Mission-oriented cooperative 3D path planning for modular solar-powered aircraft with energy optimization

Modular Solar-Powered Aircraft(M-SPA) is a kind of High-Altitude Long-Endurance(HALE) aircraft which exploits the mission advantage of swarm UAV and the HALE advantage of large aspect-ratio SPA. M-SPA’s separated mode and combined mode give it the potential to maximize the mission efficiency with limited solar energy. In this paper, firstly, oriented by the mission of maximizing the cruise area, the overall design of the M-SPA is modeled, including the energy model, the aerodynamic model and the...     

Recent advances in film cooling enhancement: A review

Film cooling is an indispensable scheme in the design of highly-efficient cooling configurations to satisfy the thermal protection requirement of turbine hot section components. During the last few decades, vast efforts have been paid on the discrete-hole film cooling enhancement. In this paper, some of the recent literatures related to the passive strategies (such as shaped film cooling holes, upstream ramps, shallow trenches, mesh-fed slots) and the active strategies (such as the use of pulsation modulating device or plasma actuator) for film cooling enhancement are surveyed, with the aim at presenting an updated overview about the state of the art in advanced film cooling. In addition, some challenging issues are also outlined to motivate further investigations in such a broad topic.     

State of art on energy management strategy for hybrid-powered unmanned aerial vehicle

New energy sources such as solar energy and hydrogen energy have been applied to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV), which could be formed as the hybrid power sources due to the requirement of miniaturization, lightweight, and environmental protection issue for UAV. Hybrid electrical propulsion technology has been used in UAV and it further enforces this trend for the evolution to the Hybrid-Powered System(HPS). In order to realize long endurance flight mission and improve the energy efficiency of UAV, many researching works are focused on the Energy Management Strategy(EMS) of the HPS with digital simulation, ground demonstration platforms and a few flight tests for the UAV in recent years. energy management strategy, in which off-line or on-line control algorithms acted as the core part, could optimize dynamic electrical power distribution further and directly affect the efficiency and fuel economy of hybrid-powered system onboard.In order to give the guideline for this emerging technology for UAV, this paper presents a review of the topic highlighting energy optimal management strategies of UAV. The characteristics of typical new energy sources applied in UAV are summarized firstly, and then the classification and analysis of the architecture for hybrid power systems in UAV are presented. In the context of new energy sources and configuration of energy system, a comprehensive comparison and analysis for the state of art of EMS are presented, and the various levels of complexity and accuracy of EMS are considered in terms of real time, computational burden and optimization performance based on the optimal control and operational modes of UAV. Finally, the tendency and challenges of energy management strategy applied to the UAV have been forecasted.     

新型运载火箭低温加注工艺流程及控制策略研究

运载火箭的不断更新换代,对科学的加注工艺提出了更高的要求。以某新型火箭液氧低温加注系统为研究对象,依据低温推进剂的加注结构特点,设计了液氧低温加注工艺流程及相应的控制策略,即以流量为控制目标的PID-DMC串级控制算法。采用分层控制策略,科学合理地通过调节阀门开关控制储罐压力大小,最终达到控制复杂加注系统的目的,并将其应用于某加注任务实践,取得了较好的效果,有效地提高了加注系统的可靠性、安全性。研究结果对新型火箭加注及决策具有实际指导作用。     

基于北斗短报文的远程图像通信系统设计

北斗短报文功能在国防、民生和应急救援等领域都具有很强的应用价值。利用北斗短报文通信费用低廉的优点，设计了一款可进行远程图像传输的系统。针对北斗短报文通信的局限性，提出了相应的数据传输机制以保证远程数据传输的可靠性与有效性，并对系统功能进行了验证。测试结果表明，系统能够较快地完成图像数据传输的功能。     

冗余空间机械臂抓捕自旋卫星后的消旋控制

旨在提出一种运动学冗余空间机器人抓捕自旋卫星后的消旋策略和协调控制方法。首先，给出运动学冗余空间机器人捕获目标后的动力学模型，作为协调控制器设计基础。然后，基于四阶Bézier曲线和满足特定约束的自适应微分进化(Differential Evolution, DE)算法提出抓捕后的最优消旋与路径规划策略，最优消旋策略中同时考虑对消旋时间和控制力矩进行优化。提出一种跟踪所设计参考轨迹的协调控制方法，调整基座的姿态达到期望值。所提方法有效地衰减了自旋卫星的初始角速度，同时实现对基座姿态的控制。文末给出利用7 DOF冗余空间机械臂消除目标自旋运动的仿真结果，表明所提方法的有效性。     

Hypersonic vehicle aerodynamic design using modified sequential approximate optimization

Hypersonic vehicles are receiving increased attention within the aerospace community due to their high cruise speed and long-range capabilities. In this paper, a modified Sequential Approximate Optimization method is proposed for an optimized aerodynamic design of a hypersonic vehicle. As part of this approach, a constrained experimental design method is developed to handle the constraints more efficiently. A radial basis function is used to surrogate time-consuming CFD analysis. An efficient and more robust numerical mesh morphing scheme for the hypersonic vehicle is developed for the generation of high-quality meshes. Within this paper, a novel adaptive infilling strategy is proposed which uses an inaccurate search technique coupled with an elite archive. This allows the location of a more promising sample region and hence improves the surrogate accuracy, thereby further enhancing the optimization efficiency. A hypersonic vehicle aerodynamic design problem is solved using the proposed approach and satisfactory results are obtained at much lower computational costs. The lift-to-drag ratio is increased by 23.8% when compared with the base configuration while also satisfying the volume and lift constraints. The pressure and Mach contours have been compared with those of the base configuration and the results demonstrate the strength of the optimized configuration. The modified sequential approximate optimization for designing an improved hypersonic vehicle is worth referencing in future work.     

An object-level strategy for pan-sharpening quality assessment of high-resolution satellite imagery

Current satellite imaging systems offer a trade-off between high spatial and high spectral resolution providing panchromatic images at a higher spatial resolution and multispectral images at a lower spatial resolution but rich in spectral information while a wide range of applications need the highest level of this information, simultaneously. Image fusion techniques as means of enhancing the information content of initial panchromatic and multispectral images produce new images, titled pan-sharpened, which inherent the advantages of the initial images. Considering the impact of fusion accuracy on the quality of corresponding applications, it is necessary to evaluate the quality of these processed images. During the last decade, a lot of quality evaluation metrics have been proposed which are mostly inspired by traditional image quality metrics. These methods are mostly based on applying quality metrics at the pixel level and evaluating final quality value based on averaging of obtained metric values through the whole image. However, obtained results clearly show that the behaviour of image fusion quality is inconsistent amongst different image objects. In this article, by applying image fusion quality metrics (IFQMs) to image objects, an object-level strategy for quality assessment of the image fusion process is proposed. The proposed strategy is applied to different satellite imagery covering residential and agricultural areas. Experimental results show higher capabilities of object-level quality assessment strategy in the quality assessment of the fusion process. Evaluating fusion quality at the object level provides the potential of fusion quality assessment for each individual image object in compliance with different parameters such as the type of objects and the effective size of objects in data set.     

基于VxWorks的空调系统控制软件设计

基于Vx Works软件环境,针对空调系统工作模式多、工作模式之间逻辑复杂等特点开发了空调系统的控制软件。将系统的功能按照任务优先权行划分,并采用状态转换机实现的模式间的转换。通过Tornado软件调试环境,对软件设计进行了修改和完善,保证了空调系统软件的正确性。     

随机追踪策略预测钟差的理论分析

稳健流逝性是时间区别于其它物理量的重要特征，决定了时间计量的滞后性。为了保障未来时刻的准确性，时间信号的预测及控制尤为关键。从理论视角分析了随机追踪策略的基本原理、预测不确定度以及关键参数优化等问题，明确了随机追踪预测钟差的运行机理，并进一步阐述了该方法的适用性，同时提出两点进一步改进的研究思路。