Phased array of large reflectors for deep-space communication

In this paper the problem of uplink array calibration for deep-space communication is considered. A phased array of many modest-size reflectors antennas is used to drastically improve the uplink effective isotropic radiated power of a ground station. A radar calibration procedure for the array phase distribution is presented using a number of in-orbit targets. Design of optimal orbit and the number of calibration targets is investigated for providing frequent calibration opportunities needed for compensating array elements phase center movements as the array tracks a spacecraft. Array far-field focusing based on the near-filed in-orbit (low Earth orbit (LEO)) calibration targets is also presented and array gain degradation analysis based on the position error of the array elements and in-orbit targets has been carried out. It is shown that errors in the in-orbit targets positions significantly degrade the far-field array gain while the errors in array elements positions are not very important. Analysis of phase errors caused by thermal noise, system instability, and atmospheric effects show insignificant array gain degradation by these factors     

STOVL飞机发动机多变量控制方法

短距起飞/垂直降落（STOVL）飞机发动机已采用多变量控制方法。基于鲁棒稳定性和条件数分析、块相对增益矩阵分析,对STOVL飞机发动机不同工作模式下的三变量控制系统输出选择和控制结构设计进行了研究。对常规工作模式,提出了基于多目标优化的三变量分块解耦控制方法,通过定义最优指标实现动态跟踪和分块间的耦合抑制。对常规工作模式和垂直起降工作模式间的切换,提出基于升力风扇功率前馈的复合控制方法,以消除负载变化对系统性能的影响。仿真结果表明:提出的控制方法能够保证常规工作模式下良好的解耦控制效果,能够实现不同工作模式间的平稳过渡,验证了控制方法的可行性。      

圆台阵列杂波模型及空时二维自适应处理

针对圆台共形阵列,建立了空时二维自适应处理(STAP)的杂波模型,给出了圆台阵列杂波抑制最优权值的计算方法。在此基础之上,为了实现可应用到实际环境中的自适应处理方法,进一步讨论了将局部联合域(JDL)降维算法推广至圆台阵列中的问题。得出了圆台阵列JDL算法降维变换矩阵的表达形式,研究了参考波束的数目选取、波束指向等因素对降维损失的影响。理论分析以及仿真结果表明,通过合理选择通道数、波束方位向指向间隔等参数,该算法能够减少自适应波束形成的计算量,而且可以用较少的训练样本获得较好的处理性能。     

Equivalent transformation for a partially adaptive array

A partially adaptive array is one in which elements of a phased array are controlled or adaptively weighted in groups or in which certain elements, called auxiliary elements, are made controllable. Mathematically, this type of array is formed by transforming all of the elements of an array by a nonsquare matrix such that the resulting output vector has a length less than the number of array elements. It is shown that there is an equivalent matrix transform that can effectively be utilized in analyzing the partially adaptive array's performance when a small number of external jammers are present. Processor implementation and convergence rate considerations lead to the desirability of reducing the dimensionality of the cancellation processor while maintaining good sidelobe interference protection. A meaningful measure of canceller performance is to compute the optimal output signal-to-noise ratio. This expression is a function of the jammer, direction-of-arrival vectors (DOAVs), jammer powers, the array steering vector, and internal noise. It is shown that if this expression is computed for the fully adaptive array then it is easily computed for the partially adaptive array by transforming the jammer DOAVs and the steering vector by the orthogonal projection matrix defined by the rows of the subarray transformation matrix and substituting these vectors back into the original expression for the fully adaptive array     

监听时间对声纳浮标阵检查性搜索效能影响仿真

以方形声纳浮标阵检查性搜索为背景,研究了监听时间对声纳浮标阵搜索效能的影响,给出了仿真结果并对仿真结果进行了分析。基本结论为:声纳浮标阵的搜索效能随监听时间的增加而提高;只要开始监听,就可以取得比较高的搜索概率;监听时间的增加和搜索效能的提高不是简单的线性关系,而是大致可区分为快速提高期、平稳提高期和滞涨期3个阶段。应根据作战条件和作战要求合理确定监听时间。     

Sonar Array Detection of Gaussian Signals in Gaussian Noise of Unknown Power

A statistical test is postulated for detecting, with an M-element hydrophone array, a Gaussian signal in spatially independent Gaussian noise of unknown power. The test is an extension of the uniformly-most-powerful (UMP) unbiased test for a two-element array. The output signal-to-noise ratio of the test is calculated and, for a large number of independent space-time samples, is shown to be no better than a mean-level detector (MLD). Receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) for the MLD are computed and compared to the ROC curves for the optimum (Bayes) parametric detector. The input signal-to-noise power ratios required to provide a detection probability of 0.5 differ by less than 0.2 dB for a fifty-element array with wide variation in false-alarm probability and time-bandwidth product. This result suggests that both the extended bivariate UMP unbiased test and the MLD perform close to the unknown UMP unbiased test for independence of a multivariate Gaussian distribution.     

Peculiarities of heat transfer in the hemispherical recesses streamlined by a pulsating flow

In this paper, we present the results of the experimental studies of the average heat transfer value in a hemispherical recess placed in the first, third, and fifth rows of the recess array when varying the frequency of the imposed air velocity fluctuations in the channel. The range of the Reynolds and Strouhal number variations corresponded to operating conditions of the turbine blade cooling systems.     

Energy management onboard the Space Station-a rule-based approach

The logic and the schedule for a rule-based optimization technique useful for energy management onboard the Space Station are presented. A diverse array of experiments is scheduled within the constraints of limited solar energy and battery storage availability, taking into account the uneven energy supply between the sunshine and eclipse periods and the occasional need to serve a peak load and the full battery charging load simultaneously. In addition, the noninterruptible and nonrestartable nature of many experiments has to be accounted for in the schedule. These factors have been accounted for by using various time intervals and priority weighting factors. Supply/demand windows of various durations are tested for the typical load profile. This shows under what circumstances fewer scheduling tasks are needed and how a closer match between the supply and demand can be obtained. The optimal supply/demand is expressed in terms of the excess and shortage of electricity, the peak load, and the time displacement of the individual payloads. This technique is implemented using Prolog and Fortran     

RSAB积木块自动布线系统

 本文介绍了在SUN工作站UNIX操作系统下实现的一个用于LSI/VLSI积木块布图设计的自动布线系统——RSAB,给出了系统构成,通道定义方法以及全局和通道布线算法。系统除了可对一般信号线网自动布线外,还可处理特殊线网(电源/地线网,临界线网等)的自动布线。目前RSAB已集成在一个交互式版图编辑系统——Magic中,提供设计者一个友好的用户界面和自动/交互式布图环境。实验结果表明RSAB是可行的,布线结果令人满意。     

Optimal Array Processor Performance Trade-offs under Directional Uncertainty

Detection performance in terms of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is obtained for three specific problems involving either signal or noise source location uncertainty. The array processors are optimum in the sense that they form the likelihood ratio of the outputs of the individual array elements. Performance trade-offs due to signal uncertainty, signal and noise source location uncertainty, and array size are presented.     

Antenna array beam steering using time-varying weights

The author presents a new technique of steering an array antenna by introducing time-varying phase weights. It is shown that the technique is equivalent to placing a linear phase and linear frequency offset across the array when transmitting a linear frequency modulated (LFM) waveform. The technique reduces array dispersion and increases the operating bandwidth. An element level signal generator is presented as a possible way of implementing the time-varying weights. A possible array implementation is also shown.<>     

共形阵列天线单元极化形式的优化设计

由于共形载体曲率的影响,共形阵列天线的阵列流形具有多极化特性.为了利用共形天线阵列流形的多极化特性,提升阵列对空间目标参数的估计性能,将天线单元的极化参数引入到导向矢量建模中.更加完整地论述了共形天线阵列流形的特点.在此基础上.建立了优化设计天线单元极化形式的目标函数,基于交替优化思想.给出了共形阵列中各天线单元最优极...     

柔性太阳翼在轨热分析

卫星的太阳电池翼在轨的温度状况对其性能和可靠性有着重要的影响。相比于刚性太阳翼,柔性太阳翼有着质量轻,综合性能好,结构也较简单等优点。在考虑了地球红外辐射,地球的太阳反照,太阳辐射加热的前提下,以柔性太阳翼为研究对象,利用I-DEAS TMG建立2种太阳电池有限元模型,分析了柔性太阳翼厚度方向的温差,以及不同太阳高度和工作状态对其在轨温度场的影响。分析结果表明,当飞行器绕轨道飞行进入第2个周期后,太阳电池温度场呈现周期变化特性;柔性太阳翼正反两面温度几乎一致,不会因为厚度方向的温差引起热应力;0°太阳高度角分流状态太阳电池温度最高,温度变化最为剧烈;66°太阳高度角工作状态,太阳电池的温度最低,温度变化最为缓慢;电池板面内温差极小。     

微动目标跟踪成像一体化的雷达资源优化调度算法

相控阵雷达可以同时担负搜索、跟踪、识别与成像等多种雷达任务。为了提高雷达对战场环境的感知能力并减轻雷达资源分配的冲突,提出一种微动目标跟踪成像一体化的雷达资源优化调度算法。该算法建立了包含微动目标成像任务的雷达优化调度模型并利用启发式算法求解,利用跟踪脉冲与调度剩余的空闲时间资源,动态地构造感知矩阵并采用正交匹配追踪（OMP）算法对微动目标进行特征提取并成像。仿真结果表明：该算法可以实现稀疏孔径条件下的微动目标成像,并具有良好的鲁棒性,同时进一步提高了雷达系统的资源利用率。     

Error Analysis of the Optimal Antenna Array Processors

The optimal weights of an antenna array processor, which maximizes the output signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the absence of errors, are computed using the noise-alone matrix inverse (NAMI) and the steering vector in the look direction or the signal-plus-noise matrix inverse (SPNMI) and the steering vector. In practice the estimated steering vector as well as the estimated optimal weights are corrupted by random errors. This paper has analyzed the effects of these errors on the performance of the NAMI processor and the SPNMI processor by deriving analytic expressions for the output signal power, output noise power, output SNR, and the array gain as a function of the error variance. The treatment is for a general array configuration and no assumption about a particular array geometry is made.     

Analysis of array errors and a short-time processor in airbornephased array radars

Array errors are inherent in a realistic phased array radar system. The influence of array errors on the clutter degrees of freedom and the clutter subspace in an airborne phased array radar is analyzed. Based on the presented theoretic results, a method of short-time processing followed by coherent integration is proposed for clutter suppression in airborne phased array radars. It can approximate the two-dimensional optimal processor well even in the presence of array errors, clutter fluctuations and aircraft drift, with a considerable saving in computations     

Optimal weight extraction for adaptive beamforming using systolicarrays

Systolic algorithms and architectures for parallel and fully pipelined instantaneous optimal weight extraction for multiple sidelobe canceller (MSC) and minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) beamformer are presented The proposed systolic parallelogram array processors are parallel and fully pipelined, and they can extract the optimal weights instantaneously without the need for forward or backward substitution. We also show that the square-root-free Givens method can be easily incorporated to improve the throughput rate and speed up the system. As a result these MSC and MVDR systolic array weight extraction system are suitable for real-time very large scale integration (VLSI) implementation in practical radar/sonar system     

基于FPGA的自适应阵列协方差矩阵特征分解的实现

卫星导航抗干扰的过程中,对空间信号波达方向估计、干扰个数检测、最优权矢量的求解直接影响着导航接收机的抗干扰性能,而协方差矩阵的特征分解是这些算法实现的核心部分。根据自适应阵列天线获得的协方差矩阵的特性,基于双边并行Jacobi算法,实现了基于FPGA的协方差矩阵特征值和特征向量的求解,并通过在信号波达方向估计的应用进行了验证。另外,在实现的过程中对直接调用CORDIC IP核的方式进行了精度误差分析,并用一种双精度浮点的方式进行修正,提高了矩阵特征分解FPGA的实现精度,为导航抗干扰接收机性能的提升提供了有效的工程基础。     

一种基于最小流形长度的高精度线阵设计

 传统上以阵列孔径来比较各种线阵的测向性能,但这一指标没有考虑到阵元数目及阵列几何布局对阵列性能的影响。因子空间类算法需搜索阵列流形来进行测向,所以阵列流形对阵列性能有重要影响。阵列流形又是阵元数、阵列几何布局的函数,可通过阵列流形来研究阵元数、阵列几何布局与阵列测向性能的关系。在分析了线阵流形与线阵测向精度的关系的基础上,提出了一个基于线阵最小流形长度的指标来比较不同线阵的性能,该指标综合考虑了阵元数、阵列几何布局对阵列测向精度的影响。通过对此指标的讨论,给出了提高线阵测向精度的设计思路。对几个不同线阵的仿真证实了该指标的有效性,也验证了该设计思路的可行性。     

Experimental characteristics of a two-electrode plasma synthetic jet actuator array in serial

Plasma Synthetic Jet (PSJ) actuators have shown wide and promising application prospects in high-speed flow control, due to their advantages including high exhaust speed, wide frequency band, rapid response, and non-moving components. Although previous studies on PSJ actuators are abundant, most of them have focused on the performance of a single actuator. However, in practice, an actuator array is very necessary for large-scale aerodynamic actuation on account of the small affected area of a single PSJ. In this paper, the characteristics of a two-electrode plasma synthetic jet actuator array in serial are investigated experimentally. Compared to a parallel actuator array, the serial actuator array requires simpler power supply design and is much easier to realize. High-speed photography of the discharge evolution, voltage-current measurement, and shadowgraphy visualization are used in the investigation. Experimental results show that, for the serial actuator array, weak discharges happen firstly between energized and suspending electrodes, and then a strong pulse arc discharge is triggered. The breakdown voltage in serial is irrelevant to such factors as the number of actuators, the maximum or minimum gap in serial, the connection sequence, etc. It is mainly determined by the sum of gaps. For serial actuators with the same anode-to-cathode spacing, the energy deposition is the same, and the jet is synchronous and similar. Because of the entrainment and merging of adjacent jet vortices, the jet front speed of an aligned synchronous jet array increases as the orifice distance decreases. To achieve the highest jet front velocity, the orifice of the actuator has an optimal diameter.