Intelligent control of a planning system for astronaut training

This work intends to design, analyze and solve, from the systems control perspective, a complex, dynamic, and multiconstrained planning system for generating training plans for crew members of the NASA-led International Space Station. Various intelligent planning systems have been developed within the framework of artificial intelligence. These planning systems generally lack a rigorous mathematical formalism to allow a reliable and flexible methodology for their design, modeling, and performance analysis in a dynamical, time-critical, and multiconstrained environment. Formulating the planning problem in the domain of discrete-event systems under a unified framework such that it can be modeled, designed, and analyzed as a control system will provide a self-contained theory for such planning systems. This will also provide a means to certify various planning systems for operations in the dynamical and complex environments in space. The work presented here completes the design, development, and analysis of an intricate, large-scale, and representative mathematical formulation for intelligent control of a real planning system for Space Station crew training. This planning system has been tested and used at NASA-Johnson Space Center     

自适应控制方法的直接命中目标本体的平行接近制导律

本文在最少量测条件下采用视线角速度ｑ趋于零的指标函数和低阶等效辨识模型与快速自适应控制方法实现了战术导弹的平行接近制导律。这种最优制导律可以实现直接命中目标本体，实现一弹多用，可以用于反导弹的控制。能使制导装置简化并使其尺寸和重量减小，算法简单易于工程使用。经过大量数学和半实物仿真试验表明，上述成果可应用于实际工程当中。     

Progress of microgravity material research during the period of 2007—2009

Orbital experimental researches on crystal growth of Mn-doped GaSb and Bi2Se0.21Te2.79 are briefly summarized. The space experiments were completed in September of 2007 on broad the Foton-M3 satellite of Russia. Ground-based researches on the solidification behaviors of Al-Al3Ni, Al-Al2Cu, Ag-Cu eutectic, Al-Pb monotectic and Cu-Co peritectic alloys in a 50-meter-high drop tube were investigated. New experimental results on the ultrasonic field and the temperature recycling induced to chiral symmetry breaking of NaClO3 crystal also were reported in the present paper.     

三级轴向旋流燃烧室流场结构研究

为深入了解燃烧室内流场,研究不同来流状态对燃烧室流场结构的影响,基于粒子成像速度仪(PIV)技术,对采用三级轴向旋流器的航空发动机燃烧室进行流场测量,分别在Case 1常温低压(0.49MPa)、Case 2常温中压(0.98MPa)、Case 3常温高压(1.64MPa)、Case 4全状态(高温813K高压2.78MPa)来流条件下进行。研究结果表明,同一燃烧室模型在不同速度、温度和压力来流下有基本相同的流场结构,但在中心回流区尺寸、角落回流区尺寸、主燃孔和掺混孔射流等细节方面仍有明显差异,来流压力较高的流场中心回流区向下游扩展更深入,角落回流区被压缩,主燃孔和掺混孔射流速度增加且进气比例增大。     

Microgravity effects on water supply and substrate properties in porous matrix root support systems.

The control of water content and water movement in granular substrate-based plant root systems in microgravity is a complex problem. Improper water and oxygen delivery to plant roots has delayed studies of the effects of microgravity on plant development and the use of plants in physical and mental life support systems. Our international effort (USA, Russia and Bulgaria) has upgraded the plant growth facilities on the Mir Orbital Station (OS) and used them to study the full life cycle of plants. The Bulgarian-Russian-developed Svet Space Greenhouse (SG) system was upgraded on the Mir OS in 1996. The US developed Gas Exchange Measurement System (GEMS) greatly extends the range of environmental parameters monitored. The Svet-GEMS complex was used to grow a fully developed wheat crop during 1996. The growth rate and development of these plants compared well with earth grown plants indicating that the root zone water and oxygen stresses that have limited plant development in previous long-duration experiments have been overcome. However, management of the root environment during this experiment involved several significant changes in control settings as the relationship between the water delivery system, water status sensors, and the substrate changed during the growth cycles.     

双组元统一推进系统加注混合比改进算法及应用

卫星双组元统一推进系统加注混合比,是确定卫星氧化剂和燃烧剂加注量的重要参数。正确地确定加注混合比可以减少卫星的呆重,增加推进剂余量和卫星寿命。文章在原有混合比计算的基础上,分析了在轨不同阶段的不同压力、温度条件下10N推力器和490N变轨发动机的流量情况和入口压力、氧化剂和燃烧剂压力变化情况,利用推力器和变轨发动机地面...     

Ray Based Diffraction Tomography of the Ionosphere and Laboratory Inhomogeneous Plasma

A new procedure for restoration of the plasma inhomogeneities with improved resolution is suggested. The procedure deals with the double weighted Fourier transform (DWFT) of the observed wavefield in coordinates of both receivers = (x, y) and sources ₀ = (x ₀, y ₀) [1]. Phase increments between the sources and receivers, being found from DWFT representation, can be used for extracting information on small perturbations of the dielectric constant ~(, z) in a way similar to traditional radio tomography. The resulting resolution of the method is close to the diffraction limit = h/D in the horizontal direction and z = (h/D)² in the vertical direction, where h is the height of inhomogeneities and D is the length of the ground-based receiving system.     

尖脊(Caret)进气道地面气动特性试验研究

在地面静止状态下试验研究了尖脊进气道气动特性以及唇口厚度对进气道性能影响 ,给出了进气道各侧壁沿程静压分布及其出口总压分布图谱 ,研究了进气口流动特点及其对出口总压畸变流场的影响。试验表明 ,Caret进气道进口存在一大一小的反向旋转涡 ,该旋涡的作用使得进气道高、低压区均旋转了 90°以上。进口下唇口和外唇口厚度对地面静止状态下的进气道总压恢复系数和总压畸变指数有较大的影响 ,为进气唇口厚度的选择提供了依据。     

On the observability of Mars entry navigation using radiometric measurements

A thorough observability analysis of the Mars entry navigation using radiometric measurements from ground based beacons is performed. This analysis involves the evaluation of the Fisher information matrix which is derived from the maximum likelihood estimation. A series of navigation cases with multiple beacons are investigated, and both range and range-rate measurements are considered. The determinant of Fisher information matrix is used to quantify the observability of navigation system, while the trace of Fisher information matrix is used to determine the lower-bound of estimation errors. For one and two beacon cases, the navigation system is unobservable. However, the eigenvectors of Fisher information matrix give the observable and unobservable component. When three or more beacon measurements are employed, the states of entry vehicle become observable. Some valuable analytic conclusions on the relationship between the geometric configuration of beacons and observability are obtained consequently. Finally, simulation results from two navigation examples indicate that our effort is useful for understanding and assessing the observability of the Mars entry navigation using radiometric measurements.     

基于最小二乘法的磁力计误差补偿与校准

磁力计在行人自主导航系统中用于提供绝对航行信息,而航向的精度直接决定着系统定位的精度。针对目前磁力计标定方法中存在磁干扰等问题,提出了一种基于最小二乘法和"8"字校准法对磁力计零偏进行实时校准的方法。该方法先利用最小二乘法修正磁力计零偏,再根据磁力计的模值大小及方差作为磁干扰的判断条件,用"8"字旋转方式进行实时校准。通过仿真和实验验证,新的方法有效地解决了磁力计误差补偿问题,证明了改进误差补偿算法的可行性和有效性。