Cubature Kalman filter with closed-loop covariance feedback control for integrated INS/GNSS navigation

Cubature Kalman Filter (CKF) offers a promising solution to handle the data fusion of integrated nonlinear INS/GNSS (Inertial Navigation System/Global Navigation Satellite System) navigation. However, its accuracy is degraded by inaccurate kinematic noise statistics which originate from disturbances of system dynamics. This paper develops a method of closed-loop feedback covariance control to address the above problem of CKF. In this method, the posterior state and its covariance are fed back to the filtering process to constitute a closed-loop structure for CKF covariance propagation. Subsequently, based on the maximum likelihood principle, a control scheme of the prior state covariance is established by using the feedback state and covariance within an estimation window and further adopting a proportional coefficient to amplify the feedback terms in recent time steps for the full use of new information to reflect actual system characteristics. Since it does not directly use kinematic noise covariance, the proposed method can effectively avoid the adverse impact of inaccurate kinematic noise statistics on filtering solutions. Further, it can also guarantee the prior state covariance to be positive semi-definite without involving extra measures. The efficacy of the proposed method is validated by simulations and experiments for integrated INS/GNSS navigation.     

基于3RRS-Bricard复合空间捕获系统运动学分析

面向跨尺度、目标多样化的空间捕获任务,融合Bricard和3RRS机构的折展特性和几何特点对复合捕获系统运动学进行了分析。基于捕获系统的自由度和构型特点分析,通过构建Bricard与3RRS间的转换关系实现了捕获系统各机构间的运动学解耦。根据六棱柱模型,引入Bricard虚拟顶点,设计了面向复合空间捕获系统的运动学求解方法。在仿真环境下搭建捕获系统的运动学和动力学模型,并开展针对动态捕获目标的轨迹跟随实验。通过与基于闭环约束的阻尼最小二乘法（DLS）对比,验证了该运动学求解算法的有效性和先进性。实验结果表明,捕获系统可实现平稳的协同控制,运动过程中位置跟随精度优于4 mm,姿态精度优于0.035 rad。     

可重构混联机械手——Tricept的自标定方法

由于并联构型装备难于实现全闭环反馈控制,使运动学标定成为一项具有显著经济价值并十分有效的提高并联构型装备精度的手段,通常包括误差建模、测量、辨识和补偿4个环节。基于以上因素,以5自由度混联机械手Tricept为对象,研究一种基于内部传感器检测信息的运动学标定方法。首先建立传感器测量值与影响末端可补偿位姿误差的几何误差源的映射关系。在此基础上,讨论了几何误差的可辨识性。通过计算机仿真验证了所提方法的可行性和有效性。     

面向对象的航空发动机电子控制器建模与仿真

为了模拟航空发动机电子控制器的结构和功能,根据1种典型的民用涡扇发动机数字电子控制器的硬件结构和工作原理,采用基于面向对象的建模方法,为航空发动机数控系统仿真平台FADEC Works搭建了数字电子控制器部件仿真类库,利用数字电子控制器部件仿真类库建立了双通道数字电子控制器模型,在FADEC Works仿真平台上与发动机模型进行了集成,构成了航空发动机闭环数控系统,并对搭建的双通道数字电子控制器模型进行了仿真和验证。结果表明:利用数字电子控制器部件仿真类库搭建的数字电子控制器模型能够模拟数字电子控制器的运行过程。该模型可应用于控制运行逻辑、故障诊断逻辑、通道切换逻辑的开发、集成、测试和验证。     

Design and Experiments of Model-free Compound Controller of Flight Simulator

A model-free compound controller design method is proposed to achieve the wide frequency bandwidth requirement of flight simulators. The method based on quantitative feedback theory, acquires system uncertainty under different working conditions through closed-loop identification with power spectrum estimation. Then in controller designing, it makes a tradeoff between the strict requirements for magnitude-frequency characteristics and those for phase-frequency characteristics of flight simulators, by converting the indices of magnitude-frequency characteristics of flight simulators into quantitative feedback theory-based tracking specification bounds and using feedforward controller to attain the required phase-frequency characteristics. Simulation and experimental results indicate that, when used to design inner frame controller of flight simulator, the proposed method can fulfill the requirements for wide frequency bandwidth indices. Compared with other controller design methods, it has the property of model-free and transparency.     

Model reference adaptive control with smooth switching scheme for piecewise linear systems and its application in turbofan engine control

A model reference adaptive control (MRAC) with smooth switching scheme was proposed for piecewise linear systems, and the method was utilized in turbofan engine control to avoid the discontinuity of control input. In this scheme, each sub-region of the operating envelope had its own MRAC controller, and smooth indicator function based smooth switching scheme was introduced to switch multiple controllers smoothly at the boundary of adjacent sub-regions. The Lyapunov stability analysis indicated that the proposed smooth switching scheme can guarantee the convergence of the closed-loop system during the controllers switching. The tracking error system was converted into a switched system to analyze the global stability of the closed-loop system. The advantage of the method was that the chattering of system output and instability caused by asynchronous switching can be eliminated. The simulation illustrates the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme in comparison with the existing MRAC controller with gain scheduling for turbofan engine.      

Active control for performance enhancement of electrically controlled rotor

Electrically controlled rotor(ECR) system has the potential to enhance the rotor performance by applying higher harmonic flap inputs. In order to explore the feasibility and effectiveness for ECR performance enhancement using closed-loop control method, firstly, an ECR rotor performance analysis model based on helicopter flight dynamic model is established, which can reflect the performance characteristics of ECR helicopter at high advance ratio. Based on the simulation platform, an active control method named adaptive T-matrix algorithm is adopted to explore the feasibility and effectiveness for ECR performance enhancement. The simulation results verify the effectiveness of this closed-loop control method. For the sample ECR helicopter, about 3% rotor power reduction is obtained with the optimum 2/rev flap inputs at the advance ratio of 0.34. And through analyzing the distributions of attack of angle and drag in rotor disk, the underlying physical essence of ECR power reduction is cleared. Furthermore, the influence of the key control parameters, including convergence factor and weighting matrix, on the effectiveness of closed-loop control for ECR performance enhancement is explored. Some useful results are summarized, which can be used to direct the future active control law design of ECR performance enhancement.     

基于DPS控制的双向全桥直流变换器的建模

为方便双向全桥直流变换器的稳定性分析以及闭环控制器的设计,利用广义状态空间平均法对工作在双重移相控制方式下的双向全桥直流变换器进行了建模研究,得到了系统的大信号模型,通过线性化处理,得到系统小信号模型,并根据小信号模型进行了控制器设计。利用Matlab仿真验证所建立模型的准确性以及闭环系统的稳定性,仿真结果表明,小信号模型能准确跟随系统输出,且闭环系统符合GJB 181B要求。     

Adaptive block dynamic surface control for integrated missile guidance and autopilot

A novel integrated guidance and autopilot design method is proposed for homing missiles based on the adaptive block dynamic surface control approach. The fully integrated guidance and autopilot model is established by combining the nonlinear missile dynamics with the nonlinear dynamics describing the pursuit situation of a missile and a target in the three-dimensional space. The integrated guidance and autopilot design problem is further converted to a state regulation problem of a time-varying nonlinear system with matched and unmatched uncertainties. A new and simple adaptive block dynamic surface control algorithm is proposed to address such a state regulation problem. The stability of the closed-loop system is proven based on the Lyapunov theory. The six degrees of freedom (6DOF) nonlinear numerical simulation results show that the proposed integrated guidance and autopilot algorithm can ensure the accuracy of target interception and the robust stability of the closed-loop system with respect to the uncertainties in the missile dynamics.     

Modeling and flapping vibration suppression of a novel tailless flapping wing micro air vehicle

This paper establishes and analyzes a high-fidelity nonlinear time-periodic dynamic model and the corresponding state observer for flapping vibration suppression of a novel tailless Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle(FWMAV), named NPU-Tinybird. Firstly, a complete modeling of NPU-Tinybird is determined, including the aerodynamic model based on the quasi-steady method, the kinematic and dynamic model about the mechanism of flapping and attitude control,combined with the single rigid body dynamic mod...     

航空发动机燃油系统执行机构及其传感器故障诊断

提出了基于执行机构模型和航空发动机逆模型的执行机构及其传感器单一故障诊断和定位方法.基于执行机构小闭环结构建立了3阶执行机构传递函数模型.基于两个并联的BP(back propagation)神经网络,建立了航空发动机稳态逆模块和动态补偿模块,形成航空发动机逆模型,以实现基于航空发动机输出的燃油流量估计.以执行机构模型输出和传感器输出之间的偏差为依据进行故障判别,以航空发动机逆模型输出和传感器输出偏差为依据对故障进行定位.以某型航空发动机及其燃油系统执行机构模型为对象进行的仿真,结果表明,该诊断系统可在航空发动机稳态、动态情况下准确地诊断出幅值在1.6%以上的执行机构及其传感器故障并进行定位,验证了所提出故障诊断方法的有效性.      

Fault tolerant control system design with explicit consideration of performance degradation

A new approach is proposed for active fault tolerant control systems (FTCS), which allows one to explicitly incorporate allowable system performance degradation in the event of partial actuator fault in the design process. The method is based on model-following and command input management techniques. The degradation in dynamic performance is accounted for through a degraded reference model. A novel method for,selecting such a model is also presented. The degradation in steady-state performance is dealt with using a command input adjustment technique. When a fault is detected by the fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) scheme, the reconfigurable controller is designed automatically using an eigenstructure assignment algorithm in an explicit model-following framework so that the dynamics of the closed-loop system follow that of the degraded reference model. In the mean time, the command input is also adjusted automatically to prevent the actuators from saturation. The proposed method has been evaluated using the lateral dynamics of an F-8 aircraft against actuator faults subject to constraints on the magnitude of actuator inputs. Very encouraging results have been obtained.     

Start-up current adaptive control for sensorless high-speed brushless DC motors based on inverse system method and internal mode controller

The start-up current control of the high-speed brushless DC (HS-BLDC) motor is a chal-lenging research topic. To effectively control the start-up current of the sensorless HS-BLDC motor, an adaptive control method is proposed based on the adaptive neural network (ANN) inverse system and the two degrees of freedom (2-DOF) internal model controller (IMC). The HS-BLDC motor is identified by the online least squares support vector machine (OLS-SVM) algo-rithm to regulate the ANN inverse controller parameters in real time. A pseudo linear system is developed by introducing the constructed real-time inverse system into the original HS-BLDC motor system. Based on the characteristics of the pseudo linear system, an extra closed-loop feed-back control strategy based on the 2-DOF IMC is proposed to improve the transient response per-formance and enhance the stability of the control system. The simulation and experimental results show that the proposed control method is effective and perfect start-up current tracking perfor-mance is achieved.     

空天飞行器的鲁棒自适应模糊轨迹线性化控制

提出了鲁棒自适应模糊轨迹线性化控制(RAFTLC)方法并应用于空天飞行器(ASV)飞行控制系统设计.根据系统的先验知识, 设计出标称模糊系统对系统的未知干扰和不确定进行估计, 并通过鲁棒自适应控制项来克服标称模糊系统逼近误差和权值误差的影响.标称模糊系统逼近误差和权值误差的界在线调整.采用Lyapunov方法证明了闭环系统的所有信号一致最终有界.最后利用提出的控制方案设计了ASV飞行控制系统, 并在高超声速条件下进行了仿真验证.仿真结果表明了控制方案的有效性和鲁棒性.      

基于变速积分的高速电机磁悬浮控制系统设计

针对磁悬浮高速电机的磁轴承-转子系统,设计了基于MCU+FPGA的数字控制系统。为实现转子系统的高转速下稳定控制,在建立了磁轴承-转子闭环控制系统模型的基础上,针对常规PID控制系统的超调振荡问题和PD控制系统的转子位移静差问题,利用变速积分的思想设计了改进的PID控制器。实验表明,在消除了系统静差的同时明显减小了系统的超调量和调节时间,说明设计的控制系统具有很好的动态特性和稳态精度。     

Super twisting controller for on-orbit servicing to non-cooperative target

A relative position and attitude coupled controller is proposed for rendezvous and docking between two docking ports located in different spacecraft. It is concerned with servicing to a tumbling non-cooperative target spacecraft in arbitrary orbit subjected to external disturbances.By considering both kinematic and dynamical coupled effects of relative rotation on relative translation, a coupled dynamic model is established to represent the relative motion of docking port on target spacecraft with respect to another on the service spacecraft. The spacecraft control is based on the second order sliding mode algorithm of super twisting(ST). It is schemed to manipulate the relative position and attitude synchronously. A formal proof of the finite time convergence property of the closed-loop system is derived theoretically by the second method of Lyapunov. Numerical simulations with the designed ST controller are presented to validate the analytic analysis by contrast with the twisting control algorithm. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed relative position and attitude integrated controller is characterized by high precision, strong robustness and high reliability.     

Adaptive fuzzy terminal sliding mode control for the free-floating space manipulator with free-swinging joint failure

Space manipulator with free-swinging joint failure simultaneously contains kinematic and dynamic coupling relationships, so it belongs to a new underactuated system. To allow the manipulator to carry on tasks, an effective robust underactuated control method for the space manipulator with free-swinging joint failure is studied in this paper. Considering the effect of model uncertainty and joint torque disturbance, a robust underactuated control system based on the Terminal Sliding Mode Controller (TSMC) is designed, but two drawbacks are discussed: (A) Robustness depraves with eliminating chattering. (B) Control parameters are difficult to be determined under unknown uncertainty and disturbance. To improve the TSMC, the adaptive fuzzy controller is introduced to estimate the real effect of unknown uncertainty and disturbance according to deviations of sliding mode and its reaching law. The estimated result is directly compensated into active joints torque. In simulation, the space manipulator with free-swinging joint executes tasks based on the TSMC and the Adaptive Fuzzy Terminal Sliding Mode Controller (AFTSMC) respectively. Same tasks can be finished with smaller joints torque and stronger robustness based on the AFTSMC. Therefore, AFTSMC can serve as an effective robust control method for the space manipulator with free-swinging joint failure under unknown model uncertainty and torque disturbance.     

变体无人机动力学模型及切换控制研究

针对能够在飞行过程中进行结构变形的变体无人机,考虑由变形引起的气动力与力矩,惯性力与力矩的非线性变化,建立其在质点系假设条件下的多体动力学模型。根据切换系统理论,将变体无人机视为一类线性切换系统,选择设计点,采用极点配置方法针对各设计点处的线性子系统设计控制器,再制定以变形量为决策变量的控制切换方案,构成切换控制系统。通过建立公共Lyapunov函数,推导了能够保证闭环切换系统在结构变形过程中一致有界的充分条件。以变体无人机Fire-Bee为例,验证了方案的有效性,仿真结果表明闭环系统无论在固定结构下还是变形过程中都具有良好的动态特性。     

基于双闭环速度控制的捕获轨迹系统

中国现有高速风洞捕获轨迹（CTS）试验采用闭环形式的位置控制方式,外挂物模型处于间歇式运动模式,导致试验效率较低和可能出现“假碰撞”。鉴于此,提出了一种双闭环速度控制策略,通过建立外挂物模型的气动力/力矩误差控制环,动态产生最优速度变换尺度,在试验过程中始终以外挂物模型运动速度为控制目标,实现了CTS试验速度控制方式。地面仿真和风洞试验结果表明：双闭环速度控制策略原理正确,获得的轨迹与位置控制方式具有较好的一致性,而且克服了可能出现的“假碰撞”现象,试验时间缩短一半,数据重复性好,获得的轨迹数据信息大幅增加。证明该双闭环速度控制策略具有广阔的应用前景。     

基于混合区域极点配置的航空发动机全包线鲁棒变参数控制器设计

针对航空发动机全包线多变量鲁棒变增益控制器设计问题,提出了一种基于混合区域极点配置的鲁棒变参数控制方法。利用Jacobian方法建立多调度参数下的发动机仿射线性变参数(Linear parameter varying,LPV)模型,用于描述发动机全包线内的非线性动态特性;针对上述LPV模型,采用仿射参数依赖Lyapunov函数设计具有H∞鲁棒性能的状态反馈控制器,给出了控制系统全局稳定性的证明;并利用混合区域极点配置方法,将闭环系统极点配置到左半平面指定位置,以保证控制系统的动态特性及稳定裕度;进而引入凸多胞技术,将参数依赖线性矩阵不等式(Linear matrix inequality,LMI)方程转化为有限维LMI进行控制器求解,并得到了全局解。针对涡扇发动机的仿真结果表明:存在复杂量测噪声干扰条件下,鲁棒变参数控制器可以实现发动机全包线内控制指令的精确跟踪,系统阶跃响应的调节时间不超过1.5s,系统无超调,对控制期望的稳态跟踪误差在0.02%以内,符合发动机控制系统技术要求。