Rotation Control of a 3-DOF Parallel Mechanism Driven by Pneumatic Muscle Actuators

The pneumatic muscle actuator(PMA) has many advantages,such as good flexibility,high power/weight ratio,but its nonlinearity makes it difficult to build a static mathematical model with high precision. A new method is proposed to establish the model of PMA. The concept of hybrid elastic modulus which is related to the static characteristic of PMA is put forward,and the energy conservation law is used to achieve the expression of the hybrid elastic modulus,which can be fitted out based on experimental data,and the model of PMA can be derived from this expression. At the same time,a 3-DOF parallel mechanism(a new bionic shoulder joint)driven by five PMAs is designed. This bionic shoulder joint adopts the structure of two antagonistic PMAs actualizing a rotation control and three PMAs controlling another two rotations to get better rotation characteristics. The kinematic and dynamic characteristics of the mechanism are analyzed and a new static model of PMA is used to control it.Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of this new static model.     

Gravitation and celestial mechanics investigations with Galileo

The gravitation and celestial mechanics investigations during the cruise phase and Orbiter phase of the Galileo mission depend on Doppler and ranging measurements generated by the Deep Space Network (DSN) at its three spacecraft tracking sites in California, Australia, and Spain. Other investigations which also rely on DSN data, and which like ours fall under the general discipline of spacecraft radio science, are described in a companion paper by Howard et al. (1992). We group our investigations into four broad categories as follows: (1) the determination of the gravity fields of Jupiter and its four major satellites during the orbital tour, (2) a search for gravitational radiation as evidenced by perturbations to the coherent Doppler link between the spacecraft and Earth, (3) the mathematical modeling, and by implication tests, of general relativistic effects on the Doppler and ranging data during both cruise and orbiter phases, and (4) an improvement in the ephemeris of Jupiter by means of spacecraft ranging during the Orbiter phase. The gravity fields are accessible because of their effects on the spacecraft motion, determined primarily from the Doppler data. For the Galilean satellites we will determine second degree and order gravity harmonics that will yield new information on the central condensation and likely composition of material within these giant satellites (Hubbard and Anderson, 1978). The search for gravitational radiation is being conducted in cruise for periods of 40 days centered around solar opposition. During these times the radio link is least affected by scintillations introduced by solar plasma. Our sensitivity to the amplitude of sinusoidal signals approaches 10^-15 in a band of gravitational frequencies between 10^-4 and 10^-3 Hz, by far the best sensitivity obtained in this band to date. In addition to the primary objectives of our investigations, we discuss two secondary objectives: the determination of a range fix on Venus during the flyby on 10 February, 1990, and the determination of the Earth's mass (GM) from the two Earth gravity assists, EGA1 in December 1990 and EGA2 in December 1992.     

Electric Field Detection and Ranging of Aircraft

The electric field transported by charged aircraft during free flight can be observed quantitatively in distances of up to some 100 m. A system of three plane sensors arranged in the corners of a triangle or the Earth surface is described, by which the flight path of aircraft is detected in the range of 40 to 500 m with velocities of approximately 50 m/s. The theory and typical experimental results are discussed.     

遥测用固态微波脉冲功率放大器的CAD

介绍用微波计算机辅助设计软件优化设计大功率固态微波脉冲功率放大器的方法,重点描述了这种方法的几个关键技术和分析、设计过程,包括建立晶体管的模型,确定电路的拓扑结构和偏置电路的形式,仿真、优化、公差分析等等。用惠普公司的微波计算机辅助设计软件—ＨＰ－ＥＥＳＯＦ软件优化设计了一个输出功率为１１０Ｗ的脉冲功率放大器,并进行了安装、调试和测试,测试的结果完全符合设计的要求。     

一种基于移步预测消除脉冲串扰的快速算法

以毫米波主被动复合探测器为工程应用背景,通过分析信号的特点,提出一种基于移步预测思想的快速算法来消除脉冲调制信号对被动通道信号的串扰。仿真分析和实验结果表明,该方法对改善信噪比效果明显,而且具有成本低、速度快和易于工程化实现的优点。     

Deceleration and heating constrained footprint of shuttle vehicles

With increasing frequency in shuttle operation, it is of interest to have more than one or two landing fields within the boundary of the reachable area of the reentry vehicle. This boundary, called the footprint, depends on the aerodynamic characteristics of the vehicle and is severely restricted by the deceleration and heating constraints imposed upon the atmospheric reentry trajectory. This paper gives a general assessment of the footprint as a function of various deceleration and heating constraints. The difficulties in the computation of the three-dimensional reentry trajectories with optimal modulation in both the angle-of-attack and the bank angle are alleviated by the following devices: (a) nondimensionalizing of the equations of motion and use of the density as the altitude variable; (b) use of the classical integrals of the motion; (c) transformation of the adjoint variables into physical variables; and (d) spherical rotation of the coordinates.     

遥测时间零点的分析

本文分析了引起遥测时间零点延时的各种因素,提出了数据处理中四种时间零点方案,并给出了遥测时间零点之前数字量脉冲的修正方法。用本方法处理的数据,使制导工具误差系数分离结果有了较大改进。     

偏转翼前缘热流分布特征

对于偏转翼,其迎风角和偏转角直接影响到前缘弧面上热流最高点的分布位置。运用球面三角学原理并基于后掠圆柱热流计算公式推导偏转翼的迎风角、偏转角和离心角（前缘弧面上偏离前缘中心线的角）之间的关系。在确定迎风角和偏转角的条件下,应用该式可以直接确定前缘弧面上最大热流的分布位置,该结果与实验及工程计算结果基本一致,可以基本满足工程使用要求。最后分析前缘上最大热流位置随迎风角及偏转角的变化规律。