利用受限张力的拖曳变轨欠驱动姿态稳定策略

在空间绳系拖曳变轨中,目标和平台形成一种哑铃型绳系系统,且仅依靠有限的平台推力和系绳张力来抑制系绳的摆动。针对此类输入受限的欠驱动控制问题,提出了一种利用受限张力的姿态稳定策略。首先,推导了组合体姿态动力学模型。然后通过数值求解姿态平衡方程得出理论面内姿态指令,再采用高斯伪谱法对其优化获得实际指令。最后,基于分层滑模理论设计欠驱动张力控制律,并嵌入抗饱和模块以缓解张力饱和。仿真表明空间平台能在正向有限的张力控制下,平滑地收放系绳使面内角和绳长跟踪实际姿态指令。此外,所提策略对目标体摆动和传感器误差也具有良好的鲁棒性。     

Libration and end body swing stabilization of a parallel partial space elevator system

This paper studies the libration and stabilization of a parallel partial space elevator system in circular orbits. The system is made up of two paralleled partial space elevators, each of which consists of one main satellite, one end body and a climber moving along the tether between them. The libration characteristics of the elevator are studied through numerical analysis by a new dynamic model, and a novel control strategy is proposed to stabilize the swing of the end body by projecting the climber speeds only. Optimal control method is used to implement the new control strategy in the case where the climbers move in opposite direction. The simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy whose application will neither sacrifice the transport efficiency nor exacerbate libration significantly.     

电动力绳系离轨系统电流与拉力混合展开控制

电动力绳系离轨系统是一种典型的空间碎片主动消除技术,本文针对电动力绳离轨系统在初始阶段展开的控制问题,仅通过调节有限的系绳张力与电流,不依赖其他推进器,将导电系绳释放至期望长度并抑制系绳的摆动。首先,采用倾斜偶极子地磁场模型,建立考虑系绳质量的近地轨道二体电动力绳系卫星系统动力学模型;其次,在系绳张力与电流存在约束的条件下,采用反步法结合抗饱和辅助函数解决控制输入受限问题,并引入动态尺度广义逆实现了欠驱动电动力绳系统展开稳定控制问题;然后,应用Lyapunov稳定性定理证明了其闭环系统的稳定性;最后,在MATLAB/SIMULINK平台上进行了仿真验证。结果表明：通过调节系绳张力与电流,可以将系绳释放到指定位置,同时控制输入满足约束条件。     

Tethered dual spacecraft configuration: a solution to attitude control problems

A new dual spacecraft configuration comprising of two spacecraft halves judiciously connected through extremely short tethers is proposed. The simple tethered configuration induces stabilizing torques when subjected to attitude disturbances, thus ensuring 3-d pointing stability of both the satellite platforms. The enhanced system performance obtained using tethers enables a much greater flexibility in the choice of satellite mass distribution. Three particular TSS models involving parallel tethers, a `parachute-like' conical tether layout as well as a single tether connection have been considered. A detailed numerical response simulation shows that these modes of tether attachments bring about a radical change in the satellite attitude behavior from the nominal one involving relatively large librational amplitudes or instability to a virtually fixed desired orientation. Of these, the parachute configuration appears to be superior. The passive nature of the proposed mechanisms using tether lengths on the order of merely a couple of meters needed for small and medium size systems makes the concept particularly attractive for future space missions. Finally, it is felt that the proposed tethered dual satellite systems may offer a simple answer to three-axis attitude control problems.     

Observer-based control for the platform of a tethered space robot

This paper addresses the attitude control problem of a space tethered robot platform in the presence of unknown external disturbance caused by a connecting elastic tether. The tether-generated unknown disturbance leads to tremendous challenges for attitude control of the platform. In this work, the perturbed attitude dynamics of the platform are derived with a consideration of the libration of the elastic tether, and then with the purpose of compensating the unknown disturbance, major attention is dedicated to develop a nonlinear disturbance observer based on gyros measurements, after which, an adaptive attitude scheme is proposed by combining the disturbance observer with a sliding mode controller. Finally, benefits from the observer based on an adaptive controller are validated by series of numerical simulations.     

电动力绳系周期解求解及稳定性控制

电动力绳系姿态摆动动力学方程具有非线性特点,且姿态摆动状态直接影响着空间任务能否正常进行。首先,基于哑铃模型及偶极子地磁场模型假设,推导了在倾斜圆轨道上运行的电动力绳系姿态动力学方程。其次,给出了利用摄动法和不动点迭代法相互配合的数值方法求解该非线性方程周期解的过程及解的稳定性判断准则,并针对不稳定周期解提出了相应的稳定性控制策略。最后,通过数值仿真分析,得到了姿态摆动运动的周期解图像,验证了周期解求解算法的有效性,并对不稳定周期解实现了稳定性控制。     

Attitude control system design and on-orbit performance analysis of nano-satellite––‘‘Tian Tuo 1’’

‘‘Tian Tuo 1'(TT-1) nano-satellite is the first single-board nano-satellite that was successfully launched in China. The main objective of TT-1 is technology demonstration and scientific measurements. The satellite carries out the significant exploration of single-board architecture feasibility validation, and it is tailored to the low-cost philosophy by adopting numerous commercialoff-the-shelf(COTS) components. The satellite is featured with three-axis stabilization control capability. A pitch bias momentum wheel and three magnetic coils are adopted as control actuators.The sun sensors, magnetometers and a three-axis gyro are employed as the measurement sensors.The quaternion estimator(QUEST) and unscented Kalman filter(UKF) method are adopted for the nano-satellite attitude determination. On-orbit data received by ground station is conducted to analysis the performance of attitude determination and control system(ADCS). The results show that the design of ADCS for TT-1 is suitable, robust and feasible.     

Accurate attitude estimation of HB2 standard model based on QNCF in hypersonic wind tunnel test

The accuracy of the HB2 standard model attitude measurement has an important impact on the hypersonic wind tunnel data assessment. The limited size of the model and the existence of external vibrations make it challenging to obtain real-time reliable attitude measurement. To reduce the influence of attitude errors on test results, this paper proposes a Quaternion Nonlinear Complementary Filter (QNCF) attitude determination algorithm based on Microelectromechanical Inertial Measurement Unit (MEMS-IMU). Firstly, the threshold-based PI control strategy is adopted to eliminate noise effect according to the Acceleration Magnitude Detector (AMD). Then, the flexible quaternion method is updated to carry out attitude estimation which is operational and easy to be embedded in the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). Finally, a high-precision three-axis turntable test and a hypersonic wind tunnel test are performed. The results show that the pitch-roll attitude errors are within 0.05° and 0.08° in the high-precision three-axis turntable test in a calculation time of 100 s respectively, and the attitude error is within 0.3° after the elastic angle correction in the hypersonic wind tunnel test. The proposed method can provide accurate real-time attitude reference for the analysis of the actual movement of the model, exhibiting certain engineering application value with robustness and simplicity.     

基于激光扫描的移动机器人实时轨迹测量系统

 设计了一种移动机器人实时轨迹测量系统,主要包括激光扫描仪、数据采集计算机、无线通讯网络和数据处理显示软件4个部分。测量系统采用两台激光扫描仪从不同高度测量机器人身上安装的标志杆的位置,将测量数据经过位置识别和坐标系对准后,传输到一台计算机上进行融合,采用卡尔曼滤波器消除测量随机误差,绘制出机器人的运动轨迹。实验结果表明,测量系统可以在较大的测量范围内实现厘米级测量精度和目标分辨率的轨迹测量,为移动机器人的设计开发和导航控制等研究领域提供了良好的实验测试平台。     

Application of neural networks for the design of flight control algorithms. II Adaptive tuning of neural network control law

In this paper, we consider different approaches for the neural network controller tuning in the flight control system. Two of the most common tuning approaches in the adaptive control theory are applied. The first one uses parameter identification technique and consists in solving a real-time regression problem for the control law. The second approach is based on the Lyapunov direct method, which utilizes a tracking error as an absolute measure of tuning performance. The neural network control law are designed for the three-axis flight control problem and tested on the full nonlinear model of a fighter aircraft. Closed loop simulation results are presented and two adaptation algorithms are compared in the case of abrupt change of aircraft dynamics.     

高超声速飞行器自适应反步控制器设计

针对含有不确定干扰项的吸气式高超声速飞行器模型,分别设计了基于反馈线性化的速度控制器和基于反步法的航迹控制器,以实现对速度和航迹角参考信号的稳定跟踪。通过指令滤波器得到俯仰角的实际跟踪指令及其一阶、二阶微分信号,可直接设计升降舵控制指令,在解决了虚拟控制量求导"复杂性爆炸"问题的同时,减少了反推计算步数,从而达到提高系统动态性能和优化控制器结构的目的。基于LaSalle不变集原理和Lyapunov理论设计的自适应更新律保证了系统的稳定性。仿真结果表明,所设计的控制器在飞行器存在不确定干扰的情况下仍能满足对参考信号跟踪性能的要求。     

Nonlinear dynamics and station-keeping control of a rotating tethered satellite system in halo orbits

The dynamics of a rotating tethered satellite system （TSS） in the vicinity of libration points are highly nonlinear and inherently unstable. In order to fulfill the station-keep control of the rotating TSS along halo orbits, a nonlinear output tracking control scheme based on the θ- D technique is proposed. Compared with the popular time-variant linear quadratic regulator （LQR） controller, this approach overcomes some limitations such as on-line computations of the algebraic Riccati equation. Besides, the obtained nonlinear suboptimal controller is in a closed form and easy to implement. Numerical simulations show that the TTS trajectories track the periodic reference orbit with low energy consumption in the presence of both tether and initial injection errors. The axis of rotation can keep pointing to an inertial specific object to fulfill an observation mission. In addition, the thrusts required by the controller are in an acceptable range and can be implemented through some low-thrust propulsion devices.     

一种新型机载对地观测用三轴稳定平台陀螺安装方式

陀螺安装方式及相应的算法编排是稳定平台设计中的一项关键技术。针对机载对地观测用三轴稳定平台特点,提出了将方位陀螺安装在方位环上,俯仰陀螺和横滚陀螺安装在俯仰环上的陀螺安装方式。利用空间矢量分解理论分析了陀螺输出角速度信号的投影关系及电机控制信号的分配;基于稳定平台系统模型,对理想正交情况和考虑陀螺安装误差情况进行了仿真分析,验证了此种安装方式的可行性和优越性。分析表明,在同等条件下,所提出的安装方式减小了稳定平台的机械尺寸,降低了稳定平台的重量和功耗,实现了三维角速度的正交测量,简化了三轴解耦控制算法。研究结论可为其他三轴稳定平台结构设计和陀螺安装方式设计提供参考。     

微小卫星太阳敏感器/磁强计实时标定算法研究

 提出了一种对磁强计/太阳敏感器的无姿态信息的在轨实时标定方法。在现有的标定算法中,仅采用地磁矢量的模作为观测量,本文引入地磁矢量与太阳矢量之间的数量积作为观测量,增强了其可观性,也使对太阳敏感器的实时标定成为可能。扩展卡尔曼滤波器(Extended Kalman Filter,EKF)虽然获得广泛应用,但其线性化过程会引入截断误差,而无香卡尔曼滤波器(Unscented Kalman Filter,UKF)是非线性滤波方法,不须对系统进行线性化。分别利用EKF与UKF的滤波标定算法进行标定研究,仿真结果表明了本文算法的有效性,如磁强计偏置的标定精度,UKF比EKF高26%。     

关于剩磁对卫星姿态确定与控制影响的研究

讨论了稳态剩磁对地磁姿态确定与控制系统的性能的影响。对某些卫星来说,星上的直流电设备单元会产生一个支配性的稳定磁场。文中提出一个姿态确定滤波器对剩磁场的影响进行了估计,然后从剩磁矩指向、大小及伸杆长度3方面分析了剩磁干扰力矩对姿态控制精度的影响。通过计算机仿真发现:该滤波器能有效消除剩磁场对姿态确定的影响;不同指向的剩磁矩令三轴控制精度出现较大的起伏,而不断增大的剩磁量则使控制偏差呈正比例增大,伸杆长度的影响却很微小。     

Dynamics and de-spin control of massive target by single tethered space tug

This paper investigates the dynamics and de-spin control of a massive target by a single tethered space tug in the post-capture phase. The dynamic model of the tethered system is derived and simplified to a dimensionless form. Further, a decoupled PD controller is proposed, and the local stability of the controller is analyzed by linearization technique. Parametric studies of the dynamics and de-spin control of a massive target are conducted to characterize the dynamic process of de-spin with the proposed control law. It is shown that the massive target can be de-span by a single and small space tug with limited thrust within finite time. The thrust tangent with the tether de-spins the target while the thrust normal to the tether prevents the tether from winding up the target. The tether length has a positive contribution to the de-spin of a target. The longer tether leads to a faster de-spin process.     

Line-of-sight-pointing for satellites in high altitude inclined elliptic orbits

With a growing demand for space communications and resulting overcrowding of geostationary orbit (GEO), the importance of high altitude inclined elliptic orbits is gaining impetus. However, the satellites in these orbits suffer from a severe problem of apparent periodic angular drift around their line-of-sight. This paper addresses this problem and proposes a cost effective method based on tether to continually tilt the satellites in order to compensate for longitudinal and lateral drifts relative to the ground station. The proposed system comprises two satellites connected by a flexible tether at a point on each satellite with offsets. A control strategy is developed for tether offset variations that ensures judiciously controlled changes in the satellite orientations. The numerical simulation of the governing nonlinear equations of motion establishes the feasibility of the concept. A high degree of line-of-sight pointing of dual satellites as well as the simplicity of the proposed control mechanism makes the concept particularly attractive for future space applications.     

Magnetometer Compensation Scheme and Experimental Results on ZDPS-1A Pico-satellite

In a pico-satellite with small volume, measurements from on-board three-axis magnetometer (TAM) are not accurate, as it can be easily disturbed by other electronic systems. To improve its accuracy, a scheme of compensation methods is introduced in this article. The scheme is based on an improved measurement model of pico-satellite TAM, and it mainly consists of three steps. First, in satellite design stage, several techniques are recommended to simplify the afterwards compensations. Then after satellite assembly, TAM ground tests and pre-launch calibration with least-square batch filter are introduced to improve magnetometer performance. At the end, a post-launch calibration with unscented Kalman filter (UKF) is implemented with in-orbit data. The compensation scheme is used in the development of Chinese pico-satellite ZDPS-1A made by Zhejiang University. Results show that with the introduced compensation scheme, the maximum error of ZDPS-1A TAM can be reduced from 80 mG to 6 mG (1 G=10-4 T).     

多无人机绳索悬挂协同搬运固定时间控制

针对多无人机绳索悬挂协同搬运跟踪控制问题,设计了一种新的固定时间协同跟踪控制算法.首先,通过旋量分析,计算系统不同状态下的有效旋量空间,并根据静力学平衡计算系统在有效旋量空间约束下的拉力容许裕度.其次,在保证绳索张紧以及最大拉力约束的条件下,基于微分平坦性以及绳索拉力优化分配算法,规戈编队的期望跟踪轨迹.然后,基于Ud...     

DOA estimation for attitude determination on communication satellites

In order to determine an appropriate attitude of three-axis stabilized communication satellites, this paper describes a novel attitude determination method using direction of arrival （DOA） estimation of a ground signal source. It differs from optical measurement, magnetic field measurement, inertial measurement, and global positioning system （GPS） attitude determination. The proposed method is characterized by taking the ground signal source as the attitude reference and acquiring attitude information from DOA estimation. Firstly, an attitude measurement equation with DOA estimation is derived in detail. Then, the error of the measurement equation is analyzed. Finally, an attitude determination algorithm is presented using a dynamic model, the attitude measurement equation, and measurement errors. A developing low Earth orbit （LEO） satellite which tests mobile communication technology with smart antennas can be stabilized in three axes by corporately using a magnetometer, reaction wheels, and three-axis magnetorquer rods. Based on the communication satellite, simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the method. The method could be a backup of attitude determination to prevent a system failure on the satellite. Its precision depends on the number of snapshots and the input signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） with DOA estimation.