A simple control law for reducing the effective characteristic acceleration of a solar sail

The direction and magnitude of a solar sail acceleration are strongly related. For this reason, once the characteristic acceleration has been fixed, it is not possible to modulate the acceleration in a particular direction. In this work, a semi-analytical switching control law is derived, enabling a solar sail to emulate a smaller effective characteristic acceleration (without changes in geometry or optical properties); by periodically changing the pitch (cone) angle of the sail, in average over time, the acceleration produced by the sail matches exactly (in both direction and magnitude) that of a “smaller” sail. The range in which this is possible is determined, and the limitations on this range due to the size difference is computed. The method is validated on optimal Earth-Mars trajectories.     

基于位移和力值组合的静重式力标准机砝码加卸载控制方法研究

介绍了一种基于位移和力值组合的静重式力标准机砝码加卸载的控制方法，通过监测砝码的移动量和参考力传感器叠加系统的力值量，实时调整加卸载机构的加卸载速度，以实现对被检力传感器的平滑加卸载的目的。该方法有效解决了吊挂在加载过程中产生较大摆动，影响力标准机复现力值准确度的问题，同时也消除了力值过冲现象，避免了因逆程效应而导致的力传感器输出偏差。     

基于概率的运载火箭控制系统设计方法研究

针对传统的控制系统极限偏差设计方法导致运载火箭余量大、总体性能下降的问题,综述了基于概率的控制系统设计方法的国内外研究现状,论述了运载火箭控制系统概率设计的基本思想及设计流程,基于概率密度函数建模理论,建立了通过实际控制指令来控制概率密度函数拟合权值的状态空间,并基于最小二乘方法对状态空间中的参数进行了辨识,进而建立了密度函数成型控制模型,提出了基于最优控制理论的运载火箭控制器设计方法,最后通过仿真验证了理论方法的有效性,为我国运载火箭控制系统的精细化设计提供了理论依据。     

Reconfigurable fault-tolerant control for supersonic missiles with actuator failures under actuation redundancy

Aircraft undergoing actuator failures into under-actuation have been seldom studied in literature. Aiming at addressing actuator failures of Total Loss of Effectiveness (TLOE) as well as Partial Loss of Effectiveness (PLOE) resulting in different system actuations, reconfigurable Fault-Tolerant Control (FTC) is proposed for supersonic wingless missiles under actuation redundancy. The under-actuated system of TLOE failure patterns is solved by transformation to cascade systems through a ‘shape variable’. Meanwhile, actuator TLOE faults of different unknown failure patterns from proper actuation to under-actuation are accommodated by a reconfigurable adaptive law on a multiple-model basis. The backstepping technique with the Extended State Observer (ESO) method adopted as a basic strategy is applied to an established symmetric coupled missile system with actuator PLOE faults, modeling errors, and external disturbances. Additionally, the nonlinear saturation characteristics of actuators are settled by an auxiliary system with the Nussbaum function technique. The stability of the control system is analyzed and proven through Lyapunov theory. Numerical simulations are implemented in the presences of aerodynamic uncertainties, gust disturbance, and actuator failures. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method with satisfactory tracking performance and actuator fault tolerance capacity.     

Heading control strategy assessment for coaxial compound helicopters

The coaxial compound helicopter has two possible strategies for heading control: collective differential and rudder deflection. A flight dynamics model is developed to assess the effect of different heading control strategies. This includes the trim characteristics, steady flight performance,controllability, and manoeuvrability. The trim study demonstrates that heading control strategies are less influential on trim results, and the steady flight performance is also not significantly affected by the heading control strategy adopted. The controllability analysis shows although heading bandwidth and phase delay results at various speeds with different heading control strategies are all satisfied, the control derivative of the collective differential decreases as speed increases, and its heading aggressive agility is degraded into Level 3 in high-speed flight. In addition, using collective differential would lead to severe heading-rolling coupling as forward speed increases. On the contrary, the control derivative and aggressive agility of the rudder deflection is improved with forward speed, and there is no evidence of heading-rolling coupling. Finally, the transient turn MissionTask-Element(MTE) is utilized to investigate the heading manoeuvre characteristics in different heading control strategies, which indicates that the collective differential would add the amplitude of control input and the power consumption during this MTE.     

Predictive fault-tolerant control of an all-thruster satellite in 6-DOF motion via neural network model updating

The problem of controlling an all-thruster spacecraft in the coupled translational-rotational motion in presence of actuators fault and/or failure is investigated in this paper. The nonlinear model predictive control approach is used because of its ability to predict the future behavior of the system. The fault/failure of the thrusters changes the mapping between the commanded forces to the thrusters and actual force/torque generated by the thruster system. Thus, the basic six degree-of-freedom kinetic equations are separated from this mapping and a set of neural networks are trained off-line to learn the kinetic equations. Then, two neural networks are attached to these trained networks in order to learn the thruster commands to force/torque mappings on-line. Different off-nominal conditions are modeled so that neural networks can detect any failure and fault, including scale factor and misalignment of thrusters. A simple model of the spacecraft relative motion is used in MPC to decrease the computational burden. However, a precise model by the means of orbit propagation including different types of perturbation is utilized to evaluate the usefulness of the proposed approach in actual conditions. The numerical simulation shows that this method can successfully control the all-thruster spacecraft with ON-OFF thrusters in different combinations of thruster fault and/or failure.     

变循环发动机过渡态性能直接模拟方法

为了实现多变量可调的变循环发动机（VCE）过渡态性能模拟和控制规律设计,在稳态逆算法和过渡态性能隐式格式计算方法的基础上开发了变循环发动机过渡态直接模拟方法。在稳态逆算法模型中加入容积效应和转子动力学方程,实现了同时给定加速率、涡轮前温度和压缩部件工作点的条件下直接模拟计算过渡态过程中变几何参数和燃油流量的调节规律,验证了方法的精度和可行性,并将该方法用于变循环发动机转模态性能模拟和控制规律设计。计算结果表明,过渡态直接模拟方法的误差在0.58%以内,超声速巡航状态下由单外涵模态转换到双外涵模态的时间约为1 s,海平面静止状态下双外涵转单外涵的时间约为3 s,且推力、转速、涡轮前温度、喘振裕度等参数过渡平稳。该方法可简化转模态控制规律设计流程,并提高设计精度。     

湍流控制屏声学校准及校准精度影响因素

湍流控制屏（TCS）是航空发动机风扇噪声试验必备的试验设施。由于湍流控制屏的作用,风扇前传噪声向远场传播时会产生传递损失。通过对湍流控制屏的声学校准,可以获取湍流控制屏的声学修正量,从而实现对风扇前传噪声的修正。本文结合实际工程应用条件,分析了湍流控制屏重复安装的位置精度、校准声源重复性、稳定性、校准声源位置偏差、温湿度修正等因素对湍流控制屏声学修正量精度的影响;结合上述影响因素,对湍流控制屏160 Hz~40 kHz的声学修正量的特征进行分析,总结工程应用中湍流控制屏高精度声学校准的注意事项,提出湍流控制屏的声学校准应包含测量不确定度。     

基于精益6滓的航空高强钢零件大尺寸面轮廓度 数控加工参数优化

针对某航空高强钢零件大尺寸面轮廓度数控加工合格率较低问题,利用精益6σ方法,依据DMAIC的研究路径,充分运用箱线图、等方差检验、单因子方差分析等方法和工具,分析了“人、机、料、法、环、测”6大方面的操作者、加工刀具、装夹方式、主轴转速、切削量、进给速度、切削方式7个因素,确定刀具尺寸、切削量、进给速度为关键影响因素;通过建立面轮廓度与7个影响因素之间的GLM模型,得出影响流程输出的3个关键影响因素的最佳组合,并在此基础上对工艺参数进行优化。结果表明:该零件的数控加工工艺流程改进后,减少了加工过程中的人工调试检查环节,缩短了加工调试验证时间,大尺寸面轮廓度数控加工合格率从80%提高到96%以上,取得了较好的经济效益。     

数控机床及工装的发展与创新设计

在现代数控加工中,由于被加工件的精度要求以及复杂度不断提高,传统加工系统无法满足使用需求,为解决这一问题,数字控制系统的核心算法以及驱动系统得到了快速发展,一些创新机构也应用到了数控机床的整机结构设计中.这些解决措施大幅提升了被加工件的精度和表面质量,促进了市场上一系列新型数控机床的出现,如复合机床、镜像铣削机床等,与之配合的新型加工工装技术也取得了相应的突破.