基于LMS Virtual. Lab的系留气球仿真与优化

系留气球在近地面收放过程中存在俯仰角过大的问题，为了更全面地了解收放过程中不同因素对球体俯仰角的影响，采用LMS Virtua1. Lab建立了带滑轮索具系统的系留气球三维动力学模型进行仿真分析，结果表明，仿真结果与理论计算、测量数据都有较高的符合度。进而运用试验设计( DOE)方法，探索典型风速下球体俯仰角的响应区间。最后基于响应面模型的优化技术，对滑轮索具系统设计进行优化，有效改善了球体在收放过程中俯仰角过大的问题。仿真模型对系留气球系统设计及收放控制有一定的指导作用。     

用于低温试验的多通道高精度铂电阻测温电路

在低温推进剂蒸发量控制等低温试验中,高精度的温度测点数量多,并且要求必要时屏蔽失效的测点,导致调理电路成本较高。为解决上述问题,设计了一种适用于低温试验多通道温度测量的铂电阻测温电路。设计了恒流源电路、放大滤波电路。利用ATMega328P和串口屏开发了通道控制和人机交互界面。用于测温的多个铂电阻与已知参考电阻以同一个恒流源串联供电,通过比例式测量消除了恒流源性能对测量精度的影响。误差分析和测试校准证明其电阻测量精度达到0.05%,可广泛应用于实验室和试验现场的低温测量系统中。     

Geometric error analysis of an over-constrained parallel tracking mechanism using the screw theory

This paper deals with geometric error modeling and sensitivity analysis of an overconstrained parallel tracking mechanism. The main contribution is the consideration of overconstrained features that are usually ignored in previous research. The reciprocal property between a motion and a force is applied to tackle this problem in the framework of the screw theory. First of all, a nominal kinematic model of the parallel tracking mechanism is formulated. On this basis, the actual twist of the moving platform is computed through the superposition of the joint twist and geometric errors. The actuation and constrained wrenches of each limb are applied to exclude the joint displacement. After eliminating repeated errors brought by the multiplication of wrenches, a geometric error model of the parallel tracking mechanism is built. Furthermore,two sensitivity indices are defined to select essential geometric errors for future kinematic calibration. Finally, the geometric error model with minimum geometric errors is verified by simulation with SolidWorks software. Two typical poses of the parallel tracking mechanism are selected, and the differences between simulation and calculation results are very small. The results confirm the correctness and accuracy of the geometric error modeling method for over-constrained parallel mechanisms.     

A shortcut to marking 3D target curves on curved surface via a galvanometric laser scanner

Marking arbitrary three-dimensional(3D) target curves on given objects with curved surface is required in many industrial fields, such as fabric prepreg placement in composite material part fabrication, product assembly, surface painting for decoration, etc. A shortcut to the solution of this intractable problem is proposed by utilizing a galvanometric laser scanner(GLS) with the aid of a camera. Without using the existing tedious GLS calibration procedures,the proposed method directly establishes a mapping between the 3D coordinates of the laser spots on the object surface and the control voltages of the scanner. A single-hidden layer feedforward neural network(SLFN) is employed to model the mapping. By projecting a dense grid of laser spots on the object to be marked and simultaneously taking only one image, the SLFN model is trained in minutes via a linear solving mechanism. Experiments demonstrate that the trained SLFN model has a good generalization performance for marking 3D target curves. The 3D laser marking errors on experimental objects are less than 0.5 mm. The proposed method is especially suitable for on-site use and can be conveniently extended to multiple GLSs for marking large complex objects.     

Availability modeling for periodically inspection system with different lifetime and repair-time distribution

Availability is a main feature of design and operation of all engineering system. Recently,availability evaluation of periodical inspection systems with different structures is at the center of attention due to the wide application in engineering. In this paper, an analytical and probabilistic availability model for periodical inspection system is proposed by a new recursively algorithm,which can achieve limiting average availability and instantaneous availability of periodical inspection system under arbitrary lifetime and repair-time distributions. Then three application examples are presented, the systems lifetime and repair-time are respectively fellow exponential/exponential,Weibull/normal and Weibull/lognormal distribution. Finally, a Weibull/lognormal system is studied to analyze the dynamic relationship between inspection period and availability. The results indicate that the proposed approach can provide the technology support for improving system availability and determining reasonable inspection period.