Differential GPS/inertial navigation approach/landing flight testresults

In November 1990, a differential GPS/inertial flight test was conducted to acquire a system performance database and demonstrate automatic landing using an integrated differential GPS/INS with barometric and radar altimeters. Flight test results obtained from postflight data analysis are presented. These results include characteristics of DGPS/inertial error, using a laser tracker as a reference. In addition, data are provided on the magnitude of the differential correlations and vertical channel performance with and without radar altimeter augmentation. Flight test results show one sigma DGPS/inertial horizontal errors of 9 ft and one sigma DGPS inertial vertical errors of 15 ft. Without selective availability effects, the differential corrections are less than 10 ft and are dominated by receiver unique errors over the time period of an approach. Therefore, the one sigma performance of the autonomous GPS (8-ft horizontal and 20-ft vertical) is very similar to the DGPS/inertial performance. Postprocessed results also demonstrate significant improvements in vertical channel performance when GPS/inertial is aided with radar altimeter along with a low-resolution terrain map     

Improving GPS-Based Landing System Performance using an Empirical Barometric Altimeter Confidence Bound

This paper develops an empirical confidence bound for barometric altimeter altitude errors and shows how this bound may improve the performance of GPS-based approach and landing systems. This empirical bound is developed using historical meteorological data collected at a set of geographically diverse locations over a thirty year period. The confidence bound developed is shown to provide a Gaussian overbound on altimeter altitude errors in standard atmospheric conditions between a 10-5 and 10-6 confidence level. This confidence bound is integrated into the standard methodology for analyzing the performance of GPS-based landing systems and the results of a performance trade study using the confidence bound are presented. The results show that incorporating the empirical barometric altimeter confidence bound provides an increase in the coterminous United States (CONUS) service volume for lateral precision with vertical guidance (LPV) type approaches. While this increase is approximately 2% for an L1 single-frequency GPS user, it jumps to roughly 40% for an L5 single-frequency user.     

气压高度表辅助下GPS接收机自备完善性监测可用性研究

 对我国范围内飞机非精密进场及终端航行时全球定位导航系统（ＧＰＳ）接收机自备完善性监测（ＲＡＩＭ）的可用性进行了研究，分析了气压高度表辅助和故障偏置大小对ＧＰＳＲＡＩＭ可用性的影响。结果表明：气压高度表与ＧＰＳ组合是提高ＲＡＩＭ可用性的有效措施；过大或过小的偏置误差将产生较小的漏警概率，而中等大小的故障偏置则产生较大的漏警概率     

惯性加速度计与气压高度计之随机误差模型的辨识与估计

 本文根据为某科学实验飞机设计最优气压/无线电/惯性混合高度系统的需要,利用机载数据采集系统,对惯性平台上的垂直加速度计以及在典型进场飞行条件下之气压高度计的随机误差模型进行了辨识与估计。应用时间序列分析方法,最优地估计了有关随机误差源的ARIMA模型。     

Spatial Gauss-Markov Models of Ocean Currents

Ocean currents are an important error source in marine inertial navigation systems (INS). Satellite radar altimeter data are used to construct self- consistent Gauss- Markov models of ocean currents. These models are useful for INS error analysis and optimal (Kalman) filtering of INS outputs.     

Comparison of SDINS in-flight alignment using equivalent errormodels

The psi-angle model and the equivalent tilt (ET) model have been widely used for in-flight alignment (IFA) to align and to calibrate a strapdown inertial navigation system (SDINS) on a moving base. However, these models are not effective for a system with large attitude errors because the neglected error terms in the models degrade the performance of a designed filter. In this paper, with an odometer as an external aid, a velocity-aided SDINS is designed for IFA. Equivalent error models applicable to IFA with large attitude errors are derived in terms of rotation vector error and additive and multiplicative quaternion errors. It is found that error models in terms of additive quaternion error (AQE) become linear. Thus the proposed error models reduce unmodeled error terms for a linear filter. From a number of van tests, it is shown that the proposed error models effectively improve the performance of IFA     

Comments on ?M-Ary Cpsk Detection with Noisy Reference and Interiverers?

The effect of cycle slips of the carrier recovery phase-locked loop (PLL) on the performance of coherent M-ary phase-shift keyed (MPSK) systems is dealt with. It is shown that each cycle slip causes a 1 bit error in a differentially encoded and Gray encoded signal stream. Different situations are investigated and compared with regard to the effect of these errors.     

系统误差条件下的多运动站无源定位性能分析

 系统误差的存在可能对无源定位的性能带来较大影响。针对多运动站得到的含有系统误差的观测量信息,推导了定位误差的克拉美-罗下限(CRLB)。首先根据具体系统误差模型推导测量误差的统计信息,然后根据系统误差导致不同时刻观测量相关的特点,将非对角矩阵的误差协方差矩阵写为分块矩阵的形式,并在此基础上推导其递推计算式,最后以系统误差情况下多运动站只测角无源定位为例进行定位性能的仿真分析。仿真结果表明系统误差的存在对定位误差CRLB影响较大,在定位中需要重点考虑。     

地形辅助制导系统

本文叙述一种地形辅助制导系统,用来修正惯性系统或其它导航系统的误差,以提高飞行器的制导精度。这种辅助系统含有一个卡尔曼滤波器,它将飞行器所飞过的实际地形信息与预存的地图进行比较和处理,从而估计出导航系统的误差。对于一般的丘陵地形,辅助制导后的精度可达到数十米的范围。它适用于飞机、巡航导弹、弹道导弹和其它武器运载系统,而且所需的设备简单,易于实现。     

Altitude Damping of Space-Stable Inertial Navigation Systems

In order to stabilize the altitude calculation in an inertial navigation system, an altimeter is commonly used. In a conventional local-level mechanization, this is generally accomplished by correcting the vertical channel integrators with the difference between the inertial system and altimeter indication of vertical position. However, in a space-stable system the procedure is not as clear since a vertical channel is not physically present. Three altitude damping mechanizations for a space-stable inertial navigation system are proposed. The equivalent local-level mechanizations are then found by comparing error propagation equations in a common coordinate frame.     

叶片加工误差对压气机性能的影响

在压气机三维动叶片结构参数中,叶型的前缘角、后缘角、前后缘形状、弦长、厚度、不同叶高位置这6个典型参数同时受加工误差影响,对压气机性能影响较大。为找出叶片加工误差对压气机性能的影响规律,对某跨声速压气机转子叶片的加工误差进行了研究,针对加工误差引起的上述6个典型结构参数变化,归纳出3个加工水平,并采用正交实验法设计出27个样本,通过数值计算对所有样本的性能进行对比分析。结果表明这6个典型结构参数的加工误差综合作用对压气机的总压比、效率、流量影响较大,增加的最大量分别为2.02%、1.47%、1.87%,减小的最大量分别为-0.87%、-1.42%、-0.88%,极差分析表明影响效率的主要参数为前缘角误差、厚度误差,影响总压比的主要参数为前后缘形状、厚度误差、不同叶高位置,影响流量的主要参数为前缘角误差、前后缘形状,回归线性分析证实压气机效率、流量的变化与上述典型参数的加工误差综合作用成线性关系。     

基于四元数误差模型的捷联惯导系统对准方法

传统的小干扰方程并不能描述捷联惯导系统在大失准角下的误差传播特性 ,推导了姿态误差为大角度时的四元数误差方程 ,并指出当姿态误差为小量时 ,所推导的误差模型与小干扰方程是等价的。仿真结果表明在大失准角下的空中对准过程中 ,采用四元数误差方程以及非线性滤波技术能有效地提高对准精度     

Performance of phased-array antennas with mechanical errors

The performance of planar phase-array antennas with mechanical errors is investigated. Errors in array element positions as a result of structural distortions are considered as deterministic and predictable. Detailed calculations for two assumed modes of distortion reveal that their effects on antenna performance are the loss of peak response in the scan direction and the broadening of the mainlobe, while the far-out sidelobe structure remains relatively intact. For large antennas, performance improvement can be expected by suitable phase compensation. Performance of antennas with random errors in their element positions must be treated statistically. Expressions of average directivity and sidelobe level corresponding to arbitrary error magnitudes in element position, amplitude and phase of excitation as well as finite rate of failure of element modules were derived and verified by direct numerical calculations from the antenna directivity patterns. For a planar phased-array antenna typical for space-based radars, the standard deviation of element position errors must not exceed 1% of the operating wavelength in order to maintain a -10 dBi sidelobe level     

Inertial navigation system synthesis approach and gravity-inducederror sensitivity

A design criterion for improving the performance of the speed-damped inertial navigation system is presented. The single-axis speed-damped system is approached by optimizing the response of the system to a step-function disturbing signal. Butterworth, integral of time-multiplied absolute-value of error (ITAE), and solution-time standard forms are assumed to be the figures of merit for optimizing the system performance. The steady-state RMS (root-mean-square) gravity-induced navigation errors that are excited in the speed-damped system are determined for two gravity uncertainty models. The proposed figures of merit are compared. These comparisons reveal the sensitivity of predicted navigation errors to uncertainties in the gravity statistics, and simplify the choice of a suitable figure of merit for use in the design and error analysis of inertial navigation systems     

Performance Bounds for Continuous-time Filters in the Presence of Modeling Errors

We are concerned with obtaining bounds on the performance of Kalman-type, linear, continuous-time filters susceptible to modeling errors. Limiting the discussion to stationary performance, we obtain bounds on the performance index, the mean square error of estimates for suboptimal and optimal (Kalman) filters. The bounds are expressed in terms of the model matrices and the range of errors of the matrices. The results are useful to a designer in comparing the performance of a suboptimal filter with that of the optimal filter when he has information on the range of modeling errors. The tightness of the bounds is shown by an application of the results in the estimation of the motion of an aircraft carrier at sea.     

The effects of IF bandpass mismatch errors on adaptive cancellation

The effects of IF bandpass mismatch errors on adaptive cancellers are investigated. Frequency mismatch errors occur because of errors in the synthesis process of the bandpass filters which are designed to be identical and are in each input channel. Tapped-delay line transversal filters can be used to compensate for these frequency mismatches and thus improve cancellation performance. A pole/zero error model of the filters is developed whereby closed-form solutions of the maximum achievable average cancellation are obtained. This cancellation is a function of the order of the ideally matched frequency filters, the number of time-delay taps in the compensating transversal filter, the bandwidth-tapped time-delay product, and the constraints on these parameters. A design procedure is outlined for optimizing the canceller with respect to these parameters and their constraints; specifically, results are presented for Butterworth-type input filters. It is shown that an arbitrarily low output noise residue cannot be achieved by arbitrarily increasing the number of time-delay taps     

基于面向对象方法的压气机性能计算

提出一套预测压气机未知特性的方法,并基于面向对象思想采用变比热容计算方法进行压气机性能计算的分析和编程.结合粒子群优化（PSO）的全局寻优能力和反向传播（BP）神经网络的局部寻优能力提出基于PSO的BP神经网络（PSO-BP神经网络）预测压气机特性,分析了其预测误差和拟合误差:拟合误差基本都小于0.5%,预测误差基本都小于0.8%.其拟合精度和预测精度满足要求.采用变比热容计算方法来计算压气机性能,并采用面向对象方法编写了压气机性能计算程序.对几个压气机变工况点进行验证,各输出参数的最大误差为1.12%.因此,特性预测方法和性能计算的数学模型适用于压气机性能计算,这套方法同样适用于燃气轮机性能计算.      

安装误差对航空弧齿锥齿轮传动误差曲线的影响分析

传动误差曲线是评价弧齿锥齿轮副动态特性与啮合性能的重要指标,而安装误差又对动态特性与啮合性能产生直接影响。为此,分析了传动误差曲线对各类型安装误差变动的敏感性。依据局部综合法设计得到了齿轮副加工参数,形成弧齿锥齿轮副齿面。计入系统安装误差,通过对轮齿接触分析,得到了传动误差曲线与齿面接触印痕。定量分析了在不同安装误差条件下,传动误差曲线的变化情况,并对航空附件传动系统中的1对弧齿锥齿轮进行了传动误差曲线对安装误差的敏感性分析。结果表明:传动误差曲线对小轮安装距误差更为敏感。     

涡扇发动机变参数鲁棒H_∞滤波器设计

针对存在建模误差及测量噪声干扰条件下的涡扇发动机性能参数估计问题,标准卡尔曼滤波及其改进算法滤波估计误差收敛速度慢,滤波估计精度低,对不确定测量噪声及建模误差较为敏感,为此本文提出了一种变参数鲁棒H_∞滤波器设计方法。该方法采用仿射参数依赖Lyapunov函数设计满足H_∞性能指标要求的鲁棒滤波器,通过引入凸多胞技术,将参数依赖线性矩阵不等式(Linear Matrix Inequality,LMI)中变参数Lyapunov矩阵与系统系数矩阵之间耦合乘积导致的非凸优化问题,转化为常规LMI约束下的凸优化问题进行求解,降低了线性变参数(Linear Parameter Varying,LPV)鲁棒滤波器设计的保守性,得到了全局解。针对涡扇发动机的仿真结果表明:与扩展卡尔曼滤波器对比,采用该方法设计的滤波器具有较快的动态跟踪速度和较高的滤波精度,ΔFn的稳态估计误差不大于0.1%,ΔFn的相对估计误差不大于2.5%,同时对建模误差和测量噪声干扰具有较强的抑制能力。     

Propagation and System Accuracy Impact of Major Sensor Errors on a Strapdown Aircraft Navigator

A strapdown system is considered as an unaided inertial navigator aboard an aircraft. Presented here are simulation results detailing the propagation of navigation errors (in nautical miles) due to strapdown sensor errors for four trajectories. They indicate the type of performance that can be expected from a strapdown system utilizing good ?off the shelf? gyros and accelerometers, and dramatically illustrate the improvements necessary in these components to obtain navigation performance comparable to that available from a good gimballed inertial system. The total navigation error for each trajectory is broken down to show the contribution from each of the various error sources. This breakdown quickly reveals which are the critical error sources for a given trajectory class, and also points up the relationship that exists between each individual error source, aircraft maneuvers, and the resulting navigation error. Several of the error mechanisms are discussed at length and a set of linearized differential equations which can be used to analyze error propagations is presented. These results should be of particular interest to the system designer who is faced with the problem of specifying the sensor error parameters necessary to meet mission performance requirements. With an analysis similar to the one presented here, but structured around his own expected mission trajectories, the designer should be able to confidently predict system accuracies and intelligently perform tradeoffs on the critical system parameters.