Scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China’s first Mars exploration mission

This paper describes the scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China’s first exploration mission to Mars. An orbiter, carrying a lander and a rover, lifted-off in July 2020 for a journey to Mars where it should arrive in February 2021. A suite of 13 scientific payloads, for in-situ and remote sensing, autonomously commanded by integrated payload controllers and mounted on the orbiter and the rover will study the magnetosphere and ionosphere of Mars and the relation with the solar wind, the atmosphere, surface and subsurface of the planet, looking at the topography, composition and structure and in particular for subsurface ice. The mission will also investigate Mars climate history. It is expected that Tianwen-1 will contribute significantly to advance our scientific knowledge of Mars.     

从美军"PTN"项目看前沿技术在飞行员训练体系中的应用前景

美国空军教育和训练司令部"PTN"项目即"未来飞行员训练计划"已经完成两期验证,项目重点集成了虚拟现实、增强现实、先进生理传感器、人工智能和大数据分析技术,研究了新技术对飞行员训练的适用性.项目取得了良好的效果,美军计划将该项目作为未来飞行员训练体系的重要组成部分.本文分析了"PTN"项目的 组织实施过程和实施效果,阐述了人工智能、虚拟现实、大数据等前沿技术在飞行员培训体系中的应用前景.     

收集处理方法对含铝固体推进剂凝相燃烧产物特性影响

含铝固体推进剂凝相燃烧产物特性对固体火箭发动机的燃烧效率、燃烧稳定性和绝热安全性等影响重大。为获得准确可靠的凝相燃烧产物的理化特性,利用定压燃烧装置来收集凝相燃烧产物,采用马尔文激光粒度分析仪、扫描电镜及X射线衍射仪对产物进行表征,研究收集介质、干燥处理和超声分散对凝相燃烧产物性质的影响。结果表明,使用水收集获得的凝相燃烧产物平均粒度与氮气收集条件下相比大60%,水收集法适用于研究推进剂近燃面凝相燃烧产物。干燥处理能保证凝相燃烧产物样品中大尺寸颗粒的有效取样,在粒度测试之前需要对样品进行干燥处理来获取准确的凝相燃烧产物粒度分布数据。超声分散会导致大颗粒团聚物含量降低,小颗粒团聚物含量升高,最终显著降低凝相燃烧产物平均粒径。粒度测试时,在80kHz条件下,超声分散参数设定为40 W,5 min较为合适。基于研究结果,提出了一套科学合理的凝相燃烧产物收集处理方法。     

Backstepping sliding-mode control of stratospheric airships using disturbance-observer

In the presence of unknown disturbances and model parameter uncertainties, this paper develop a nonlinear backstepping sliding-mode controller (BSMC) for trajectory tracking control of a stratospheric airship using a disturbance-observer (DO). Compared with the conventional sliding mode surface (SMS) constructed by a linear combination of the errors, the new SMS manifold is selected as the last back-step error to improve independence of the adjustment of the controller gains. Furthermore, a nonlinear disturbance-observer is designed to process unknown disturbance inputs and improve the BSMC performances. The closed-loop system of trajectory tracking control plant is proved to be globally asymptotically stable by using Lyapunov theory. By comparing with traditional backstepping control and SMC design, the results obtained demonstrate the capacity of the airship to execute a realistic trajectory tracking mission, even in the presence of unknown disturbances, and aerodynamic coefficient uncertainties.     

TDICCD相机在轨成像参数自主调整方法

为了改善光学遥感卫星的成像质量，提升卫星操控的灵活性，基于遥感成像理论，提出了依据太阳高度角的卫星在轨成像参数自主调整方法。文中首先讨论了影响卫星遥感成像质量的因素，分析了入瞳辐亮度随太阳高度角的变化规律及在不同侧摆角时，一个轨道周期内相机积分时间的变化范围，并据此建立了太阳高度角、侧摆角与积分级数、增益的对应关系。然后分析了太阳高度角和侧摆角的最佳分挡策略，最终得到了可用于卫星在轨成像参数自主调整的二维查找表，以实现卫星在轨成像参数自主调整。利用该方法可提升图像的辐射质量，极大减少了地面上注的数据量。     

A modern robust approach to remotely estimate chlorophyll in coastal and inland zones

The chlorophyll concentration of a water body is an important proxy for representing the phytoplankton biomass. Its estimation from multi or hyper-spectral remote sensing data in natural waters is generally achieved by using (i) the waveband ratioing in two or more bands in the blue-green or (ii) by using a combination of the radiance peak position and magnitude in the red-near-infrared (NIR) spectrum. The blue-green ratio algorithms have been extensively used with satellite ocean color data to investigate chlorophyll distributions in open ocean and clear waters and the application of red-NIR algorithms is often restricted to turbid productive water bodies. These issues present the greatest obstacles to our ability to formulate a modern robust method suitable for quantitative assessments of the chlorophyll concentration in a diverse range of water types. The present study is focused to investigate the normalized water-leaving radiance spectra in the visible and NIR region and propose a robust algorithm (Generalized ABI, GABI algorithm) for chlorophyll concentration retrieval based on Algal Bloom index (ABI) which separates phytoplankton signals from other constituents in the water column. The GABI algorithm is validated using independent in-situ data from various regional to global waters and its performance is further evaluated by comparison with the blue-green waveband ratios and red-NIR algorithms. The results revealed that GABI yields significantly more accurate chlorophyll concentrations (with uncertainties less than 13.5%) and remains more stable in different waters types when compared with the blue-green waveband ratios and red-NIR algorithms. The performance of GABI is further demonstrated using HICO images from nearshore turbid productive waters and MERIS and MODIS-Aqua images from coastal and offshore waters of the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and East China Sea.     

合理运用SI技术快速收敛高速数字电路设计

随着数字电路集成度和工作频率的不断提高,信号完整性(Signal Integrity, SI)问题在产品研制过程中越来越突出。以惯导系统中的某导航计算机为例,针对故障信号回路,使用仿真软件对其SDRAM时钟信号进行信号完整性仿真,并进行优化设计。通过对比优化前和优化后的仿真与测量结果,验证了由于端接参数不匹配造成SDRAM时钟信号的非单调性畸变问题。仿真与测量结果表明,在产品研制流程中加入信号完整性仿真环节有利于设计快速收敛,提前规避风险,缩短研发周期,降低设计成本,提高电路产品的可靠性和电磁兼容性。     

机载移动端场面引导软件设计与仿真研究

为了减轻飞行员在繁忙机场场面运行的工作负荷，提升场面运行安全与效率，设计了一种基于移 动电子设备运行的场面引导软件。其采用可扩展架构和模块化功能设计，通过无线通信网络与综合场面监视系 统交联，实现场面引导功能。仿真测试表明，机载移动端场面引导软件能够为飞机在场面滑行操作提供路径引 导信息和冲突告警提示，可提升运行效率和安全性，具有一定的使用价值。