精确控制，解决了非线性耦合问题。仿真结果表明该算法具有较高的控制精度，为工程应用提供理论依据。     

火箭弹发射过程冲击流场压力和温度实验测量

考虑燃气流场的冲击效应，根据冲击特点对燃气作用区域的装置结构和强度进行合理的设计，以获得有效的导流和防护效果。实验对火箭发射阶段管后冲击流场在平面斜钢板上的流动参数进行了测量。得到了火箭燃气射流对倾斜钢板热冲击的最大滞止压力和温度，以及冲击流场的压力与温度分布，并确定了管后燃气冲击流场的危险区域。     

影响螺旋桨式无人机安全发射的诸因素

根据无人机的零长发射原理,通过多个型号的发射仿真计算和发射试验分析,详细探讨了影响无人机安全发射的固有参数和外部参数,总结出影响螺桨式无人机安全发射的主要因素有：单发螺旋桨的反扭矩,火箭推力线相对重心的位置,火箭安装角,机体发射角,舵机死区及发射环境等。最后,以发射安全高度、速度、过载为约束条件,给出了火箭总冲、推力线位置、火箭安装角、机体发射角、发射风向和风速等参数的确定方法,该方法对保证无人机     

基于RBF网络的跟踪特性角对接收信号影响模型研究

在航天发射任务中,地面遥外测设备跟踪特性角（α角、β角）对接收信号质量的影响非常大,由于α角、β角影响接收信号的机理非常复杂,一直以来只进行定性分析.在研究RBF（Rradial Basis Function,径向基函数）网络的基础上,利用RBF网络建立跟踪α角、β角对接收信号的影响模型,并用已知样本数据对模型进行训练和验证,详细论证模型参数的选取方法,给出跟踪特性角对接收电平影响的量化分析和预测的一种方法.利用模型对某次发射任务设备的接收电平进行了预测,预测结果与实测结果基本相符,满足应用要求,对提高航天发射任务地面测控系统风险评估能力有重要意义.     

螺旋式发射管内火箭燃气冲击流场数值模拟

用改进的MUSCL格式解三维、可压缩平均雷诺纳维尔-斯托克斯方程组,湍流模型为Spalart-Allmaras代数模型,计算和分析了火箭发射管内燃气冲击流场.在建立差分算法时,将有限体积离散和黎曼解算器相结合,简化了计算工作.首先,以小喉截面超声速喷管流动问题开展数值实验,数值结果与实验数据吻合很好;其次,计算了火箭发射管内燃气流场,获得发射管内气流压强和温度等物理参数分布.     

航天发射场导流槽综合性能评价指标体系研究

导流槽是航天发射场的重要核心设施,作用是排导火箭发动机产生的高温高压燃气射流。基于计算流体动力学原理,利用理论分析、试验研究和数值仿真方法,开展发动机燃气射流在导流槽内部流动特性以及射流噪声传播和辐射特性等火箭发射环境效应问题研究,对导流槽设计中关心的冲击、烧蚀、通畅性以及喷水冷却系统的效率和噪声防护等问题进行评价,初步建立导流槽优化设计综合性能评价指标,为导流槽综合性能设计提供重要的参考依据。     

自主机动条件下的实时定轨方法

中继卫星在跟踪自主机动用户目标时,由于机动轨道未知,需要利用中继卫星下传的星载GNSS(Global Navigations Satellite System,全球导航卫星系统)数据进行实时轨道确定与预报,为中继卫星跟踪提供实时的引导信息,以方便中继卫星快速捕获目标和连续稳定跟踪。针对该类用户目标的任务需求,讨论了基于星载GNSS数据自主机动条件下的实时定轨方法,建立了连续推力机动力学模型。以某一型号卫星的实测数据进行分析验证,并对轨道机动进行辨识,计算的机动加速度和机动时间与试验单位提供的结果一致。针对卫星不同机动情况,5min的观测数据定轨预报10min的弧段,最大位置误差小于8km,可以为中继卫星快速捕获提供高精度的引导信息。     

模糊极小极大神经网络在火箭发动机故障分类中的应用

研究了一种用模糊集表示火箭发动机故障模式的神经网络分类器。模糊集是由模糊超立方体聚集形成的集合体，模糊超立方体是一个极小点和极大点构成的用隶属函数表示的ｎ维方盒。极小点和极大点的确定用包含有扩张与收缩阶段的模糊极小极大学习算法实现，这种算法能在一次循环学习中形成非线性模式边界，无需对已知故障模式重新训练就可融合新样本和精炼已存在的故障模式。模糊集用于故障模式分类自然地提供了故障更刘水平分类的有用信     

GPS/SINS超紧组合导航的性能分析

GPS接收机在高动态环境下很容易失锁,特别是载体的高动态造成的应力对接收机载波跟踪环影响很大。为了解决高动态环境下的组合导航,分析了GPS接收机载波跟踪环的测量误差和跟踪门限,采用惯导速度辅助GPS接收机跟踪环路的超紧组合结构。超紧组合需要涉及到GPS接收机跟踪环内部编排及高动态环境下的实验数据,难度较大。针对超紧组合仿真专门开发了GPS实时软件接收机、高动态GPS中频信号仿真器和惯导模拟器并构建了一个完整的GPS/SINS超紧组合仿真系统。仿真结果表明,该超紧组合导航系统可以跟踪50g的加速度和10倍音速。     

强跟踪UKF滤波在SINS_GPS组合导航中的应用研究

针对飞行器大机动条件下SINS／GPS组合导航中出现的滤波发散问题,结合UKF滤波算法,提出了一种强跟踪UKF滤波算法。它通过引入渐消因子用线调整滤波增益阵K来减小老数据的权值,相对地增加新数据的权值,提高了UKF滤波跟踪性能。仿真和实际数据解算结果表明,强跟踪UKF提高了组合导航系统对于突变状态的实时跟踪能力和滤波过程的数值稳定性,验证了该算法的有效性。     

New low cost avionics with INS/GPS for a variety of vehicles

Development of a new vehicle avionics suite is described, including integration of a low-cost, tightly-coupled integrated Inertial Navigation System/Global Positioning System (INS/GPS) to support vehicle guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C). A wide variety of next-generation low-cost launch vehicles could potentially benefit from integrated INS/GPS technology for GN&C and/or range safety applications. Coleman Aerospace Company (CAC) has developed a new low-cost avionics suite, the generic Integrated Mission Guidance & Tracking System (IMGTS), an open architecture, modular system that supports the requirements for various guidance applications and range safety tracking. As part of this development, Boeing North American, Inc. is supplying its Modular Miniature Integrated GPS/INS Tactical System (M-MIGITS^TM) Military-Off-The-Shelf (MOTS) INS/GPS product to support CAC's IMGTS GN&C