Geophysical Constraints on the Evolution of Mars

The evolution of Mars is discussed using results from the recent Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and Mars Pathfinder missions together with results from mantle convection and thermal history models and the chemistry of Martian meteorites. The new MGS topography and gravity data and the data on the rotation of Mars from Mars Pathfinder constrain models of the present interior structure and allow estimates of present crust thickness and thickness variations. The data also allow estimates of lithosphere thickness variation and heat flow assuming that the base of the lithosphere is an isotherm. Although the interpretation is not unambiguous, it can be concluded that Mars has a substantial crust. It may be about 50 km thick on average with thickness variations of another ±50 km. Alternatively, the crust may be substantially thicker with smaller thickness variations. The former estimate of crust thickness can be shown to be in agreement with estimates of volcanic production rates from geologic mapping using data from the camera on MGS and previous missions. According to these estimates most of the crust was produced in the Noachian, roughly the first Gyr of evolution. A substantial part of the lava generated during this time apparently poured onto the surface to produce the Tharsis bulge, the largest tectonic unit in the solar system and the major volcanic center of Mars. Models of crust growth that couple crust growth to mantle convection and thermal evolution are consistent with an early 1 Gyr long phase of vigorous volcanic activity. The simplest explanation for the remnant magnetization of crustal units of mostly the southern hemisphere calls for an active dynamo in the Noachian, again consistent with thermal history calculations that predict the core to become stably stratified after some hundred Myr of convective cooling and dynamo action. The isotope record of the Martian meteorites suggest that the core formed early and rapidly within a few tens of Myr. These data also suggest that the silicate rock component of the planet was partially molten during that time. The isotope data suggest that heterogeneity resulted from core formation and early differentiation and persisted to the recent past. This is often taken as evidence against vigorous mantle convection and early plate tectonics on Mars although the latter assumption can most easily explain the early magnetic field. The physics of mantle convection suggests that there may be a few hundred km thick stagnant, near surface layer in the mantle that would have formed rapidly and may have provided the reservoirs required to explain the isotope data. The relation between the planform of mantle convection and the tectonic features on the surface is difficult to entangle. Models call for long wavelength forms of flow and possibly a few strong plumes in the very early evolution. These plumes may have dissolved with time as the core cooled and may have died off by the end of the Noachian.     

The Marginal Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filter for Mixed Linear/Nonlinear State Space Models

In this paper, the marginal Rao-Blackwellized particle filter （MRBPF）, which fuses the Rao-Blackwellized particle filter （RBPF） algorithm and the marginal particle filter （MPF） algorithm, is presented. The state space is divided into linear and non-linear parts, which can be estimated separately by the MPF and the optional Kalman filter. Through simulation in the terrain aided navigation （TAN） domain, it is demonstrated that, compared with the RBPF, the root mean square errors （RMSE） and the error variance of the nonlinear state estimations by the proposed MRBPF are respectively reduced by 29% and 96%, while the unique particle count is increased by 80%. It is also found that the MRBPF has better convergence properties, and analysis has shown that the existing RBPF is nothing more than a special case of the MRBPF.     

一种基于模糊遗传算法的多传感器多目标跟踪数据关联算法

基于模糊遗传算法发展了一种新的数据关联算法。数据关联的静态部分靠一个模糊遗传算法来得出量测组合序列和S-D分配的m个最优解。在数据关联的动态部分，将得到的S-D分配的m个最优解在一个基于多种群模糊遗传算法的动态2D分配算法中依靠一个卡尔曼滤波估计器估计出移动目标各个时刻的状态。这一基于分配的数据关联算法的仿真试验内容为被动式传感器的航迹形成和维持的问题。仿真试验的结果表明该算法在多传感器多目标跟踪中应用的可行性。另外，对算法发展和实时性问题进行了简单讨论。     

基于六模糊控制器的自适应遗传算法

遗传算法的性能主要取决于算法对满意解的搜索和优化的能力。本提出的自适应遗传算法可以自动均衡搜索和优化关系。该算法采用六个模糊控制器对符号编码遗传算法的遗传操作实施动态参数控制。对旅行商(TSP)问题的求解结果表明该算法在解决类似于TSP的组合优化问题时具有比标准遗传算法更好的性能。     

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。     

基于吱呀轮优化的多卫星数传调度问题求解方法

研究多卫星数传调度技术对提高对地观测系统的综合应用效益具有重要意义.通过分析卫星数传调度问题,建立一种考虑时间窗调整的约束优化模型.利用吱呀轮优化(Squeaky-WheeL Optimization,SWO)的大邻域导向式搜索特点,提出了一种基于SWO的多卫星数传调度算法.该算法可以在短时间内获得优化解.实验结果表明,该算法在时间性、优化度等方面取得满意的结果.     

微缝共振器的非线性吸声机理

为模拟高声压级时微缝处涡声相互作用现象并计算微缝声阻抗,发展了一种离散涡模型.联合微缝离散涡模型和一维声传播模型,计算了微缝共振器的声阻抗和吸声系数.数值结果表明,微缝声学性质主要取决于涡脱落和脱落涡层的演化;共振器的吸声系数随着入射声压级的增加而增大;入射声波频率对共振器吸声系数有显著影响.研究结果和先前直接数值模拟...     

Hyper Heuristic Approach for Design and Optimization of Satellite Launch Vehicle

Satellite launch vehicle lies at the cross-road of multiple challenging technologies and its design and optimization present a typical example of multidisciplinary design and optimization(MDO) process.The complexity of problem demands highly effi-cient and effective algorithm that can optimize the design.Hyper heuristic approach(HHA) based on meta-heuristics is applied to the optimization of air launched satellite launch vehicle(ASLV).A non-learning random function(NLRF) is proposed to con-trol low-level meta-heuristics(LLMHs) that increases certainty of global solution,an essential ingredient required in product conceptual design phase of aerospace systems.Comprehensive empirical study is performed to evaluate the performance advan-tages of proposed approach over popular non-gradient based optimization methods.Design of ASLV encompasses aerodynamics,propulsion,structure,stages layout,mass distribution,and trajectory modules connected by multidisciplinary feasible design approach.This approach formulates explicit system-level goals and then forwards the design optimization process entirely over to optimizer.This distinctive approach for launch vehicle system design relieves engineers from tedious,iterative task and en-ables them to improve their component level models.Mass is an impetus on vehicle performance and cost,and so it is considered as the core of vehicle design process.Therefore,gross launch mass is to be minimized in HHA.     

Satellite altimetry determination of differences between mean sea-level heights and testing geopotential models

The Satellite Altimeter Data has been used for a) Determination of differences between mean ocean levels; b) Testing the accuracy of different geopotential models as regards their internal structure over the oceans.     

喷嘴为执行机构的空间飞行器基于误差四元数的非线性姿态跟踪控制

研究带喷嘴空间飞行器在姿态跟踪机动时的多轴耦合非线性姿态控制问题。姿态运动学和动力学用误差四元数描述。通过线性变换将误差四元数动力学方程转换成 4个摄动双积分系统 ,并基于此摄动双积分系统设计了开关控制器。由误差四元数及其导数构成的抛物型开关函数决定了控制器中的逻辑。文章考虑了最短的姿态捕获路径、外部干扰抑制、和不确定参数补偿问题。控制器允许力矩矩阵为非对称 ,从而使喷气执行机构的安装有更好的灵活性。由于不需要目标的加速度反馈 ,控制器可用于对机动目标的跟踪。用相平面方法分析了闭环系统的鲁棒稳定性。仿真结果验证了控制方案的可行性