406 MHz ELT signal spectra for SARSAT

The signal format and spectral properties of the 406-MHz emergency locator transmitter (ELT) used in the search and rescue satellite aided tracking (SARSAT) system are examined. The ELT improves location estimate accuracies and can relay information about the particular aircraft and its problem, by means of the digitally modulated message fields. It is shown that due to the RF signal frequency characteristics and the Doppler shift, processing must be performed over a frequency band of approximately 25 kHz. Through the use of the fast Fourier transformation (FFT), the frequency spectrum of the ELT is analyzed, taking account of effects due to noise, multiple simultaneously received signals, and Doppler shift. It is demonstrated that the FFT provides an effective means for detecting and recognizing the presence of one or more ELT signals over this 25-kHz frequency band. Some recommendations are made to improve the spectral characteristics and the performance of the ELT     

Identification Techniques for SARSAT Signals

A process for the identification of emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signals related to search and rescue satellite-aided tracking (SARSAT) is presented. The ELT identification process is particularly important in order to increase the probability of detection and eliminate sources of interference from the data set. A set of ELT signal parameters is introduced and methods for estimating these parameters are developed. A theoretical analysis and performance evaluation of these methods is provided.     

A novel approach for the SARSAT system

A novel method for determining the location of a 406-MHz emergency locator transmitter (ELT) for the search and rescue satellite aided tracking (SARSAT) system is proposed. The technique uses information from a geostationary satellite (Geosat) link, as well as the conventional polar orbiting satellite links. The method is based on solving a system of equations to determine the range from the ELT to the polar orbiting satellite (Polarsat) for each signal transmitted. Only two pulses need to be received from the ELT in order to obtain a location estimate. The main difference between the procedure outlined and the global positioning system (GPS) is that accurate time information is not available in the transmissions since aircraft and marine vessels seldom have accurate time standards onboard     

Two Methods of Spectral Estimation for SARSAT Signals

Search and rescue satellite aided tracking (SARSAT) depends on the processing of emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signals which are received by a satellite in low polar orbit. Since the signal from a distressed vehicle is normally immersed in a background of other ELT signals (false alarms), interference, and noise, different methods of spectral estimation can provide advantages in estimating carrier frequency. A comparison between average spectrum and minimum spectrum for several real signals is provided here.     

Spectral Analysis of ELT Signals for SARSAT

Search and rescue satellite-aided tracking (SARSAT) relays the emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signals of distressed aircraft to an earth station for spectral analysis. Of considerable importance are the characteristics of the spectrum of the ELT signal since the probability of locating the downed aircraft is closely related to the quality of the ELT signal spectrum itself. In this paper, it is shown that the spectrum can be adversely affected by a number of factors including the phase and frequency characteristics of the carrier and their interaction with the amplitude modulation. Two new models are proposed which greatly reduce the self-generated interference produced by ELT units presently being used.     

民用飞机固定式应急定位发射系统设计

如何在民用飞机遇险迫降或失事后尽快定位搜救,提高机上遇险人员的生存率,是当前民用飞机设计过程中必须考虑的问题。作为民用飞机应急搜救系统,固定式应急定位发射系统(ELT)可以在飞机遇险时通过自动和人工方式触发,在固定的频率上发射搜救信号,以便搜救组织对遇险人员进行救援。首先提出了固定式ELT系统的设计方案及功能,分析了系统部件的构成,进而提出了固定式ELT系统的性能要求,最后重点阐述了固定式ELT系统的机上设计要求和功能验证过程。     

Mechanism analysis of hysteretic aerodynamic characteristics on variable-sweep wings

Variable-sweep wings have large shape-changing capabilities and wide flight envelops, which are considered as one of the most promising directions for intelligent morphing UAVs. Aerodynamic investigations always focus on several static states in the varying sweep process, which ignore the unsteady aerodynamic characteristics. However, deviations to static aerodynamic forces are inevitably caused by dynamic sweep motion. In this work, first, unsteady aerodynamic characteristics on a typical variable-sweep UAV with large aspect ratio were analyzed. Then, deep mechanism of unsteady aerodynamic characteristics in the varying sweep process was studied. Finally, numerical simulation method integrated with structured moving overset grids was applied to solve the unsteady fluid of varying sweep process. The simulation results of a sweep forward-backward circle show a distinct dynamic hysteresis loop surrounding the static data for the aerodynamic forces. Compared with the static lift coefficients , at the same sweep angles, dynamic  lift coefficient in sweep forward process are all smaller, while dynamic sweep backward  lift coefficient are all larger. In addition, dynamic deviations to static  lift coefficient are positively related with the varying sweep speeds. Mechanism study on the unsteady aerodynamic characteristics indicates that three key factors lead to the dynamic hysteresis loop in varying sweep process. They are the effects of additional velocity caused by varying sweep motion, the effects of flow hysteresis and viscosity. The additional velocity induced by sweep motion affects the transversal flow direction along the wing and the effective angle of attack at the airfoil profile. The physical properties of flow, the hysteresis and viscosity affect the unsteady aerodynamic characteristics by flow separation and induced vortexes.     

某型双轴涡喷发动机在高空台试车“放炮”故障分析及排除

本文介绍进口流场畸变对发动机稳定性的影响.文章针对某型双轴涡喷发动机在湍流型动态畸变流场条件下压气机喘振放炮的实例,重点分析了该发动机在高空台喘振放炮的原因及其排除故障的方法.增设气动格栅和收敛段整流装置可使进口流场较为均匀,使涡喷发动机在高空台地面进气流场下工作稳定可靠.     

快速傅立叶变换的多机并行计算

快速傅立叶变换(FFT)运算速度相比离散傅立叶变换(DFT)提高了1至2个数量级,但当离散信号的有限序列太长时,FFT算法同样也无法满足实时系统的需要.本文提出一种基于共享存储的多处理机计算FFT的并行算法,并给出该算法的性能分析.计算机仿真实验表明,该FFT并行算法有效、高速,适合于实时处理系统.     

发动机喘振-爆燃故障的信号分析

本文着重介绍某双轴发动机喘振—爆燃故障用 FFT信号处理机进行诊断和信号分析的方法。文章结合发动机在湍流动态畸变流场下的喘振—爆燃试验研究,介绍了试验设备、测量系统和对发动机“故障”信号分析的结论。湍流型动态畸变流场下的压气机喘振多为“漂移型”喘振,表现有随机性。发动机对动态畸变流场的敏感度远高于稳态畸变。利用 FFT信号分析技术进行故障诊断,有广泛应用价值。它较其它方法精确、迅速、简便。      

Hough transform for long chirp detection

The online detection of a very long and weak chirp signal is studied. The signal has an extremely slowly decreasing frequency, and is corrupted by white Gaussian noise and possibly also by powerful tones. By exploring and comparing candidate methods, it is found that the Hough transform (HT) detector appears to be most suitable given constraints on computational load and detectability. The analytical and the simulational performance of the HT detector are obtained and compared with the analytical performance of the generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT), which is assumed to be optimal. Applying a suitable threshold for the HT can increase speed dramatically while preserving performance. We have found that both dithering (taking varied frequency shifts for fast Fourier transforms (FFTs)) and increasing the FFT length can reduce the minimum detectable frequency slope with nearly no additional computation     

Frequency Domain Interpolation

A formula is derived for interpolation between output samples of a fast Fourier transform (FFT), i.e., in the frequency domain. Such a formula is useful for obtaining greater frequency resolution when two coarse FFT outputs are available. Consideration is also given to the effect of such interpolation on a weighted FFT.     

An efficient SAR parallel processor

A parallel architecture especially designed for a synthetic-aperture-radar (SAR) processing algorithm based on an appropriate two-dimensional fast Fourier transform (FFT) code is presented. The algorithm is briefly summarized, and the FFT code is given for the one-dimensional case, although all results can be immediately generalized to the double FFT. The computer architecture, which consists of a toroidal net with transputers on each node, is described. Parametric expressions for the computational time of the net versus the number of nodes are derived. The architecture allows drastic reduction of the processing time, preserving elaboration accuracy and flexibility     

On the false alarm probability for an overlapped FFT processor

A standard processor for detecting narrowband signals in noise applies the fast Fourier transform (FFT) to overlapped data blocks, and then sums the squared magnitudes of the bins from successive FFTs. The overlap of the data blocks causes these bins to be correlated, even when the noise is white. A simple expression is derived for the probability of false alarm when the covariance matrix of the FFT bins is tridiagonal     

Effect of blade sweep on inlet flow in axial compressor cascades

This paper presents comparative numerical studies to investigate the effects of blade sweep on inlet flow in axial compressor cascades. A series of swept and straight cascades was modeled in order to obtain a general understanding of the inlet flow field that is induced by sweep.A computational fluid dynamics(CFD) package was used to simulate the cascades and obtain the required three-dimensional(3D) flow parameters. A circumferentially averaged method was introduced which provided the circumferential fluctuation(CF) terms in the momentum equation.A program for data reduction was conducted to obtain a circumferentially averaged flow field.The influences of the inlet flow fields of the cascades were studied and spanwise distributions of each term in the momentum equation were analyzed. The results indicate that blade sweep does affect inlet radial equilibrium. The characteristic of radial fluid transfer is changed and thus influencing the axial velocity distributions. The inlet flow field varies mainly due to the combined effect of the radial pressure gradient and the CF component. The axial velocity varies consistently with the incidence variation induced by the sweep, as observed in the previous literature. In addition, factors that might influence the radial equilibrium such as blade camber angles, solidity and the effect of the distance from the leading edge are also taken into consideration and comparatively analyzed.     

压气机叶栅端壁流控制的试验研究

本文通过“原始”叶栅 (即常规的直叶片叶栅 )、“前掠”叶栅、“端弯”叶栅和“掠弯”叶栅等四套大弯角叶栅的对比试验 ,研究端“前掠”、端“增弯”和端“掠弯”对流场的影响。其中 ,端“掠弯”是本文新创的一种端壁流控制技术。试验结果表明 ,作为前掠和增弯的结合体—“掠弯”叶栅 ,具有端“前掠”和端“增弯”对流场影响的双重特征。     

基于ADuC812的激光陀螺扫频测试系统软硬件设计

设计了一种基于ADuC812的激光陀螺扫频测试系统,给出了系统软硬件设计方案。测试结果表明,所构建激光陀螺扫频测试系统具有可靠性高、性能良好,功能全面、使用方便、功耗低、价格低廉等特点,具有较好的实用价值。     

跨音速自适应风洞的任意初始壁方案

提出一种新的二维柔壁自适应风洞进行跨音速三维模型实验时,基于任意初始壁状态的洞壁调整方案,讨论了在较高跨音速实验Ma数的实验条件下,采用洞壁预调效应处理的洞壁自适应方案的实验结果。     

叶片掠对跨声转子进口流动的影响

选择NASA Rotor 37跨声转子作为原型叶片,在叶片90%展高以上通过移动叶型基元的弦向位置构造叶尖掠特征,共有包括原型转子、2个前掠转子和2个后掠转子等5种不同叶型几何的算例.利用数值模拟软件计算得到5种转子的总体特性并获得三维流场.结果表明:叶尖前掠减小了叶片尖部进口的平均攻角,而后掠则使攻角增大.引入周向平均无黏动量方程,计算出由周向平均所产生的周向不均匀源项及径向平衡方程的各项数值,并对比其在5个转子进口的分布规律及其与攻角变化之间的关联.通过改变进口的流动平衡,叶尖前掠使轴向速度增大、周向速度减小,进而使得攻角减小;后掠则在叶尖起到了相反的效应.采用这种准三维方法研究了叶片掠对叶片进口流场的影响.      

某测试台谐波摇摆运动的控制

某测试台主要运动方式为三自由度正弦摇摆Asinωt,三次谐波摇摆。本文详细阐述了该设备三次谐波谱的精密运动控制、在线实时轨迹显示和静态FFT分析。