Operational testing of valve regulated lead acid batteries incommercial aircraft

Valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries provide electrical performance that is virtually identical to sintered plate nickel-cadmium battery systems. In addition, the VRLA batteries offer the user a no-maintenance battery and other enhanced features that make this a very desirable battery for aircraft applications. In field trials, where VRLA batteries were substituted for nickel-cadmium batteries, the VRLA provided the user with a high reliability turbine engine starting battery under a wide variety of climatic conditions     

新能源电动飞机发展与挑战

发展绿色航空是人类社会形成的基本共识,新能源电动飞机为实现彻底的绿色航空提供了一条光明的技术途径。简述了航空对环境的影响、电在飞机上的应用及电动飞机的发展历程,对新能源电动飞机的能源分类、电推进系统及其总体效率进行了研究,重点针对载人轻型运动飞机,分析了电动飞机的发展现状、特征以及能源需求,通过对电池作为能源的载人电动飞机的航程和极限航程研究,提出了电池能量密度提升和性能改进、高升阻比空气动力设计、低成本轻质高效复合材料结构设计与制造、高效率电推进系统设计与集成等电动飞机发展面临的挑战,给出了应大力发展电动飞机的建议和本领域未来的研究方向。     

基于SP+模型的航空锂离子电池组优化技术研究

随着多电飞机技术与锂离子电池技术的发展,锂离子电池已经广泛应用于航空领域,除作为应急电池外,越来越多地作为动力电池应用于飞机。因飞机对锂离子电池组质量、体积等特性具有很高的要求,需要对其进行优化设计,而采用基于模型的方法开展优化设计可以有效减少成本并缩短周期。由于SP+电化学模型能够准确反映锂离子电池的工作机理,同时具有精度高、计算简便等特点,因此文中采用SP+模型构建锂离子电池组模型并进行了验证。同时,以典型的用电工况为例,开展了航空锂电池组的优化设计,实现了对锂离子电池组质量与体积的优化。     

Bipolar nickel-metal hydride batteries for aerospace applications

Electro Energy Inc. (EEI) is developing high power, long life, bipolar nickel-metal hydride batteries for aerospace applications. Bipolar nickel-metal hydride designs allow for high energy and high power designs with a 25 percent reduction in both weight and volume as compared to prismatic and/or cylindrical Ni-MH designs. Utilizing a sealed wafer cell design EEI has demonstrated a 1.2 kW/kg power capability. Prototype designs have achieved 70 Wh/kg. Designs studies show 80 Wh/kg are achievable with EEI's state-of-the-art technology. The sealed wafer cell is the building block for EEI's high power and high voltage bipolar batteries making the assembly easy and significantly lower in cost. Satellite and aircraft batteries are being developed which provide high power and long life. Sealed cells now show excellent rate capability and life. Cells tested in a low earth orbit (LEO) cycle have reached 9000 cycles and continue on test. High power, bipolar battery designs are ideal in applications where using conventional aerospace battery technology would require excessive capacity; weight and volume, thereby reducing usable payload on the vehicle     

计算机辅助飞机重量工程（CAWE）系统

 飞机重量工程是处理飞机设计中有关重量问题的工程方法。一般包括飞机总重的估算;重量系数灵敏度分析;飞机各部件重量估算;各部件重心估算;飞机重心定位;飞机重心调整。这些问题在飞机设计过程中是很重要的,一般说来问题比较复杂,计算工作量很大,经验性强。如果采用飞机设计计算机辅助设计技术,将使设计师能够迅速、准确、经济地解     

Nickel-hydrogen multicell common pressure vessel batterydevelopment update

Flight qualification of the multicell common pressure vessel (CPV) nickel-hydrogen (Ni-H₂) battery is discussed. The battery has completed full flight qualification, including random vibration at 19.5 g for two minutes in each axis, electrical characterization in a thermal vacuum chamber, and mass-spectroscopy vessel leak detection. A first launch is scheduled in 1992. Several design variations, ranging from 9 Ah to 125 Ah and 12 to 32 V, have been developed and prototypes fabricated. Designs for smaller capacity, smaller diameter (6.4-8.9 cm), and higher voltage (up to 100 V) are in progress. The CPV battery offers cost and weight savings of up to 30% as compared to traditional nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) and individual pressure vessel (IPV) Ni-H₂ batteries. The fully qualified design provided a 50% weight savings over its Nd-Cd predecessor for the same application. Its reduced volume also provides a significant advantage over IPV technology. Resistance data show a further advantage     

小型电动无人机航程航时估算模型

小型电动无人机通常采用锂电池、无刷电机和螺旋桨组成能源动力系统,飞行过程中锂电池的实际工作电压发生变化,但飞机的总重量不变,其航程航时的估算方法与传统的燃油飞机有所不同。为了准确评估动力系统对飞机设计的影响,建立了以锂电池为动力的电动飞机推进系统模型,通过与实验数据比较,验证了各部分模型的准确性。利用该动力系统模型,对某款小型电动无人机进行了航程和航时估算,结果表明本文的建模方法准确有效,航程航时估算接近实验数据,可作为小型电动无人机设计的重要参考。     

新一代大型客机复合材料

 大量采用复合材料结构是新一代大型客机机体结构设计的突出特点,用量已达结构重量50%。复合材料结构不仅带来了明显的减重效益,而且带来了结构耐腐蚀、疲劳和维护等性能的改善提高。波音787飞机人性化设计的全复合材料机身使乘坐舒适性和便利性得到显著改善。民机复合材料结构技术重点研究解决了复合材料自然环境老化、大型翼面壁板整体成型、机身大开口区载荷重新分布和应力集中、地面维护装备冲击损伤、健康检测等关键技术问题,并且建立了以中模高强碳纤维/韧性环氧树脂复合材料热压罐成形工艺为主的大型客机复合材料结构材料体系。对复合材料机翼和机身结构的设计和工艺关键技术问题做了较为详尽的介绍。     

复合材料技术与大型飞机

 给出了先进复合材料在大型飞机上应用的历史和现状,特别是在B787和A380等机种上的近期应用。指出了应用是从小到大、从少到多、从弱到强,一步一步走过来的。分析了应用的技术基础,说明了复合材料是一个性能优异的新材料,这是前提基础;其次应用是各种预研计划认真执行的结果;低成本复合材料技术是应用的重要前提,包括低成本的设计技术、制造技术和材料技术;30多年来复合材料技术的进步是坚实的保障。指出了中国于复合材料技术领域存在的问题和差距,提出了发展中国大型飞机复合材料技术的相关建议。     

Battery package design optimization for small electric aircraft

The increasing gross weight of electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) poses a challenge in practical applications. The range and endurance of the electric UAV are limited by the fixed mass of the battery package. In this work, a design optimization method for the battery package topology of small electric UAV is proposed to enhance the performance. To improve the accuracy of the method, the dynamic battery model and simplified electric component models are presented. These models are utilized by the trajectory optimization method, which takes the dynamic characteristic into consideration to calculate the aircraft performance. The direct optimal control method is used for solving the trajectory optimization problem, and this method is tested on a small blended-wing-body electric aircraft. The test result shows that the range and energy-consumption are mainly influenced by the parallel topology of the battery package, while the flight time in climb phase is more sensitive to the series topology. It is deduced that the range- and energy-optimal design points can be considered concurrently in design optimization. The work proves the feasibility of integrating the trajectory optimization and battery package design.     

Aeroelastic optimization of an aerobatic aircraft wing structure

This paper aims at presenting an investigation into a minimum weight optimal design and aeroelastic tailoring of an aerobatic aircraft wing structure. Firstly, analytical and FE models were created for the original metallic wing and an improved composite wing box structures. In order to validate the numerical models, predicted vibration parameters of the metallic wing box were compared with the experimental results. Comparison was also made for the predicted stress results between the metallic and the composite wing box structures of different dimensions and laminate layups. Secondly, based on a minimum weight composite wing box model of adequate strength the investigation was focused on the aeroelastic tailoring of the wing box by employing the gradient-based deterministic optimization method. The study demonstrates that in addition to a significant weight saving, up to 30% increase of flutter speed for the composite wing box can be achieved by optimizing the fibre orientations of the wing skin and spar web laminates. The optimized laminates are trimmed and reinforced to meet the manufacture and strength requirements with little compromise of flutter speed and a minor weight penalty.     

Aerospace lithium solid polymer batteries

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space and Ultralife Batteries, Inc. are developing batteries for spacecraft and launchers based on Li-ion solid-polymer-electrolyte cell technology. These cells utilize a carbon anode, a manganese dioxide cathode and a solid polymer electrolyte. Electrode and electrolyte layers are thin and flexible. The electrode assembly is easily fabricated into thin, flat prismatic shapes using ordinary lamination techniques and is hermetically sealed in thin foil packaging. Cells ranging in capacity from 4 Ah to 50 Ah have been designed and are in development testing. The packaged cells have specific energies in excess of 100 Wh/kg. Prototype 30 volt batteries have also been designed and are being assembled and tested along with the critical battery cell charge management controllers needed to recharge all cells to full capacity while preventing overvoltage damage. The major results of this development effort are reviewed and the key issues for advancing this technology to flight qualification demonstrations are discussed     

Optimization Design System for Composite Structures Based on Grid Technology

To solve the topology optimization of complicated multi-objective continuous/discrete design variables in aircmit structure design, a Parallel Pareto Genetic Algorithm （PPGA） is presented based on grid platform in this paper. In the algorithm, the commercial finite element analysis （FEA） software is integrated as the calculating tool for analyzing the objective functions and the filter of Pareto solution set based on weight information is introduced to deal with the relationships among all objectives. Grid technology is utilized in PPGA to realize the distributed computations and the user interface is developed to realize the job submission and job management locally/remotely. Taking the aero-elastic tailoring of a composite wing for optimization as an example, a set of Pareto solutions are obtained for the decision-maker. The numerical results show that the aileron reversal problem can be solved by adding the limited skin weight in this system. The algorithm can be used to solve complicated topology optimization for composite structures in engineering and the computation efficiency can be improved greatly by using the grid platform that aggregates numerous idle resources.     

航空蓄电池能量均衡技术研究

航空电池组中单体电池之间会逐渐出现不一致性,会降低电池组性能和使用寿命,甚至引发安全事故。本文提出了一种基于主动均衡的航空蓄电池组能量均衡系统结构,提出了一种能量集中式双向传递的Cúk型均衡电路,设计了顶部均衡和底部均衡的均衡控制策略。开发了航空镍镉蓄电池能量均衡系统,进行了镍镉电池组能量均衡实验分析,实验结果表明新型能量均衡器具有均衡速度快、均衡电池单体可任意选择、能量双向传递的优点,通过电池组能量均衡控制能明显改善电池组内单体之间的不一致性,提高电池组容量利用率和使用寿命。     

民用飞机复合材料舱门优化设计

复合材料因其具有比刚度大、比强度高、可设计性强等特点而被广泛应用到民用飞机结构上。针对宽体复合材料舱门设计方案,建立有限元模型进行初步分析,然后以刚度设计要求和强度设计要求为约束条件,对复合材料舱门结构的铺层比例进行了优化,达到了复合材料舱门的减重目的。优化后复合材料舱门的重量降低了10%以上,并且满足所有刚度和强度设计要求。本文所做研究为复合材料气密舱门减重提供了一种有效的方法,并且为类似结构的设计提出了参考建议,在工程上具有一定的指导意义。     

民机复合材料油箱维护口盖研究

复合材料作为一种优良的航空材料,具有比强度高、比刚度大,材料力学性能可设计等优点。复合材料油箱结构因制造性和维护性要求需要开维护孔,需要安装合适的油箱口盖结构。通过中央翼复合材料油箱口盖设计并开展制造工艺研究,对民用飞机复合材料油箱口盖结构设计提供技术支持。     

Simulation methodology for high velocity impact in composite aircraft structures

The paper summarises the IMT Project HICAS on ‘High Velocity Impact of Composite Aircraft Structures’ which was concerned with developing a design methodology and FE simulation tools for predicting the high velocity impact response of composite aircraft structures. Achievements include measurement of high rate mechanical properties of three aircraft composite systems, development of new failure models for composites under high rate loads, implementation of models into commercial FE codes and code validation by simulation of impact in test structures.     

General optimal design of solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle for priority considering propulsion system

This paper describes the general optimization design method of Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle which priority considering propulsion system planning. Based on the traditional solar powered aircraft design method, the propulsion system top-level target parameters which affect the path planning are integrated into the general optimization design. According to the typical mission requirements of Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, considering the design variables such as wing area, aspect ratio, design mission date and so on, the general optimization is carried out with the minimum aircraft weight as the optimization objective. The influence of wing area and aspect ratio on the optimal design results is analyzed and compared with the traditional design method. The results show that the general design method of Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for priority considering propulsion system can greatly reduce the electricity demand of energy storage battery, greatly reduce the aircraft weight of Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.     

复材机翼气弹特性工程化设计分析技术

本文在静气弹的基本原理分析基础上,发展了机翼气弹特性工程化设计方法：基于参数化的机翼气动弹性模型,研究了复合材料机翼整体蒙皮重要设计参数对舵效、静变形和静强度的影响,采用变参分析方法进行了灵敏度分析,获取影响舵效的关键参数变化趋势,用以指导舵效气动弹性剪裁优化设计。对优化设计结果进行了工程化的处理并进行校核,获得了工程可用的蒙皮铺层设计方案,在改善舵效使其满足飞机性能要求的同时,还获得了满意的减重105 kg（总质量的14%）效益。     

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。