The canberra high altitude mission platform

This presents the capabilities of two English Electric Aviation Canberra aircraft owned by High Altitude Mapping Missions, Inc. These aircraft are available for high altitude commercial, government, and scientific missions. The basic specifications of the Canberra are provided and compared to other high-performance jet aircraft falling into the same category. This describes the high altitude flight characteristics and mission capabilities of the Canberras. The aircraft are configured to conduct up to eight-hour flight operations with up to six hours at 50,000 feet altitude. Shorter missions can be conducted at higher altitudes. Potential missions include: IFSAR, magnetic field mapping, gravity field mapping, imaging (SAR, IR, & hyper-spectral), LIDAR, communications relay, dropsonde deployment, hybrid rocket launching, severe storm monitoring, and disaster monitoring. Canberra high altitude operations have minimal weather impact on missions, are free from flight constraints imposed by air traffic control, can do large area coverage, and long mission times.     

靶机挂载可变 RCS龙勃透镜时的 RCS起伏特性

训练用靶机尺寸远小于实战中的飞机,其 RCS数值大小和起伏特性与飞机存在较大的差别。为了以低廉的价格为部队训练提供高逼真度的模拟靶机,在靶机机头、翼下等位置放置一定样式的可变 RCS龙勃透镜,可以得到类似实战中飞机的 RCS特性。通过控制龙勃透镜的反射面位置可以改变其 RCS数值,实现模拟靶机 RCS的数值变化。采用靶机挂载可变 RCS龙勃透镜对 MQ-1无人机前向 RCS起伏特性进行了模拟,取得了较好的效果,可为采用靶机挂载可变 RCS龙勃透镜模拟作战飞机的全向 RCS特性提供借鉴。     

航空发动机飞行载荷谱的预测

提出了基于飞机的设计飞行任务剖面、飞行力学及发动机原理的发动机飞行载荷的预测方法,即首先将飞机的设计飞行任务剖面通过飞行力学的基本原理转化为发动机的推力（或油门）剖面,然后通过发动机性能计算获得发动机的其它工作状态参数,从而获得发动机的飞行载荷谱。      

一种机载平台动态测姿精度检验方法

机载惯导平台目前只在实验室转台上进行过测试,实际动态情况下对较高姿态测量精度无法测试。本文针对这种情况,提出一种利用机载实况记录系统输出的测角数据、飞机和靶机位置数据等信息,对机载平台动态测姿精度进行检验的方法。     

基于有向图的蜂群无人机故障影响

基于蜂群无人机控制模型，针对虚假数据注入的故障情形，为了分析该故障情形下，蜂群无人机中故障的的影响及传播关系，采用故障传播有向图及一致性理论，开展蜂群无人机故障影响机理研究。首先，通过Dijkstra算法计算故障源到各无人机的最短路径，建立故障传播有向图；然后预测各无人机受故障影响的程度，结合蜂群无人机系统，计算一致性行为偏差的指标，并将其作为实际故障影响程度；最后，通过对预测结果与实际故障影响程度进行仿真比较，验证了所建立的故障影响机理的合理性。     

Broadcasting of a Digitally Coded List of Transponder Equipped Aircraft Scanned by FAA Ground Radars as a Means of Collision Avoidance, Navigation, Air Traffic Structuring, and Airfield Approach

An air traffic control system is proposed in which 1) all aircraft are equipped wit transponders, 2) FAA radar sites broadcast a digitally coded list of the identity, altitude, and coordinates of aircraft scanned, 3) each aircraft on receiving this list converts it into a PPI display with the blip of that aircraft branded and blips of off-altitude aircraft blanked, and 4) superimposed on this display are projected maps of airways appropriate to the particular radar and the aircraft altitude. This system could provide a fairly complete capability for air traffic control, structuring, navigation, and collision avoidance at a cost of about 3000 dollars per aircraft. It would replace most navigational and communication equipment now in use and could be operational in several years.     

Flight trajectory optimization of sun-tracking solar aircraft under the constraint of mission region

The optimal yawing angle of sun-tracking solar aircraft is tightly related to the solar azimuth angle, which results in a large arc flight path to dynamically track the sun position. However, the limited detection range of payload usually requires solar aircraft to loiter over areas of interest for persistent surveillance missions. The large arc sun-tracking flight may cause the target area on the ground to be outside the maximum coverage area of payload. The present study therefore develops an optimal flight control approach for planning the flight path of sun-tracking solar aircraft within a mission region. The proposed method enables sun-tracking solar aircraft to maintain the optimal yawing angle most of the time during daylight flight, except when the aircraft reverses its direction by turning flight. For a circular region with a mission radius of 50 km, the optimal flight trajectory and controls of an example Λ-shaped sun-tracking solar aircraft are investigated theoretically. Results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach to optimize the flight path of the sun-tracking aircraft under the given circular region while maximizing the battery input power. Furthermore, the effects of varying the mission radius on energy performance are explored numerically. It has been proved that both net energy and energy balance remain nearly constant as the radius constraint varies, which enables the solar aircraft to achieve perpetual flight at almost the same latitude as the large arc flight. The method and results presented in this paper can provide reference for the persistent operation of sun-tracking solar aircraft within specific mission areas.     

Aircraft flight control system design under state and controlbounds

Sophisticated control configurations are needed to meet the mission and pilotage requirements for advanced aircraft. The required vehicle performance during low altitude, low speed and high angle of attack flight, all-weather, day and night operations must be achieved, and new control technologies should be developed. This work presents a systematic control design philosophy for flight control systems when the state variables and control inputs are bounded by the prespecified constraints. The design procedure uses the dynamic programming concept. The fundamental idea involves minimization of nonquadratic functionals. A new representation of constraints is proposed using the smooth functions. The advantages of the synthesis approach are presented. To illustrate the design methodology the longitudinal control configuration for the F-18 fighter is synthesized     

Dynamics modeling and control of a transport aircraft for ultra-low altitude airdrop

The nonlinear aircraft model with heavy cargo moving inside is derived by using the separation body method, which can describe the influence of the moving cargo on the aircraft attitude and altitude accurately. Furthermore, the nonlinear system is decoupled and linearized through the input–output feedback linearization method. On this basis, an iterative quasi-sliding mode(SM)flight controller for speed and pitch angle control is proposed. At the first-level SM, a global dynamic switching function is introduced thus eliminating the reaching phase of the sliding motion.At the second-level SM, a nonlinear function with the property of ‘‘smaller errors correspond to bigger gains and bigger errors correspond to saturated gains' ' is designed to form an integral sliding manifold, and the overcompensation of the integral term to big errors is weakened. Lyapunovbased analysis shows that the controller with strong robustness can reject both constant and time-varying model uncertainties. The performance of the proposed control strategy is verified in a maximum load airdrop mission.     

太阳能飞机循环飞行的高度剖面能量策略

为满足设定的太阳能飞机多日连续飞行条件，依据飞行过程中当前时刻的飞行高度、光伏输出功率、动力电池组余量等系统状态参数，研究如何分配动力电池组充放电和电推进系统输入等功率。所用策略立足于实时功率平衡，充分利用正午前后的光伏峰值功率用于飞机爬升及充电，在午后下滑过程中利用全部光伏输出，以最大化利用光伏资源；在光伏有效输出不足时则以一定的维持功率下滑，使能量的综合损失最小。方法能够提高以预定夜间飞行高度连续多日续航的成功率，提升飞行高度、纬度、季节范围或搭载能力，或者拓展这几种飞行条件的组合域，优化太阳能飞机的适用性。     

轰六丁飞机超低空突防飞行性能分析

首先简要分析了低空和超低空突防飞行在战术上的优越性。并根据国内外有关的飞行实践，结合轰六丁飞机的实际飞行，从理论上较详细地分析了轰六丁飞机低空和超低空飞行的有关问题，如飞行速度和高度的选择、机动飞行的特点以及地面任务的保障等。最后，为保证飞行安全，充分发挥轰六丁飞机低空和超低空突防的作战能力提出了一些建议。     

Aerodynamic benefits of adaptive wing technology

Especially in the case of large transonic transport aircraft, flight conditions change considerably during a typical mission. This is accounted for by multiple but fixed design points which compromise aircraft performance. Employing adaptive wing technology where the wing geometry, or other means of flow control, adjusts the flow development to the changing freestream and load conditions allows us to explore fully the flow potential at each point of the flight envelope. Various means of flow control by geometric adaptation and by direct boundary layer control have been investigated within the German national program ADIF and the EU-project EUROSHOCK II and their potential explored. Here, corresponding results are presented and discussed, indicating the applicability and benefits of the adaptive control methods considered. It is also demonstrated that, generally, flow control must be adaptive to work in real aeronautical conditions since these conditions change within the mission flight envelope.     

飞行器栖落机动轨迹可达域分析

飞行器的栖落机动被认为是解决舰载固定翼飞机超短距精确着舰的一种可行方式,已有研究主要集中于栖落过程大迎角气动力建模、标称栖落轨迹优化与轨迹跟踪控制,而鲜有对栖落着舰任务的总体分析。基于飞行器纵向栖落机动动力学模型,引入栖落轨迹可达域的概念,并给出可达域的数学描述;在此基础上,对可达域求解采用计算速度和精度兼具的高斯伪谱法,将可达域问题拆分为三个轨迹优化问题依次求解,首先求解栖落轨迹终端高度上边界,然后求解终端高度一定时的最近轨迹,最后求解终端高度一定时的最远轨迹,并给出相应的轨迹优化数学模型。结果表明：运用该模型及求解方法能快速得到计算结果,无动力飞行器的纵向栖落轨迹可达域为上窄下宽的不对称区域,且左右边界曲线线性度较好。     

任务可靠度的估算分析

飞机设计工作中一项十分重要的任务是产品可靠性设计，本文回顾了任务可靠性的基本概念，给出了能够确定飞机完成任务可能性的任务可靠度的估算方法。在此基础上，为说明任务可靠度估算的实际过程，本文最后对某型飞机电传控制系统任务可靠度进行了分析，并给出了分析结论。     

计算机辅助的低空风切变改出优化控制

介绍了动态系统的计算机辅助直接优化方法的原理及其在低空风切变改出飞行中的应用，利用较真实的风切变工程化模型，选择适当的控制函数模型，性能准则及其约束条件，通过计算机直接地，系统地和迭代地探寻最优条件，对飞机改出低空风切变控制进行了优化，获得了最佳改出性能飞行参数曲线，并与没有优化的改出引导策略结果作了比较，结果表明，通过优化，飞机改出低空风切变的性能获得了明显的改善。     

一种空中加油可变阻尼稳定伞设计及性能分析

为了突破传统空中加油稳定伞对于加油机飞行速度和高度的限制,设计了一种加装气动弹性支架的可变阻尼稳定伞。通过流固耦合(FSI)数值模拟,得到不同工况下的片状弹簧变形与稳定伞伞面形状,通过计算流体动力学(CFD)得到稳定伞气动力的变化趋势。根据气动力结果计算软管的拖拽形状及锥套下沉量。仿真结果表明:所设计的可变阻尼稳定伞的阻力变化量和锥套在空中位置变化范围分别降至传统稳定伞的70%和60%,能够实现阻力的自适应控制,拓宽了传统结构稳定伞适用的速度、高度范围。      

货物在货舱内移动时飞机动态特性的研究

本文根据理论力学和飞行力学的基本原理,对货物在飞机货舱内移动时飞机和货物的运动方程作了详细推导.并对牵引伞的牵引力,约束反力的确定进行了探讨.得出了一些有益的结论.并以Y—8飞机为例,对牵引伞的牵引比、空投速度、空投高度、空机和货物重量、空投货物装置位置和操纵规律等各种田素以及空投操稳特性进行了分析研究.     

基于尾流效应的编队飞行优化分析

针对如何利用前机尾涡的上洗气流来达到减小后机飞行阻力的问题,进行了基于尾流效应的编队飞行优化分析。首先,通过分析后机在尾涡上洗气流中的受力情况,建立了尾流效应相关模型;然后,通过计算诱导滚转力矩系数评估后机飞行的安全性,通过阻力系数的变化判定诱导减阻效果;最后,建立多目标优化评价模型,以后机的安全性和诱导减阻效果为优化目标来确定后机在编队飞行中的最佳位置。研究结果表明,最佳编队位置并不是固定的,飞行高度、飞行速度等外部因素都会对编队飞行中后机的最佳编队位置产生一定的影响。     

基于 CFD 和推阻分解技术的全机溢流阻力预测与分析

飞机在飞行过程中,根据性能需求,需要不断调整发动机活门流量系数,因此发动机短舱唇口的压力分布形态会发生很大变化,前方外流作用于进气道内流管上的合力也将改变,从而引起溢流阻力变化。本文基于某型号飞机,结合 CFD 动力模拟和推阻分解方法,获得不同流量系数下的溢流阻力,并分析流量系数、马赫数、高度、迎角对溢流阻力的影响。溢流阻力预测方法和影响研究可为飞机/涡扇发动机一体化设计、大涵道比短舱设计和气动力预测提供参考。     

Realization of an optimized wing camber by using formvariable flap structures

According to market research predictions, a large growth in the number of passengers as well as airfreight volume can be expected for the civil transport aircraft industry. This will lead to an increased competition between aircraft manufacturers. To stay competitive it will be essential to improve the efficiency of new generation of aircraft. Transonic wings of civil aircraft with their fixed geometry offer an especially large potential for improvement. Such fixed geometry wings are optimized for only one design point, characterized by the following parameters: altitude, mach number and aircraft weight. Since these vary permanently during the mission of the aircraft the wing geometry is rarely optimal. As aerodynamic investigations have shown, one possibility to compensate for this major disadvantage lies in the chordwise and spanwise differential variation of the wing camber for mission duration. This paper describes the design of a flexible flap system for an adaptive wing to be used in civil transport aircraft that allows both a chordwise as well as a spanwise differential camber variation during flight. Since both lower and upper skins are flexed by active ribs, the camber variation is achieved with a smooth contour and without any additional gaps. This approach for varying the wing's camber is designed to be used for replacement and enhancement of a given flap system. In addition, the kinematics of the rib structure allows for adaptation of the profile contour to different types of aerodynamic and geometric requirements.