The GLONASS-M satellite yaw-attitude model

The proper modeling of the satellites’ yaw-attitude is a prerequisite for high-precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning and poses a particular challenge during periods when the satellite orbital planes are partially eclipsed. Whereas a lot of effort has been put in to examine the yaw-attitude control of GPS satellites that are in eclipsing orbits, hardly anything is known about the yaw-attitude behavior of eclipsing GLONASS-M satellites. However, systematic variations of the carrier phase observation residuals in the vicinity of the orbit’s noon and midnight points of up to ±27 cm indicate significant attitude-related modeling issues. In order to explore the GLONASS-M attitude laws during eclipse seasons, we have studied the evolution of the horizontal satellite antenna offset estimates during orbit noon and orbit midnight using a technique that we refer to as “reverse kinematic precise point positioning”. In this approach, we keep all relevant global geodetic parameters fixed and estimate the satellite clock and antenna phase center positions epoch-by-epoch using 30-second observation and clock data from a global multi-GNSS ground station network. The estimated horizontal antenna phase center offsets implicitly provide the spacecraft’s yaw-attitude. The insights gained from studying the yaw angle behavior have led to the development of the very first yaw-attitude model for eclipsing GLONASS-M satellites. The derived yaw-attitude model proves to be much better than the nominal yaw-attitude model commonly being used by today’s GLONASS-capable GNSS software packages as it reduces the observation residuals of eclipsing satellites down to the normal level of non-eclipsing satellites and thereby prevents a multitude of measurements from being incorrectly identified as outliers. It facilitates continuous satellite clock estimation during eclipse and improves in particular the results of kinematic precise point positioning of ground-based receivers.     

Towards PPP-RTK: Ambiguity resolution in real-time precise point positioning

Integer ambiguity resolution at a single station can be achieved by introducing predetermined uncalibrated phase delays (UPDs) into the float ambiguity estimates of precise point positioning (PPP). This integer resolution technique has the potential of leading to a PPP-RTK (real-time kinematic) model where PPP provides rapid convergence to a reliable centimeter-level positioning accuracy based on an RTK reference network. Nonetheless, implementing this model is technically subject to how rapidly we can fix wide-lane ambiguities, stabilize narrow-lane UPD estimates, and achieve the first ambiguity-fixed solution. To investigate these issues, we used 7 days of 1-Hz sampling GPS data at 91 stations across Europe. We find that at least 10 min of observations are required for most receiver types to reliably fix about 90% of wide-lane ambiguities corresponding to high elevations, and over 20 min to fix about 90% of those corresponding to low elevations. Moreover, several tens of minutes are usually required for a regional network before a narrow-lane UPD estimate stabilizes to an accuracy of far better than 0.1 cycles. Finally, for hourly data, ambiguity resolution can significantly improve the accuracy of epoch-wise position estimates from 13.7, 7.1 and 11.4 cm to 0.8, 0.9 and 2.5 cm for the East, North and Up components, respectively, but a few tens of minutes is required to achieve the first ambiguity-fixed solution. Therefore, from the timeliness aspect, our PPP-RTK model currently cannot satisfy the critical requirement of instantaneous precise positioning where ambiguity-fixed solutions have to be achieved within at most a few seconds. However, this model can still be potentially applied to some near-real-time remote sensing applications, such as the GPS meteorology.     

基于分段连续推力的晕轨道控制方法

基于小偏差理论,推导了三体动力学模型的误差线性模型,并将此假设下的控制归纳为终端固定的有限时间调节器问题。在此基础上,进一步利用该最优控制方法推导了晕轨道周期内的连续小推力控制方案,验证了控制加速度及状态量的收敛。同时针对整周期控制方式在超调后状态量收敛速度慢的问题,通过分段连续推力控制模式(Sectional Continuous Thrust Control,SCTC)来近似瞬时脉冲推力控制模式,给出了最短分段控制时间的计算方法。实验表明,SCTC模式加快了轨道状态的收敛速度。对于km级入轨偏差,通过1次控制即可使实际轨道收敛至标称轨道。     

牵连运动为转动时动点加速度求解的研究

本文通过分析和实例，论证了动参考系为转动时的大部分加速度问题可以不计算科氏加速度而采用较简单的基点法求解。     

A double integral method for quantitative evaluation of influence on thin-walled casing response caused by bearing uncertainties

Bearings in a gas turbine engine are the key connecting components transmitting force and motion between rotors and thin-walled flexible casing. The bearing stiffness and damping of squeeze film damper (SFD) nearby bearings are easily affected by many factors, such as assembly process, load condition and temperature variation, resulting in uncertainties. The uncertainties may influence the response of the measuring point on the casing. Hence, it is difficult to carry out the fault diagnosis, whole machine balancing and other related works. In this paper, a double integral quantitative evaluation method is proposed to simultaneously analyze the influence of two uncertain dynamic coefficients on the response amplitude and phase of casing measuring points. Meanwhile, the coupling influence of stiffness and damping accompanied by dramatic changes with rotational speeds are essentially discussed. As an example, a typical engine bearing-casing system with complex dynamic characteristics is analyzed. The impact of uncertain dynamic coefficients on the unbalance response is quantitatively evaluated.     

Multi-GNSS contributions to differential code biases determination and regional ionospheric modeling in China

Due to the limited number and uneven distribution globally of Beidou Satellite System (BDS) stations, the contributions of BDS to global ionosphere modeling is still not significant. In order to give a more realistic evaluation of the ability for BDS in ionosphere monitoring and multi-GNSS contributions to the performance of Differential Code Biases (DCBs) determination and ionosphere modeling, we select 22 stations from Crustal Movement Observation Network of China (CMONOC) to assess the result of regional ionospheric model and DCBs estimates over China where the visible satellites and monitoring stations for BDS are comparable to those of GPS/GLONASS. Note that all the 22 stations can track the dual- and triple-frequency GPS, GLONASS, and BDS observations. In this study, seven solutions, i.e., GPS-only (G), GLONASS-only (R), BDS-only (C), GPS + BDS (GC), GPS + GLONASS (GR), GLONASS + BDS (RC), GPS + GLONASS + BDS (GRC), are used to test the regional ionosphere modeling over the experimental area. Moreover, the performances of them using single-frequency precise point positioning (SF-PPP) method are presented. The experimental results indicate that BDS has the same ionospheric monitoring capability as GPS and GLONASS. Meanwhile, multi-GNSS observations can significantly improve the accuracy of the regional ionospheric models compared with that of GPS-only or GLONASS-only or BDS-only, especially over the edge of the tested region which the accuracy of the model is improved by reducing the RMS of the maximum differences from 5–15 to 2–3 TECu. For satellite DCBs estimates of different systems, the accuracy of them can be improved significantly after combining different system observations, which is improved by reducing the STD of GPS satellite DCB from 0.243 to 0.213, 0.172, and 0.165 ns after adding R, C, and RC observations respectively, with an increment of about 12.3%, 29.4%, and 32.2%. The STD of GLONASS satellite DCB improved from 0.353 to 0.304, 0.271, and 0.243 ns after adding G, C, and GC observations, respectively. The STD of BDS satellite DCB reduced from 0.265 to 0.237, 0.237 and 0.229 ns with the addition of G, R and GR systems respectively, and increased by 10.6%, 10.4%, and 13.6%. From the experimental positioning result, it can be seen that the regional ionospheric models with multi-GNSS observations are better than that with a single satellite system model.     

B样条技术在RPM切片数据处理中的应用

首先介绍了RPM切片数据的处理问题,其次阐述了B样条的基本原理,最后研究了用三次B样条的反求技术对切片数据进行插值修补处理,并用弦高差方法对插值点进行取舍,生成最终的轮廓数据。     

卫星可见光遥感图像异常原因分析方法初探

随着中国高分辨率可见光遥感卫星数量日益增多，在轨卫星的图像品质和异常原因分析将成为今后一段时间相关研制人员关注的重点。文章列举了在轨可见光卫星的成像异常现象，分别对地面分辨率、对比度、信噪比和几何形变未能达标的原因进行了初步分析，提出了问题定位的初步方法。     

基于VTK的激光跟踪测量可视化软件设计

测量数据的三维可视化是激光跟踪测量数据处理的关键步骤之一。结合大型激光跟踪测量软件系统的开发实践,对VTK技术特点和体系结构进行深入研究,设计实现了对测量数据进行处理和显示的类和接口。在此基础上,基于Microsoft Visual Studio 2010平台,利用C++和VTK技术开发了一款三维测量数据处理及可视化软件,实现了测量点云拟合、三维图形显示以及交互功能,并通过实例验证了软件的有效性和可用性,证明了VTK在工业测量可视化领域具有很大的应用价值。     

复合材料异型构件成型技术

以H-弯波导为典型构件,对复合材料异型构件成型进行了研究。选用138℃低熔点合金作为芯模材料进行模具设计与芯模模压参数摸索,成型前应用DELMIA对铺层过程进行了虚拟仿真,省去预装环节。结果表明:低熔点合金芯模较化学溶解芯模提高了脱模效率,使批量化生产成为可能,为此类异型构件的成型提供了技术保障。