民用飞机自动飞机控制系统的发展（下）

5 有关飞行控制自动化的争议 前10年内飞行控制自动化领域出现过两次较大的争论。 5.1 飞行控制自动化导致设备复杂化，是否影响了驾驶员的理解和接受能力，影响了飞行安全？或者说飞行控制自动化是否过头了？ 当时从人机接口关系上曾提出过一些正面教学的观点： (1) 自动飞行方式过多，在某些方式的自动过渡中易使驾驶员模糊或误解； (2) 某些驾驶员过分依赖自动化，造成盲目的安全感而导致意外失控； (3) 驾驶员长期依靠自动化系统而缺乏手动操纵实践，技术熟练程度逐渐下降和荒废，当出现某些意外时，将手足无措，不能操纵改出； (4) …     

Use of Fiber Optics in Digital Automatic Flight Control Systems

The availability of digital MSI and LSI has made digital flight control systems more cost effective than analog systems for all but the simplest systems. The organization of a digital flight control system is concerned not only with implementation of the control laws and associated logic but also with the management of the data used in these computations and the organization of the computation. The configuration taken by a digital flight control system is dominated by the integrity and data handling requirements. This paper considers the impact of these factors on the design and operation of digital flight control systems with particular emphasis on the use of fiber optics for transmission of data between lanes.     

一种支持双余度CAN总线接口的A/D采集单元设计

模拟量输入通道是无人机飞行控制系统自动检测计算机的关键部件之一.设计了某自动检测计算机内部一种基于余度CAN总线的A/D采集单元.根据总体技术指标要求,从器件选型到系统软硬件设计采用了先进性与实用性兼顾的设计思想.实际测试结果表明该接口单元工作稳定,性能良好,满足检测无人机飞行控制系统各性能指标的要求.     

XV-15倾转旋翼飞机飞行控制系统概述

XV-15倾转旋翼飞机兼有直升机垂直起降、空中悬停及固定翼飞机高速巡航的优点，因而在军用和民用飞机中有着广泛的应用前景。XV-15的机体结构和普通飞机一样，但在翼尖安装可以倾转的发动机短舱和旋翼。该飞机控制系统结合旋翼控制和固定翼控制，通过自动控制系统和推力管理系统来辅助飞行员对飞机的控制。主要介绍了主飞行控制系统和辅助控制系统的控制特点。     

大型航空运输企业航班恢复系统(RM)应用研究

随着航空公司机队规模和运营航线的不断扩大,在发生大面积航班延误时,航空公司需要快速计算出最优的航班恢复方案。为了提高运行控制效率,探索一种优化控制的方法,根据经济效益、航班正常等不同的目标要求,计算出最优的运行方案,最终达到快速、高效地调配航班。分析了大型航空运输企业不正常航班恢复的主要场景,在此基础上筛选了制约航班恢复的关键约束条件,设计了航班恢复和校验的基本逻辑,通过应对台风处置的实际案例,验证了某大型航司和美国世博公司的航班恢复系统(RM)在实际案例应用中的效果,总结了该航班恢复系统的优点和存在的风险及短板。实践表明,该系统可缩短2 h航班运行恢复时间,平均每个受影响航班减少延误30 min,减少相应的成本2万元,提升整体航班正常率3%~5%。     

飞机自动进近和自动着陆的分析研究

本文首先概述了当前民航客机的自动导航、进近、着陆的全过程。随着重点分析了波音737飞机利用SP-77自动飞行控制系统与仪表着陆系然的航向信标仪和下滑仪及机载无线电高度表等设备实现向跑道自动进近和自动着陆的工作过程,并系统介绍了在实现上述过程中,SP-77自动飞行控制系统的自动驾驶仪横滚通道和俯仰通道控制逻辑的建立,系统工作电路的转换,系统的控制规律和工作特点。     

Autonomous fault detection and removal using GPS carrier phase

This paper is focused on the use of carrier phase measurements and parity space methodology to investigate the limits of high-integrity and high-continuity satellite-based navigation performance. In this regard, a new algorithm for receiver autonomous fault detection and removal is developed with the specific goal of attaining the high levels of integrity and continuity required for aircraft precision approach and landing applications. Fault detection and removal algorithm performance is demonstrated through analysis and simulation, and the results of tests using deliberately induced failures in raw night data are presented     

飞机全电刹车机电作动系统上电自检测

提出了一种飞机全电刹车机电作动（EMA）系统的上电自检测（POST）方法,以保证系统在运行前处于安全工作区域。通过检测,可及时准确地定位和更换故障部件,提高飞机出勤率。在系统运行之前,尽可能在有限的检测次数内全面准确地检测敏感元件,定位故障部件,避免造成刹车系统的二次伤害。针对逆变器和电机三相绕组组成的驱动回路,利用母线电容放电产生电流,完成检测。检测过程利用电容电压而非电源为逆变器供电,可防止过高的短路电流对电源的冲击,且电容上存储的能量有限,可有效避免短路故障对系统的二次伤害。检测方法在原有电路的基础上并未增加传感器和检测电路,但实现了逆变器功率管以及电机绕组,短路和开路故障的全面检测,且可定位出故障部件和故障原因。该机电作动系统上电自检测方法能够保证在一秒内完成系统全面自检测,经过1 000次正常及带故障试验,故障的误报率和漏报率保持在1‰以下。在现场试验中,系统可抵御飞机复杂的电磁环境（EME）,工作性能稳定。通过软件设置不同故障阈值,可方便移植到其他机电作动系统中。     

Sensor/actuator failure detection in the Vista F-16 by multiplemodel adaptive estimation

Multiple model adaptive estimation (MMAE) is applied to the Variable-In-flight Stability Test Aircraft (VISTA) F-16 flight control system at a low dynamic pressure flight condition (0.4 M at 20000 ft). Single actuator and sensor failures are addressed first, followed by dual actuator and sensor failures. The system is evaluated for complete or “hard” failures, partial or, “soft” failures, and combinations of hard and soft actuator and sensor failures. Residual monitoring is discussed for single and dual failure scenarios. Performance is enhanced by the application of a modified Bayesian form of MMAE, scalar residual monitoring to reduce ambiguities, automatic dithering where advantageous, and purposeful commands     

Integrated flight control systems: a new paradigm for an old art

The automatic flight control computer was a revolutionary development in the early days of flight, even in its primitive electromechanical form. It evolved into an electronic computing device, starting as an analog computer and maturing into software run on a digital, general-purpose microprocessor. The current accepted industry standard is to use a dedicated microprocessor in its own enclosure for this function that is essentially firewalled from the rest of the systems on the aircraft. This paper will explore the opportunity to integrate the flight control function into an integrated processing platform, which is a robustly partitioned platform that supports multiple functions of dissimilar design assurance levels. This approach provides all of the benefits of an integrated system, while still maintaining the separation provided by a stand-alone unit. The paper will consider both the advantages and disadvantages of this approach. The discussion will describe each of the alternatives in general and then focus specifically on autopilot and flight control functions that have potential for integration. The end goal of the paper is to impress on the reader an understanding of the different alternatives available for autopilot, flight control, and avionics modernization in general. This includes the development of a selection matrix that will assist the reader in making decisions on how best to implement these functions according to criticality and the volatility of their future requirements     

歼击机对传感器故障的分散鲁棒容错控制

 从提高控制系统的可靠性及安全性出发,提出了对关联大系统的传感器故障具有完整性的分散鲁棒控制器设计方法,应用鲁棒性指数特性,对歼击机纵向控制系统进行分散鲁棒性设计。这种完整性的设计方法,使得歼击机在传感器正常或故障情况下,都能稳定地飞行并具有参数鲁棒性。     

基于部件跟踪滤波器的解析余度技术

研究一种以发动机部件跟踪滤波器(CTF)为基础的解析余度技术, 它将CTF与故障检测、隔离和适应逻辑进行了有效的综合, 以改进发动机数控系统的可靠性。仿真表明, 本文所设计的解析余度技术, 在传感器无故障时, 机载模型能正确跟踪发动机的变化。当传感器发生故障时, 在不损坏机载模型的情况下, 又能及时、有效地进行硬、软故障的检测、隔离与适应。      

All terrain ground collision avoidance and maneuvering terrainfollowing for automated low level night attack

The development of an all-terrain ground collision avoidance system (GCAS) in conjunction with a maneuvering terrain-following (TF) system is discussed. Both systems use a digital terrain database. These systems are presented concurrently because of their complementary mission role. The unprecedented pilot interaction available with the automatic systems provides a means to improve combat survivability significantly. The pilot is able to execute high rate turns, evasive maneuvers, and inverted ridge crossings while following the terrain contour. Safety is maintained in day, night and weather by the GCAS. The combination of these systems with an automated attack system, automatic target handoff system, night vision system, and a route planner to provide a lethal night attack capability is examined. Piloted simulation and preliminary flight test results are presented     

Electronic technologies that enables aerospace

This section highlights early electronics milestones that have made significant contributions to aerospace and defense. Today everyone thinks digital, whereas more than 50% of electronic advances since society founding 50 years ago were in the analog or continuous domain. It is too easy to forget that before the 1970s and 1980s analog systems had been the norm. Digital electronics emerged late in WWII, when the US Army contracted with the University of Pennsylvania to compute extensive artillery firing tables. The Cold War substantially accelerated advances in solid state electronics which led to the microelectronics that are so ubiquitous today. Defense and then aerospace programs were symbiotic with electronics in the development and mass production of transistors, integrated circuits, microelectronics, microprocessors, magnetic and then solid state memory. Small, reliable, low power and high performance electronics were the key to aerospace progress. The government backed virtually all these developments out of necessity. The power of computers has increased by over a million since 1972 and is still climbing. The initial enabling technology for advances in military electronics was the almost forgotten vacuum tube. The existence of electrons was first recognized as the “Edison Effect” in 1883. The seminal event in electronics was the audion invented by Lee De Forrest in 1906. The audion appeared just three years after the first Wright brother's flight and four years before the Army purchased their first Wright airplane. Up until the World War I (WWI) radio amateurs were the electronics pioneers, but the war created new demand for radio communications. Electronics expanded from communications into radar, navigation and control systems in World War II (WWII). Both wars brought about dramatic improvements in electronics, which resulted in a surplus of equipment and trained personnel to fuel postwar advances     

应用6Sigma改进方法提高TCAS系统可靠性

在大型民用飞机中TCAS系统是重要的飞行安全运行的航电系统之一,其故障会对飞机正常营运造成很大的影响。应用6Sigma原理进行维修管理可以有效地改进TCAS系统的可靠性。结合航空公司波音737NG机队的运行中TCAS系统故障情况,介绍运用6Sienna方法的分析过程达到的实际改进效果。     

自动相关监视系统信息传输性能分析方法及测试平台构建

本研究目的在于提出一种在民用飞机机载自动相关监视系统(Automatic Dependent Surveillance,简称ADS)系统设计和试验过程中实时/非实时检测该系统端到端信息传输性能的分析方法,并进行相应的地面测试平台搭建设计。对口于飞机的机载系统,ADS监视系统信息传输性能分析平台能够快速准确定位ADS系统的试验故障,实现有效的排故和分析,直观地评估自相关监视系统的工作状态。这项研究的结果有助于推动机载合同式自动相关监视系统(Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract,简称ADS-C)和广播式自动相关监视系统(Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast,简称ADS-B)机上地面功能试验、民机机上地面试验、民机飞行试验等各项工作的开展。该平台在飞机交付以后,也有利于维护工作与客户支持工作的进行。     

民用航空发动机航线维修专家系统设计分析

为了缩短民用航空发动机航线维修的时间,提高航线维修效率,降低航班延误率,针对民用航空发动机航线维修工作的特点,提出了基于故障特征利用模糊技术建立专家系统的模糊知识库,并结合智能检索技术建立民用航空发动机航线维修专家系统的方法,该方法能够提高专家系统解决问题的准确性和时效性。重点阐述了专家系统模糊知识库构建和智能检索技术的逻辑思路。相比于以关键故障特征为知识点建立的数据库,模糊知识库包含了更全面的故障特征知识。智能检索基于概念或语义检索,相比于关键词检索,对自然语言有更好地理解,便于航线维修工作人员使用。     

签派工作负荷评估与人力资源配置研究

随着航空公司机队规模的不断扩大,运行航线不断增加,飞行签派员利用运行控制系统对每次飞行起始、持续、终止行使放行与监控的职权时,所需要投入的精力大幅提高。为了确保运行控制安全裕度,这就需要一套科学的评估体系来评估飞行签派员日常工作负荷,指导航空公司签派人力资源的配置,合理安排人员排班,优化系统功能。根据民航局咨询通告建议,通过对航空公司签派员工作负荷的评估实例,对推荐的方法进行应用,并优化计算。同时提出了对排班、系统和流程的优化方法。使用该方法在航空公司签派排班的应用,可优化资源,控制人为因素风险。