基于特征线理论的旋转爆震流场结构特征研究

特征线理论及其计算方法是气体动力学的经典理论与方法,应用于旋转爆震流场分析具有简单高效的特点。将坐标系建立在爆震波上,对旋转爆震流场进行简化,采用特征线理论并结合流场计算单元过程,建立旋转爆震流场计算模型。研究了当量比和喷注参数对氢气/空气、甲烷/空气以及辛烷/空气3种不同预混气的旋转爆震流场结构特征的影响。结果表明:爆震波高度和倾斜角度受混气当量比和喷注总温影响明显;燃料由小分子氢燃料变为大分子碳氢燃料时,爆震波高度和倾斜角度逐渐减小;混气当量比和喷注总温主要通过影响爆震波传播速度、高度和倾斜角度而影响爆震波后宏观流场特征趋势。     

尖侧缘机身布局的俯仰力矩特性及扰流板控制

针对尖侧缘机身布局在大迎角下存在的正俯仰力矩（抬头力矩）问题,通过风洞试验,首先研究了俯仰力矩的迎角分区特性及流动演化规律：线性增长区（迎角为0°~15°）,俯仰力矩线性增加,全机从附着流到形成进气道前缘涡和机翼涡;非线性增长区（迎角为17.5°~32.5°）,俯仰力矩非线性增加,机头涡出现,机头涡和进气道前缘涡逐渐增强,机翼涡增强后破裂;衰减区（迎角为35°~65°）,俯仰力矩逐渐减小,机头涡增强后破裂,进气道前缘涡破裂发展,机翼涡完全破裂。其次,发现了机身前体是产生正俯仰力矩的主要来源,机头涡是导致大迎角下正俯仰力矩的主控流动。当迎角为40°时,前体各截面正俯仰力矩在进气道前缘处达到最大,主要是由于该处机头涡诱导产生了较强的法向力。最后,提出了大迎角机身扰流板控制技术,产生了较好的控制效果。当迎角为40°时,扰流板可使正俯仰力矩减少62%,其原因是扰流板降低了机头涡涡量及其诱导产生的法向力,减少了机身前体对正俯仰力矩的贡献。该控制技术的缺点是扰流板会带来一些升力损失和附加阻力。基于尖侧缘机身参考宽度的雷诺数为2.59×10⁵。     

基于实测数据的海杂波时空相关性分析

海杂波的相关特性分为时间相关性和空间相关性,二者均与雷达系统参数、环境条件等多种因素有关。文章利用X波段雷达实测海杂波数据,重点研究了不同极化条件下海杂波的时间相关性、高低典型海况和不同入射余角条件下的海杂波距离向和方位向空间相关性。经大量实测数据验证表明,极化方式对海杂波强时间相关性影响较小,海杂波距离向空间相关性受海况影响较大、方位向相邻分辨单元空间相关性较弱,这些结论对于海杂波中目标检测方法优化设计具有重要意义。     

Optimal guidance for reentry vehicles based on indirect Legendre pseudospectral method

Development of a feasible guidance scheme for reentry vehicles is a challenge because of its significant nonlinearity and multi-constraints. A method for the implementation of three-degree-of-freedom guidance for constrained reentry vehicle is presented in the paper. First, the constrained trajectory is generated by Legendre pseudospectral method (LPM) and then the feasibily of the trajectory is validated. Based on the obtained reference trajectory, the guidance problem is converted into a trajectory state regulation problem which is a linear time varying system. A robust state feedback guidance law is generated in real time using indirect Legendre pseudospectral feedback method. Finally, simulation results illustrate that the overall guidance scheme can lead to a very accurately controlled flight with all the constraints satisfied even in the presence of initial state uncertainty.     

Vision-based pose estimation for cooperative space objects

Imaging sensors are widely used in aerospace recently. In this paper, a vision-based approach for estimating the pose of cooperative space objects is proposed. We learn generative model for each space object based on homeomorphic manifold analysis. Conceptual manifold is used to represent pose variation of captured images of the object in visual space, and nonlinear functions mapping between conceptual manifold representation and visual inputs are learned. Given such learned model, we estimate the pose of a new image by minimizing a reconstruction error via a traversal procedure along the conceptual manifold. Experimental results on the simulated image dataset show that our approach is effective for 1D and 2D pose estimation.     

A low-thrust transfer between the Earth–Moon and Sun–Earth systems based on invariant manifolds

A low-energy, low-thrust transfer between two halo orbits associated with two coupled three-body systems is studied in this paper. The transfer is composed of a ballistic departure, a ballistic insertion and a powered phase using low-thrust propulsion to connect these two trajectories. The ballistic departure and insertion are computed by constructing the unstable and stable invariant manifolds of the corresponding halo orbits, and a complete low-energy transfer based on the patched invariant manifolds is optimized using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm on the criterion of smallest velocity discontinuity and limited position discontinuity (less than 1 km). Then, the result is expropriated as the boundary conditions for the subsequent low-thrust trajectory design. The fuel-optimal problem is formulated using the calculus of variations and Pontryagin's Maximum Principle in a complete four-body dynamical environment. Then, a typical bang–bang control is derived and solved using the indirect method combined with a homotopic technique. The contributions of the present work mainly consist of two points. Firstly, the global search method proposed in this paper is simply handled using the PSO algorithm, a number of feasible solutions in a fairly wide range can be delivered without a priori or perfect knowledge of the transfers. Secondly, the indirect optimization method is used in the low-thrust trajectory design and the derivations of the first-order necessary conditions are simplified with a modified controlled, restricted four-body model.     

Regularized robust filter for attitude determination system with relative installation error of star trackers

As one of the most critical issues for high-accuracy satellite attitude determination, the relative installation error of star tracker usually leads to inconsistency of the output attitude information. In this paper, an approach named regularized robust filter algorithm is proposed to control the relative installation error of star tracker in the attitude measurement data. Based on the uncertainty model established for the attitude measurement system, the weighted least square solution is presented and the regularized robust filter is deduced firstly. The algorithm parameters are then optimized with the design indices in order to minimize the upper boundary for the variance of the estimated error. Compared with the traditional Kalman filter, the regularized robust filter takes into consideration the effects of model uncertainty, which can be used to optimize the filter parameters during its design stage. Thus, the information of both the system model and the measurement data can be applied effectively. Moreover, the existence conditions need not be validated in the proposed filter algorithm, which is convenient for on-orbit application. Finally, simulation results demonstrate the validity and efficiency of the proposed method. The relative installation error of attitude determination is mostly reduced and the estimation precision is improved greatly.     

Aircraft engine health management via stochastic modelling of flight data interrelations

A novel engine health management (EHM) scheme is introduced. It uses flight-level, instead of thermodynamic, data to cost-effectively augment the onboard EHM redundancy. For a nominal healthy aircraft, fault-sensitive interrelations among flight data are globally modelled inside a flight regime via Constant-Coefficient Pooled Nonlinear AutoRegressive with eXogenous (CCP-NARX) excitation representations. Single or sequential engine faults perturb these interrelations. Statistically evaluating the perturbation-induced effects draws reliable conclusions on the engine?s health. Validation and comparisons with Kalman filter-based alternatives are made throughout the regime under various operational conditions.     

Ion engine grids: Function,main parameters,issues, configurations,geometries, materials and fabrication methods

Ion optics are crucial components of ion thrusters and the study of the different ion extraction solutions used since the beginning of the electric propulsion era is essential to understand the evolution of ion engines. This work describes ion engine grids' main functions, parameters and issues related to thermal expansion and sputter erosion, and then introduces a review of ion optics used for significant launched and tested ion thrusters since 1970. Configurations, geometries, materials and fabrication methods are analyzed to understand when typical ion thrusters use two or three grids, what are the thicknesses and aperture sizes of the screen, accelerator and decelerator grids, why molybdenum and carbon-based materials such as pyrolytic graphite and carbon–carbon are the best available options for ion optics and what is the manufacturing method for each material.     

Newton–Euler equations of multibody systems with changing structures for space applications

Multibody systems with changing structure are considered. These systems have stages in their motion that distinct from each other by degree of freedom (DOF), joint connection structure and joint types. These mechanical systems are common in space application e.g. separation subsystems. Single coordinate set is used to formulate Newton–Euler equations of motion at each stage. Proposed equation form simplifies equations building process for certain stages and whole motion. Numerical experiment was carried out using proposed method.