基于N-S方程的加油机对受油机气动干扰研究

空中加受油时,加油机尾流场会对受油机产生复杂的流动干扰。采用基于Navier-Stokes（N-S）方程的CFD方法分析加油机尾流场,并对加油机、受油机之间的气动干扰进行一体化模拟研究;系统地分析加油机不同迎角及双机不同高度差、不同侧向距离、不同前后位置时,受油机的纵向、横航向气动力特性。结果表明：典型状态下,加油机迎...     

空中加油变质量建模与干扰补偿控制

为抑制空中加油给飞机带来的变质量影响,将质量的变化等效为对飞机的干扰力和干扰力矩,建立了变质量飞机的一般动力学模型,并经过小扰动线性化得到飞机带干扰的纵向状态方程.采用比例积分观测器(PIO)对干扰进行观测,基于观测值设计了补偿控制器以实现对变质量干扰的抑制.以受油机为例进行计算机仿真,结果表明,该模型有效地反映了变质量受油机的动力学特性,干扰补偿控制器能够实现对变质量受油机的精确控制.     

软式加油过程中软管鞭打现象数值模拟研究

对空中加油过程中软管锥套系统产生的鞭打现象进行了数值模拟.流场计算中的空间离散采用Osher格式,紊流模型采用S-A一方程模型;运用“刚杆-球铰”模型离散方法对软管锥套系统建模,建立了软管多体系统模型并推导其运动控制方程;采用一类基于相邻单元搜索算法,通过搜寻软管节点所在加油机尾流场网格的宿主单元,建立软管微段气动力与流场的联系.运用方法对软管锥套系统的动态特性进行了仿真,结果与国内外飞行试验结果相吻合.     

Extended dynamic system modulation for real-time obstacle avoidance

In this paper, a novel real-time obstacle avoidance method based on Dynamic System(DS), is proposed. The proposed method ensures the impenetrability of multiple convex obstacles by online modulating the original velocity field of the DS. It can be applied to perform obstacle avoidance in the state space of the DS with both autonomous and non-autonomous DS-based controllers. While realizing the obstacle avoidance, the equilibrium points of the original DS can be saved. The modulation matrix form ...     

Do drones have a realistic place in a pandemic fight for delivering medical supplies in healthcare systems problems?

The advancement of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology in terms of industrialprocesses and communication and networking technologies has led to an increase...     

等离子推进无人机的电空气动力学研究

针对一种新兴的等离子推进无人机概念开展其电空气动力学研究，并通过数值仿真论证等离子推进系统作为无人机主推力系统的可行性。等离子推进无人机的飞行原理是利用一种非对称高压电极组电晕放电实现空气电离，并通过高压电场实现离子加速，从而产生推力推动无人机飞行。相比于传统无人机，等离子推进无人机具有较低机械疲劳、飞行噪音小和能量利用效率高的优点。本文完成了等离子推进无人机组成设计，并对单等离子推进器和等离子推进无人机整体电空气动力学进行了理论研究和数值仿真。单等离子推进器数值仿真结果表明，随着工作电压的升高，单位长度推进器所能产生的推力单调递增。且在相同施加电压情况下，等离子推进器电极间隙越小，所能产生的推力越大。等离子推进无人机飞行仿真结果表明，通过优化等离子推进器结构，施加足够高的电极组电压，等离子推进无人机能够实现稳定飞行。     

Battery package design optimization for small electric aircraft

The increasing gross weight of electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) poses a challenge in practical applications. The range and endurance of the electric UAV are limited by the fixed mass of the battery package. In this work, a design optimization method for the battery package topology of small electric UAV is proposed to enhance the performance. To improve the accuracy of the method, the dynamic battery model and simplified electric component models are presented. These models are utilized by the trajectory optimization method, which takes the dynamic characteristic into consideration to calculate the aircraft performance. The direct optimal control method is used for solving the trajectory optimization problem, and this method is tested on a small blended-wing-body electric aircraft. The test result shows that the range and energy-consumption are mainly influenced by the parallel topology of the battery package, while the flight time in climb phase is more sensitive to the series topology. It is deduced that the range- and energy-optimal design points can be considered concurrently in design optimization. The work proves the feasibility of integrating the trajectory optimization and battery package design.     

Assessment of the suitability of public mobile data networks for aircraft telemetry and control purposes

This paper provides a review of the state of the art of relevant work on the use of public mobile data networks for aircraft telemetry and control proposes. Moreover, it describes the characterisation for airborne uses of the public mobile data communication systems known broadly as 3G. The motivation for this study was to explore how this mature public communication systems could be used for aviation purposes. An experimental system was fitted to a light aircraft to record communication latency, line speed, RF level, packet loss and cell tower identifier. Communications was established using internet protocols and connection was made to a local server. The aircraft was flown in both remote and populous areas at altitudes up to 8500 ft in a region located in South East Queensland, Australia. Results show that the average airborne RF levels are better than those on the ground by 21% and in the order of −77 dbm. Latencies were in the order of 500 ms (1/2 the latency of Iridium), an average download speed of 0.48 Mb/s, average uplink speed of 0.85 Mb/s, a packet of information loss of 6.5%. The maximum communication range was also observed to be 70 km from a single cell station. The paper also describes possible limitations and utility of using such communications architecture for both manned and unmanned aircraft systems.     

Docking control for probe-drogue refueling: An additive-state-decomposition-based output feedback iterative learning control method

Designing a controller for the docking maneuver in Probe-Drogue Refueling (PDR) is an important but challenging task, due to the complex system model and the high precision requirement. In order to overcome the disadvantage of only feedback control, a feedforward control scheme known as Iterative Learning Control (ILC) is adopted in this paper. First, Additive State Decomposition (ASD) is used to address the tight coupling of input saturation, nonlinearity and the property of NonMinimum Phase (NMP) by separating these features into two subsystems (a primary system and a secondary system). After system decomposition, an adjoint-type ILC is applied to the Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) primary system with NMP to achieve entire output trajectory tracking, whereas state feedback is used to stabilize the secondary system with input saturation. The two controllers designed for the two subsystems can be combined to achieve the original control goal of the PDR system. Furthermore, to compensate for the receiver-independent uncertainties, a correction action is proposed by using the terminal docking error, which can lead to a smaller docking error at the docking moment. Simulation tests have been carried out to demonstrate the performance of the proposed control method, which has some advantages over the traditional derivative-type ILC and adjoint-type ILC in the docking control of PDR.     

推进剂在轨加注流体传输过程的数值模拟和地面试验研究

针对排气式在轨加注方法,对航天器在轨加注过程的流体传输行为进行数值模拟和地面试验研究．采用VOF两相流动模型数值模拟板式表面张力贮箱加注过程的流动特性,得到加注过程的流动规律．地面演示试验使用地面模拟加注系统,对排气式加注的全过程进行地面演示验证．数值模拟和地面演示试验结果表明．排气式在轨加注方法是可行的．