CubeSail: A low cost CubeSat based solar sail demonstration mission

CubeSail is a nano-solar sail mission based on the 3U CubeSat standard, which is currently being designed and built at the Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey. CubeSail will have a total mass of around 3 kg and will deploy a 5 × 5 m sail in low Earth orbit. The primary aim of the mission is to demonstrate the concept of solar sailing and end-of-life de-orbiting using the sail membrane as a drag-sail. The spacecraft will have a compact 3-axis stabilised attitude control system, which uses three magnetic torquers aligned with the spacecraft principle axis as well as a novel two-dimensional translation stage separating the spacecraft bus from the sail. CubeSail’s deployment mechanism consists of four novel booms and four-quadrant sail membranes. The proposed booms are made from tape-spring blades and will deploy the sail membrane from a 2U CubeSat standard structure. This paper presents a systems level overview of the CubeSat mission, focusing on the mission orbit and de-orbiting, in addition to the deployment, attitude control and the satellite bus.     

磁静日期间中国大陆地区外源弱磁场研究

利用第四代地磁场综合模型CM4, 研究了中国大陆地区1960-2000年磁静日期间地磁外源弱磁场的变化情况, 计算并分析了外源场中的电离层感应场、环形场以及磁层感应场的分布和变化. 结果显示, 北向分量X的磁层感应场强度总体呈先增加后减少的趋势, 共减少了约7.3nT; 东向分量Y的磁层感应场强度呈先减少后增加的趋势, 共增加了约0.8nT; 垂直分量Z的磁层感应场强度呈先增加后减少的趋势, 共增加了约5.5nT. 三个分量的电离层感应场以及环形场变化幅度很小, 其分布在1960-1970和1970-1980年, 1980-1990 和1990-2000年呈现正负互相变换的现象, 认为该现象可能与太阳11年活动周期有关. 最后对弱磁场随时间变化的结果进行了分析说明.      

CM2程控稳流电源电流稳定性的自动化测试

文章将零磁通电流互感器技术应用到了大电流稳定性测试中,从而解决了CM2航天器磁环境模拟设备中的程控稳流电源输出电流稳定性测试的难题,稳定性指标高达10-5/8h。文章简述了零磁通电流互感器技术的基本原理,介绍了采用零磁通电流互感器技术对CM2程控稳流电源电流稳定性进行自动测试的方法,分析了影响大电流稳定性现场自动测试的因素并提出了相应解决方案。     

基于GSM技术的AICPS故障管理与容错机制的研究

给出了机载综合核心处理系统AICPS的软件结构和组成,采用基于TLS三层栈的先进的航电系统结构,其通用系统管理GSM分为健康监控、故障管理和配置管理三个软件功能模块,以及飞机级、综合区级、资源元素级共三级.基于GSM和运行蓝图,论述了AlCPS的故障管理技术和容错重构机制,重对故障处理的过程如故障检测、故障诊断、故障处理和配置管理进行了讨论.由于航空电子系统高安全、高可靠性等特点,作为提高可靠性的手段之一,研究故障管理与容错重构非常必要.     

基于XC164CM的无刷直流电动机控制系统实现

从无刷直流电动机的控制特点出发,给出其控制系统所采用的PWM开关方案,并详细分析了此方案的工作过程。充分利用XC166系列单片机适合于电机运动控制的特点,提出了基于此系列中XC164CM的无刷直流电动机控制系统。分析系统中各功能模块在XC164CM上的实现,并给出软件设计流程。     

Exploration life support technology challenges for the Crew Exploration Vehicle and future human missions

As NASA implements the U.S. Space Exploration Policy, life support systems must be provided for an expanding sequence of exploration missions. NASA has implemented effective life support for Apollo, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station (ISS) and continues to develop advanced systems. This paper provides an overview of life support requirements, previously implemented systems, and new technologies being developed by the Exploration Life Support Project for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) and Lunar Outpost and future Mars missions. The two contrasting practical approaches to providing space life support are (1) open loop direct supply of atmosphere, water, and food, and (2) physicochemical regeneration of air and water with direct supply of food. Open loop direct supply of air and water is cost effective for short missions, but recycling oxygen and water saves costly launch mass on longer missions. Because of the short CEV mission durations, the CEV life support system will be open loop as in Apollo and Space Shuttle. New life support technologies for CEV that address identified shortcomings of existing systems are discussed. Because both ISS and Lunar Outpost have a planned 10-year operational life, the Lunar Outpost life support system should be regenerative like that for ISS and it could utilize technologies similar to ISS. The Lunar Outpost life support system, however, should be extensively redesigned to reduce mass, power, and volume, to improve reliability and incorporate lessons learned, and to take advantage of technology advances over the last 20 years. The Lunar Outpost design could also take advantage of partial gravity and lunar resources.     

毫米波雷达无源对抗新型干扰物

毫米波雷达具有频带宽、波束窄、跟踪和制导精度高、抗干扰能力强、结构小等性能特点,介绍了毫米波雷达在军事上的典型应用.针对现代战场上对其进行电子对抗的需要,提出几种毫米波雷达无源对抗新型干扰物,主要包括膨胀石墨、特种泡沫、超薄导电片等,并研究它们对3mm、8mm波的干扰性能.结果表明,采用这些材料的雷达电子战无源干扰器材和措施,对毫米波雷达具有良好的干扰作用.     

磁静日期间中国大陆地区地磁外源场研究

利用第4代地磁场综合模型CM4, 研究了中国大陆地区1960--2000年磁静日期间地磁外源场的变化情况, 并进一步计算分析了外源场中的电离层场及磁层场的分布与变化.结果显示, 北向分量X的外源场强度在40年间呈先增加后减小的趋势, 共减少了约32 nT, 其磁层场强度呈先增大, 然后逐年减小的趋势, 共减少了约23.7 nT; 东向分量Y的外源场强度呈先减少后增加再减少的趋势, 共增加了约3.8 nT, 其磁层场强度呈先减小, 再逐年增加的趋势, 共增加了约2.3 nT; 垂直分量Z的外源场强度呈先减少后增加的趋势, 共增加了约4.6 nT, 其磁层场强度呈先减小后增加的趋势, 共增加了约9.3 nT. 三分量的电离层场强度变化均小于1 nT, 其分布在1960--1970和1970--1980年, 1980--1990和1990--2000年呈现正负互相变换的现象, 该现象可能与太阳11年活动周期有关.      

A new remaining useful life estimation method for equipment subjected to intervention of imperfect maintenance activities

As the key part of Prognostics and Health Management (PHM), Remaining Useful Life (RUL) estimation has been extensively investigated in recent years. Current RUL estimation studies considering the intervention of imperfect maintenance activities usually assumed that maintenance activities have a single influence on the degradation level or degradation rate, but not on both. Aimed at this problem, this paper proposes a new degradation modeling and RUL estimation method taking the influence of imperfect maintenance activities on both the degradation level and the degradation rate into account. Toward this end, a stochastic degradation model considering imperfect maintenance activities is firstly constructed based on the diffusion process. Then, the Probability Density Function (PDF) of the RUL is derived by the convolution operator under the concept of First Hitting Time (FHT). To implement the proposed RUL estimation method, the Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) is utilized to estimate the degradation related parameters based on the Condition Monitoring (CM) data, while the Bayesian method is utilized to estimate the maintenance related parameters based on the maintenance data. Finally, a numerical example and a practical case study are provided to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed method. The experimental results show that the proposed method could greatly improve the RUL estimation accuracy for the degrading equipment subjected to imperfect maintenance activities.     

巡航导弹突防中的脉冲多普勒引信干扰技术研究

空空导弹拦截是巡航导弹突防中面临的较大威胁,将空空导弹引信干扰技术应用于巡航导弹的突防。分析了空空导弹脉冲多普勒引信的工作原理,将引信干扰技术分为干扰引信＂早炸＂和干扰引信＂瞎火＂。根据脉冲多普勒引信干扰技术的特点,经比较,选用了干扰引信＂瞎火＂方式。