Reliability evaluation of avionics system with imperfect fault coverage and propagated failure mechanisms

Fault tolerance designs are essential techniques for systems that require high levels of reliability, such as aircraft or spacecraft control system. Imperfect Fault Coverage (IFC) may lead to the failure of a system or subsystem even with adequate redundancy. Previous studies of IFC mostly concentrated on evaluating Coverage Factor (CF), whereas the system failure behaviors with IFC have rarely been involved. Failures that occur in low-layer may be covered by high-layer. However, if the coverage is imperfect, uncovered failure will have functional and physical impact on the system behavior. In this thesis, the failure behavior and reliability of IFC of multi-layer systems are studied and a Binary Decision Diagram (BDD)-based modeling and simulation method are proposed to evaluate system reliability. As a case, the failure behavior of an aero engine electronic controller with IFC is studied. The results show that the IFC may impact system behavior without taking the IFC into account, the system maintenance intervals may reduce, and thus the maintenance costs will increase.     

Sensor-fault tolerant attitude determination using two-stage estimator

Satellite attitude determination accuracy significantly drops when sensor-fault occurs. Hence, a proper mitigation strategy to detect sensor-fault and accurately estimate corresponding fault magnitudes is mandatory for robust and accurate attitude determination. In this paper, a novel sensor-fault tolerant precise attitude estimator is proposed consisting of two stages. In the first stage, sensor-fault is detected, and the associated sensor parameter change is roughly estimated using an interacting multiple-model (IMM) approach. Subsequently, the second stage is triggered. The sensor parameter change is precisely estimated with a new sensor-parameter-augmented filter. This is defined as a selectively augmented extended Kalman filter (SAEKF) in this paper. The conventional augmented extended Kalman filter (AEKF) is computationally more expensive than the proposed SAEKF. The SAEKF augments only the sensor parameters affected by sensor-faults, not the full sensor parameters, into the state vector. This leads to a significant computational time-saving. A transition method from the first stage to the second stage is also investigated. Numerical simulation results demonstrate that the proposed two-stage approach has smaller attitude determination errors than the existing algorithms, ranged from 21.7% to 88.8%, in cases with gyro scale factor error or misalignment.     

卫星电源系统短路暂态特性分析及对策

针对卫星电源系统短路故障导致母线电压跌落、业务中断甚至整星失效的问题,分别采用电路模型和数学模型的方法对短路后母线电压的暂态特性进行分析,指出故障持续过程经历母线电容放电、太阳电池阵动作、放电调节器动作、蓄电池经二极管直接供电这4个阶段,分析了各阶段母线电压的暂态响应及转换条件。随后,研究了发生稳态电压跌落的条件及其影响因素。针对航天器通常使用的快速熔断器保护,分析了母线电压跌落受熔断I~2T、短路通路阻抗、蓄电池内阻、蓄电池开路电压的影响程度。依据暂态特性的分析,提出接地优化方法以及蓄电池开路电压、短路通路阻抗和欠压保护点的配合设计方法,使得短路暂态过程母线电压跌落程度满足系统关键单机运行的需求。     

High cycle fatigue failure with radial cracks in gears of aero-engines

The gears in aero-engines perform energy and motion transfer between the High-Pressure Rotor (HPR) and accessories. Firstly, an occurred fault with radial cracks in the driven gear disk was diagnosed as High Cycle Fatigue (HCF) failure through necessary examinations. Analysis of fault tree and test signals indicated that the fracture was relevant to the swing vibration of the driven gear excited by the unbalance excitation on HPR. Secondly, a corresponding mechanism model was established, in which the gear meshing effect was considered, with lateral and swing vibration mode. The Governing Equations (GEs) and the Finite Element Model (FEM) were established and verified. Then, the modal shapes, harmonic response, and transient response were analyzed, indicating that the swing vibration of the driven gear could be significantly excited by the unbalance on HPR, which induced the cracks in the driven gear disk to extend radially. Furthermore, influences of factors on the unbalance response were obtained, in which the unbalance response appeared local minimum points and maximum points. Meanwhile, 1# and 2# bearing stiffness had rather significant influences on the response. Thus it is efficient to modify them to achieve vibration control.     

大涵道比涡扇发动机射流控制反推模型数值模拟

基于CFD(计算流体动力学)数值模拟技术,分别对两个不同涵道比涡扇发动机叶栅式射流控制反推模型进行计算,分析了反推力的产生及控制机理,并详细分析了二次流喷射压比、喷射位置、喷射角度及主流压比对流场结构和反推性能的影响.采用与反推力成正比的参数反推质量流量比来衡量反推性能的优劣,计算结果表明:二次流喷射压力、喷射位置和喷射角度是影响反推性能的重要参数,并且在一定的风扇涵道流前提下,存在最佳的二次流喷射位置、喷射角度和喷射压力;由于二次流引气量的限定,限制了二次流射入深度,因此射流控制反推技术不能用于超大涵道比发动机.      

多点喷射模型燃烧室性能CFD分析

采用Fluent的雷诺应力模型、非预混燃烧和非预混平衡化学反应PDF模型、压力-旋流雾化喷嘴模型、P1辐射模型,对多点喷射模型燃烧室的燃烧性能进行了计算。分析了不同余气系数的影响及旋流器下游各截面的温度分布,结果表明,数值计算能够模拟大部分流场结构,余气系数对回流区几乎没有影响,但对主燃区的峰值温度位置有明显作用;对NOx分布规律进行了研究,结果表明,NO的分布与温度分布类似,高温区对应高NO质量分数区;随着流动向下游发展,NO分布趋于均匀。     

基于可满足性问题求解器的星上FPGA永久损伤容错技术研究

现代卫星广泛使用的FPGA在空间高能粒子的影响下,会产生门电路的永久性损伤。而传统的三模冗余等容错方法不但成倍增加了系统硬件开销,还存在因冗余器件耗尽而失效的风险。因此,提出一种利用FPGA自身冗余资源,修复永久性损伤的容错方案。该方案通过建立FPGA内部资源的功能模型,将容错问题转化为数学上的可满足性问题。并且利用经过改进的GSAT算法对该问题求解,可以获得在功能上与损伤前完全相同的电路结构,及其所对应的FPGA配置文件。将该文件重新下载到FPGA中,可以屏蔽损伤带来的影响,从而达到利用FPGA自身冗余资源容错的目的。通过实验和分析可以看出,本文方案具有对损伤修复成功率高、计算量小和需要内存空间少的特点,因此符合星上计算能力和硬件资源十分有限的实际情况。     

高超声速低温喷管横向射流混合反应过程的非定常数值模拟

基于混合RANS/LES (Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes/large eddy simulation)方法模拟了高超声速低温(HYLTE)喷管倾斜入射横向射流的非定常混合反应过程,研究了不同副喷管喷射角和副喷管间距对射流穿透、混合以及总压损失的影响.计算表明,射流穿透深度和混合程度随着副喷管喷射角的增大而增大,但是总压损失也随之增大;副喷管间距增大,燃料射流的穿透深度增大而且总压损失略有减小,但反转旋涡对(CVP)的集中会造成射流与来流的接触面积减小,侧面混合变差.因此优化副喷管喷射角和间距对于提高HYLTE喷管混合性能乃至激光器光学性能都十分重要.通过模拟HYLTE喷管和光腔耦合区域的12组分23方程的反应流场发现,在中心线附近有较强的小信号增益系数,混合RANS/LES相比RANS方法更能反映流场变量的细节变化.      

RBCC发动机燃料喷注位置变化对混合燃烧模式燃烧的影响

为了研究混合燃烧模式下燃料喷注位置对燃烧的影响,通过数值模拟的方法,研究了喷注位置变化时,流道组分质量分数分布、高温放热区域及流道压强分布的变化规律.结果表明,混合燃烧模式中,喷注位置变化对燃烧流场影响很大.在燃烧室中,燃料喷注位置靠前能给燃烧带来帮助,提高燃料与二次来流的掺混能力,并且由于燃料与一次火箭高温羽流相互掺混等影响提前,加快燃料的雾化蒸发,促进燃烧流场的火焰传播,减少煤油点火延迟时间,提高了燃烧效率.因此为了提高混合燃烧模式下的燃烧性能,应尽可能选择燃烧室前端位置进行燃料喷注.      

波音777飞机高升力控制系统余度管理分析

飞行控制系统普遍采用余度技术来提高自身的任务可靠性。余度部件效能的发挥程度主要取决于余度管理策略和方法。根据波音777飞机高升力控制系统的基本构架,通过在线监控与信号表决相结合的方法对系统余度管理方法进行研究。在余度管理方法的设计过程中,充分考虑了布线技术、硬件设计技术及与软件相结合的方法,不但简化了襟缝翼控制器的硬件设计,同时也简化了控制器软件的设计难度,提高了系统可靠性,所用到的方法对同类系统设计有一定的参考价值。