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.     

A general calculation method to specify center-of-buoyancy for the stratospheric airship with multiple gas cells

As the lighter-than-air (LTA) flight vehicle, the stratospheric airship is a desirable platform to provide communication and surveillance services. During the ascent from sea-level to the mission altitude, the volume of the lifting gas may change significantly, which will result in the change of the center-of-buoyancy (CB). A general calculation method is developed to specify CB for the stratospheric airship with a double-ellipsoid hull and an arbitrary number of the gas cells. The cross-section-integral (CSI) method is used as a basic calculation scenario to specify CB. Considering the complexity in determining the boundary between the helium and air in the gas cell, a searching algorithm is put forward and the specification of CB can be conducted by the iterative calculation. As an important application, the stable condition of the pitch angle is analyzed when the change of CB is involved. Under different initial configurations, the stable pitch angle of the stratospheric airship during the ascent is specified and compared, which shows the advantages of the multi-gas-cell configuration. The results of this paper may provide an important reference for the engineering application of the stratospheric airship.     

天宫一号目标飞行器电源分系统设计

介绍了天宫一号（TG1）目标飞行器电源分系统的组成和主要技术指标。分析了国内在低轨飞行器上采用100V高压母线、大批量使用国产氢镍电池、三结砷化镓太阳电池片和半刚性基板等关键技术。回顾了电源分系统研制过程中高电压元器件体系建立、半刚性帆板力学及空间环境设计与验证、氢镍电池在轨寿命和可靠性研究,以及高压电源系统可靠性及安...     

空间实验室低轨高压长寿命半刚性太阳电池翼技术研究

介绍了国内首次使用的半刚性太阳电池翼的任务与技术指标和产品组成。给出了编织用玻璃纤维纱线制备、柔性玻璃纤维编织、半刚性基板组合工艺和低轨空间环境适应性等关键技术。阐述了研制中进行的运动学和动力学、模态、热、在轨栽荷、强度等仿真分析,以及噪声、振动、高低温展开、模态和其他试验。     

基于NURBS和梯度法的飞艇形状优化

采用非一致有理样条曲线(NURBS)作为飞艇外形参数化方法、基于梯度的优化方法、飞艇体积作为约束条件、飞艇的阻力系数作为目标函数的优化流程对平流层流动条件下的飞艇外形进行了优化.阻力系数通过求解二维黏性不可压缩流场获得,阻力不但包含了形状阻力也包括了黏性阻力.优化过程以LOTTE飞艇的形状为初始形状,优化的结果表明优化后飞艇的气动性能明显改善,阻力系数有了比较明显的降低.优化的结果也同时证明了该方法适用于飞艇的优化命题.      

平流层飞艇艇身外形研究

为了完成特定的任务,平流层飞艇需要克服风场保持长期定点,因此要求其阻力最小。飞艇总阻力中艇身阻力占60-70%,因此对飞艇而言,针对艇身外形进行研究得到阻力小而且实际可用的外形是非常重要。本文采用势流-边界层耦合方法与混合遗传算法对平流层飞艇艇身的外形进行了优化。外部势流采用在艇身表面分布点源的Hess\|Smith面元法求解,边界层计算采用积分边界层方法,阻力系数采用
Squire\|Young方法计算得到。最优外形通过由遗传算法和Nelder\|Mead单纯形法组成的混合遗传算法优化得到。通过优化分析得到了一种实际可用的优化外形,具有在湍流和层流两种流态下阻力系数都比较小的优点。     

平流层飞艇巡航姿态自适应神经网络补偿控制

 研究了一种基于自适应神经网络补偿的平流层飞艇前向速度与姿态控制系统设计方法。针对近似模型进行常规线性动态补偿器设计,并引入自适应径向基函数(Radial Basis Function, RBF)神经网络对模型误差进行补偿。根据Lyapunov方法得到神经网络权值自适应律,保证了闭环系统误差信号一致最终有界。该控制器设计对模型参数信息仅有较少的要求。仿真结果表明对于两类不同的飞艇模型,所设计的控制器在响应性及对未知环境风速作用的鲁棒性方面均具有良好的效果。     

Drag Reduction for an Airship with Proper Arrangement of Propellers

In this article, the flow field around an airship with propellers blowing is calculated on the basis of the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with SST turbulent models. Modeled each as an actuator disk, the propellers are arranged at different positions around the body of airship in the flow direction. The numerical results show that the blowing propellers produce open outer flows. They drive the separated vortexes off the body thus reducing the drag coefficients. The results also show that the position after leading sucking peak is the best place for a propeller to blow. When the propellers are positioned after sucking peak, the longer the area which the propellers work on, the more the profile drag coefficients can be reduced. If the working position of propeller moves from the sucking peak forward to the leading edge, the friction drag coefficient will increase. The bigger the diameter of the propellers and the stronger the pressure jump, the more the drag coefficient will be reduced. The results also reveal that for the design of circularly-positioned propellers with space intervals, the more drag coefficient reduction results, the smaller the space interval is specified.     

临近空间伞张式飞艇气囊结构原理性研究

针对常规布局临近空间飞艇存在的超压控制系统重量大、能耗高等问题,通过借鉴南瓜型高空长航时气球的工作原理,提出了一种新型的省却了副气囊和超压控制系统的临近空间伞张式飞艇概念,该飞艇主要由一种能随气囊内外压差变化实现自主变形的伞张式气囊组成。针对伞张式气囊,通过开展气囊结构概念设计、气囊原理样件研制和地面原理试验研究,验证了伞张式飞艇气囊结构原理的可行性。研究结果表明,临近空间伞张式飞艇气囊结构原理上基本可行。