Multi-level virtual prototyping of electromechanical actuation system for more electric aircraft

Electromechanical actuators (EMAs) are becoming increasingly attractive in the field of more electric aircraft because of their outstanding benefits, which include reduced fuel burn and maintenance cost, enhanced system flexibility, and improved management of fault detection and isolation. However, electromechanical actuation raises specific issues when being used for safety-critical aerospace applications like flight controls: huge reflected inertia to load, jamming-type failure, and increase of backlash with service due to wear and local dissipation of heat losses for thermal balance. This study proposes an incremental approach for virtual prototyping of EMAs. It is driven by a model-based system engineering process in order to enable simulation-aided design. Best practices supported by Bond graph formalism are suggested to develop a model’s structure efficiently and to make the model ready for use (or extension) by addressing the above mentioned issues. Physical effects are progressively introduced, and the realism of lumped-parameter models is increased step-by-step. In particular, multi-level component models are architected to ensure continuity between engineering activities. The models are implemented in the AMESim simulation environment, and simulation responses are given to illustrate how they can be used for preliminary sizing, control design, thermal balance verification, and faults to failure analysis. The proposed best practices intend to provide engineers with fast, reusable, and efficient means to assess performance virtually and enhance maturity, performance, and robustness.     

小半径弯管弯胀复合成形研究

为解决小半径弯管内侧起皱、外侧减薄的成形缺陷,提出了一种弯胀复合成形的方法。通过几何关系解析了初始弯曲半径和初始管坯直径与最终管径和最终弯曲半径之间的关系,确定了初始弯曲半径的取值范围。采用有限元与实验相结合的方式研究了不同初始弯曲半径对零件壁厚分布的影响,分析了胀形过程中零件弯曲处及直壁处的变形规律。最终发现:初始弯曲半径越大,零件的最终减薄越小,胀形过程中弯曲处内外侧发生均匀减薄,直壁处内侧减薄明显大于外侧减薄。     

变体辅助的无人机栖落机动模糊控制设计

无人机（Unmanned aerial vehicle， UAV）的栖落机动是一种大幅度的俯仰运动，易引起升降舵操纵力矩饱和。本文以变体方式增强无人机的俯仰操纵能力，并研究其对应的控制设计方法。首先对栖落机动建立了纵向动力学模型，并通过采用轨迹线性化和张量积变换方法转换得到T-S模糊模型。基于Lyapunov稳定理论和平方和方法，设计了满足控制输入约束的栖落机动多项式模糊控制器。对非变体与变体下的栖落机动控制过程进行了仿真，结果验证了控制律的有效性，并且表明变体辅助的无人机具有更强的操纵性能，能提高栖落机动中升降舵的抗饱和能力。     

组合临界流文丘里喷嘴空气流量测量方法高空舱应用分析

为满足发动机高空试验低流速进气条件下空气流量精确测量,减小进气导管气流附面层影响,弱化空气流量测量与被试发动机相关性。分析了单件/组合临界流文丘里喷嘴的工作特性,给出了组合临界流文丘里喷嘴(ACFVN)空气流量计算方法,依据给定试验发动机和高空舱尺寸设计了临界流文丘里喷嘴组合结构,得到了组合临界流文丘里喷嘴在高空舱应用的控制方法和测试布局。采用小尺寸喷嘴对组合喷嘴设计和应用方法进行了验证,结果表明:采用打开/关闭喷嘴数量和调节进气压力两种组合方式在高空舱内应用方法可行,测试布局满足测量要求,下游发动机进口截面气流紊流度优于0.3%,满足发动机高空模拟试验要求。      

上升段飞行器目标的视频图像跟踪

粒子滤波是一种基于贝叶斯估计理论和蒙特卡罗理论的实时目标跟踪方法，具有较为灵活的并行化跟踪方式，能够较好地维持跟踪目标的假设状态，具有较好的跟踪效果和鲁棒性。上升段飞行器目标飞行视频图像跟踪是火箭等目标飞行监控的重要阶段，但现阶段对飞行器上升段的视频图像跟踪主要依靠人工手动操作云台控制器，实现视频图像中的飞行器跟踪，跟踪图像存在跟踪滞后、画面抖动等现象，跟踪效果受人为因素影响较大。本文提出一种基于粒子滤波方法的上升段飞行器目标视频图像跟踪方法，建立飞行器目标粒子滤波跟踪模型实现对飞行器目标的识别和跟踪，在识别和跟踪的基础上建立云台控制模型，通过对云台的智能控制获得飞行器上升段的高质量图像。采用火箭发射的视频图像作为模型验证的实验数据，检验飞行器目标的跟踪效果。     

高速开关阀控电液位置伺服系统自适应鲁棒控制

为研究高精度的液压缸位置跟踪控制问题，设计了高速开关阀和换向阀组合控制液压缸的结构方案，并通过实验分析了高速开关阀的静态流量特性。建立了液压缸的连续可微摩擦模型，利用粒子群优化算法对其参数进行辨识。建立了系统的非线性数学模型，基于非连续参数映射和反步法设计了直接自适应鲁棒控制器，通过参数在线自适应调节来更新估计值和鲁棒反馈项支配参数不确定性，实验结果表明:在跟踪幅值为5mm，频率为0.4Hz的正弦信号时，最后一个周期的最大跟踪误差、平均跟踪误差及其标准差分别为0.638、0.25mm和0.405mm，与传统PID控制器相比，控制精度显著提升，旨在为实现高精度的数字阀控位置伺服技术提供有价值的参考。      

尖侧缘机身布局的俯仰力矩特性及扰流板控制

针对尖侧缘机身布局在大迎角下存在的正俯仰力矩（抬头力矩）问题，通过风洞试验，首先研究了俯仰力矩的迎角分区特性及流动演化规律：线性增长区（迎角为0°~15°），俯仰力矩线性增加，全机从附着流到形成进气道前缘涡和机翼涡；非线性增长区（迎角为17.5°~32.5°），俯仰力矩非线性增加，机头涡出现，机头涡和进气道前缘涡逐渐增强，机翼涡增强后破裂；衰减区（迎角为35°~65°），俯仰力矩逐渐减小，机头涡增强后破裂，进气道前缘涡破裂发展，机翼涡完全破裂。其次，发现了机身前体是产生正俯仰力矩的主要来源，机头涡是导致大迎角下正俯仰力矩的主控流动。当迎角为40°时，前体各截面正俯仰力矩在进气道前缘处达到最大，主要是由于该处机头涡诱导产生了较强的法向力。最后，提出了大迎角机身扰流板控制技术，产生了较好的控制效果。当迎角为40°时，扰流板可使正俯仰力矩减少62%，其原因是扰流板降低了机头涡涡量及其诱导产生的法向力，减少了机身前体对正俯仰力矩的贡献。该控制技术的缺点是扰流板会带来一些升力损失和附加阻力。基于尖侧缘机身参考宽度的雷诺数为2.59×10⁵。     

关于设计保证系统适航独立核查的思考

民用飞机主制造商建立设计保证系统，旨在民机研制过程中充分发挥自主适航的能力，通过组织机构、职责、程序和资源落实设计、适航以及独立监督三大职能，以保证航空产品的设计或者设计更改满足适航当局的要求。其中，设计保证系统适航职能的适航独立核查功能正是这一保证的关键。基于对设计保证系统适航独立核查功能的具体分析基础上，从设计保证系统的规划与设计层面提出了实现适航独立核查功能的机制，给出了机制中需明确的责任主体、职责与资质要求、工作流程与支撑工具以及管理程序等方面的建议，并从大数据知识的技术支撑和阶梯式递进的人才培训保障两方面以不断优化改进的方法工具与人力配置来深化适航独立核查的功能与效果，进而增强设计保证系统对飞机型号研制的保证作用。     

太阳能飞机循环飞行的高度剖面能量策略

为满足设定的太阳能飞机多日连续飞行条件，依据飞行过程中当前时刻的飞行高度、光伏输出功率、动力电池组余量等系统状态参数，研究如何分配动力电池组充放电和电推进系统输入等功率。所用策略立足于实时功率平衡，充分利用正午前后的光伏峰值功率用于飞机爬升及充电，在午后下滑过程中利用全部光伏输出，以最大化利用光伏资源；在光伏有效输出不足时则以一定的维持功率下滑，使能量的综合损失最小。方法能够提高以预定夜间飞行高度连续多日续航的成功率，提升飞行高度、纬度、季节范围或搭载能力，或者拓展这几种飞行条件的组合域，优化太阳能飞机的适用性。     

A survey of safety separation management and collision avoidance approaches of civil UAS operating in integration national airspace system

Recent years have witnessed a booming of the industry of civil Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). As an emerging industry, the UAS industry has been attracting great attention from governments of all countries and the aviation industry. UAS are highly digitalized, informationized, and intelligent; therefore, their integration into the national airspace system has become an important trend in the development of civil aviation. However, the complexity of UAS operation poses great challenges to the traditional aviation regulatory system and technical means. How to prevent collisions between UASs and between UAS and manned aircraft to achieve safe and efficient operation in the integrated operating airspace has become a common challenge for industry and academia around the world. In recent years, the international community has carried out a great amount of work and experiments in the air traffic management of UAS and some of the key technologies. This paper attempts to make a review of the UAS separation management and key technologies in collision avoidance in the integrated airspace, mainly focusing on the current situation of UAS Traffic Management (UTM), safety separation standards, detection system, collision risk prediction, collision avoidance, safety risk assessment, etc., as well as an analysis of the bottlenecks that the current researches encountered and their development trends, so as to provide some insights and references for further research in this regard. Finally, this paper makes a further summary of some of the research highlights and challenges.