Evaluation of airborne data link communication

An experimental prototype of a cockpit data link communication interface (modified Navigation Display (ND) and Multi-purpose Control and Display Unit (MCDU)) was developed and tested in an Airbus A340 Full Flight Simulator. 8 crews (16 professional pilots) performed simulator flights in a mixed voice and data link scenario. After each experiment video recordings were presented to the pilots and they were asked to estimate subjective strain (NASA task load index) and situational aspects retrospectively. Results show an increase in subjective strain and a decrease of ‘feeling of sovereignty’ and situation awareness under data link conditions. The effect is similar to the one caused by higher workload.     

A novel approach of testability modeling and analysis for PHM systems based on failure evolution mechanism

Prognostics and health management (PHM) significantly improves system availability and reliability, and reduces the cost of system operations. Design for testability (DFT) developed concurrently with system design is an important way to improve PHM capability. Testability modeling and analysis are the foundation of DFT. This paper proposes a novel approach of testability modeling and analysis based on failure evolution mechanisms. At the component level, the fault progression-related information of each unit under test (UUT) in a system is obtained by means of failure modes, evolution mechanisms, effects and criticality analysis (FMEMECA), and then the failure-symptom dependency can be generated. At the system level, the dynamic attributes of UUTs are assigned by using the bond graph methodology, and then the symptom-test dependency can be obtained by means of the functional flow method. Based on the failure-symptom and symptom-test dependencies, testability analysis for PHM systems can be realized. A shunt motor is used to verify the application of the approach proposed in this paper. Experimental results show that this approach is able to be applied to testability modeling and analysis for PHM systems very well, and the analysis results can provide a guide for engineers to design for testability in order to improve PHM performance.     

Comparison of strapdown inertial navigation algorithm based on rotation vector and dual quaternion

 For the navigation algorithm of the strapdown inertial navigation system, by comparing to the equations of the dual quaternion and quaternion, the superiority of the attitude algorithm based on dual quaternion over the ones based on rotation vector in accuracy is analyzed in the case of the rotation of navigation frame. By comparing the update algorithm of the gravitational velocity in dual quaternion solution with the compensation algorithm of the harmful acceleration in traditional velocity solution, the accuracy advantage of the gravitational velocity based on dual quaternion is addressed. In view of the idea of the attitude and velocity algorithm based on dual quaternion, an improved navigation algorithm is proposed, which is as much as the rotation vector algorithm in computational complexity. According to this method, the attitude quaternion does not require compensating as the navigation frame rotates. In order to verify the correctness of the theoretical analysis, simulations are carried out utilizing the software, and the simulation results show that the accuracy of the improved algorithm is approximately equal to the dual quaternion algorithm.     

空间机器人抓取未知目标的质量特性参数辨识

根据动量守恒定理,研究了单臂自由飘浮空间机器人抓取未知目标的质量特性参数辨识问题。已有文献中基于动量守恒原理进行的参数辨识只适用于系统线动量和角动量为零的情况,当两者不为零时无法得到正确的辨识结果。为解决此问题,本文首先在惯性系而非本体系下推导得到了机械臂抓取未知目标后的系统线动量和角动量,保证了其各分量的守恒特性。然后基于此特性,通过在轨测量两个时刻机器人本体的线速度、角速度以及机械臂各关节的角速度和转角信息,建立了含有未知目标质量特性参数的动量增量方程。最后根据三组测量信息,从联立的动量增量方程组中求解得到未知目标的质量特性参数。数值仿真表明,此方法在系统线动量和角动量为零和不为零两种情况下都能实现高精度的参数辨识,同时还避免了方程求解的奇异问题。     

基于惯性系的双轴旋转式惯导系统转位方法

针对双轴旋转式惯导系统中不能自动补偿标度因数误差与地球自转耦合误差的问题,提出了一种改进的转位方法。该方法不增加转轴数目,通过补偿地球自转在转轴平面的投影抑制耦合误差项,计算结果表明该方法适用于激光陀螺惯导系统和光纤陀螺惯导系统。利用改进的转位方法对双轴旋转式惯导系统进行仿真,仿真结果验证了该方法的可行性。研究结果为双轴旋转式惯导系统的工程设计和改进提供了一定的理论支持。     

高度辅助的INS／SAR组合导航系统研究

对基于SAR图像匹配定位的地形辅助惯性导航系统的原理进行了充分阐述；同时针对SAR图像匹配定位高度通道不可观的特点，增加了高度输出为系统的观测量，从而构成了高度辅助的INS／SAR组合导航系统，并给出了系统实现原理图。依据对SAR图像匹配定位和气压高度表输出的分析，建立了组合导航系统的量测方程，在此基础上设计了线性卡尔曼滤波器，并完成了组合导航系统仿真。仿真结果表明，组合导航系统的定位精度可大大提高，该组合导航系统设计方案是成功可行的。     

真北方位基准标定与惯导测试设备引北技术

为了标校惯导产品诸如寻北仪的真北方位,需要在室内建立真北方位基准,并把真北方位引入惯导产品和测试转台等设备。主要探讨了真北方位基准标定和设备引北的有关实用方法,例如：基于双测站的天文定向、基于同步网的GNSS定向、经纬仪对向观测方法,并给出了综合运用这些方法的技术措施和适用性,以及典型实例。20年来,这些技术已在所完成的上百个此类项目中得到了成功运用,实测结果稳定;利用双测站的天文定向方法,通过两站方位传递,一般观测3~6测回,在良好的观测环境下,一般可获得高于经纬仪标称精度的定向结果。     

基于CPU/GPU的日冕偏振亮度并行计算模型

三维磁流体力学(MHD)数值模拟是用来研究日冕和太阳风最常用的方法之一, 其中将计算得到的日冕电子数密度转化为日冕偏振亮度(Polarization Brightness, PB)是与观测对比的重要方法. 由于待转换电子数据网格密度、PB数据网格密度和计算模型的复杂度, 使得日冕偏振亮度的计算比较耗时, 利用单CPU计算无法达到近实时转换日冕偏振亮度的要求, 从而影响了数值模拟的验证效率. 本文在CPU/GPU环境下, 利用CUDA编程技术, 提出了一个日冕偏振亮度并行计算模型. 实验结果表明, 该模型比CPU上的串行模型计算速度提高了31.86倍, 达到了近实时模拟与观测数据比对的计算要求.      

基于STLS的卫星惯量矩阵在轨估计

提出了一种采用结构总体最小二乘（Structured total least squares, STLS）进行卫星惯量矩阵在轨估计的方法,与当前估计方法相比,该方法在考虑敏感器测量噪声时能获得一致估计。首先由动量守恒定律得到估计方程,针对该方程的特点定义了惯量矩阵的STLS估计,并使用结构总体最小范数（Structured total least norm, STLN）算法进行求解。证明了当噪声为高斯分布时该STLS估计为极大似然估计,给出了该STLS估计具有一致性的充分条件,仿真结果验证了文章所提估计方法的有效性。