Optimal guidance based on receding horizon control for low-thrust transfer to libration point orbits

This paper addresses the design and computation of a guidance law for a transfer mission from an orbit near the Earth to a halo orbit around the libration point L₂ in the Sun–Earth system. The guidance law, which is designed based on receding horizon control and compensates for launch velocity errors that are introduced by inaccuracies of the launch vehicle, is solved using the generating function method. During the design of the closed-loop guidance law, the entire transfer mission, which is considered a nonlinear optimal control problem, is evaluated to obtain a nominal reference trajectory. Using the launch velocity errors and the uncertainty of the model, a spacecraft controlled by the proposed guidance law tracks the reference trajectory. Furthermore, the original Riccati differential equation in the receding horizon control algorithm is replaced by an equivalent convenient form of the Riccati differential equation that is based on the generating function. The high-efficiency solution of the equivalent equation avoids the online direct integration of the original Riccati differential equation, which significantly increases the computational efficiency for the receding horizon control problem. Numerical simulations using a nonlinear bicircular four-body model demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed receding horizon guidance law for the transfer mission. In addition, the generating function method improves the computational efficiency by at least one order of magnitude over the backward sweep method in solving the receding horizon control problem.     

Effect of evaporation and solutocapillary-driven flow upon motion and resultant deposition of suspended particles in volatile droplet on solid substrate

Particle motion in a volatile droplet on a solid surface, especially the behavior of particles depositing in the vicinity of a solid–liquid–gas boundary line (contact line) is focused. This phenomenon is called the ‘coffee stain problem’. Motion and deposition of the particles suspended in distilled water droplets and distilled water–ethanol mixture droplets are discussed. The spatio-temporal particle motion is analyzed by the three-dimensional particle tracking velocimetry (3D PTV). A discussion of the morphology of the particles stuck to the solid surface after the dryout of the droplet is also given.     

高职院校学分制实施过程中存在的问题与对策

分析部分高职学院在实行学分制管理过程中遇到的外部和内部的问题,提出解决对策。     

基于动态混合网格的多体分离数值模拟方法

在以往发展的动态混合网格技术的基础上,耦合六自由度运动方程计算和非定常流场计算,建立了一种多体分离问题的非定常数值模拟方法。首先采用刚体运动的六自由度运动方程,建立刚体运动轨迹计算模块,然后以该模块为纽带将以往建立的非定常计算方法与改进的基于Delaunay背景网格插值方法和局部网格重构方法相结合的动态混合网格生成方法耦合起来,形成了精度较高、效率较快的多体分离数值模拟方法。利用该方法对典型多体分离问题进行了数值模拟,计算结果与风洞实验结果吻合较好。     

基于权衡空间探索的多约束弹道初值确定方法

运载火箭弹道设计对初值的选取敏感,需要设计人员具备相应经验,新构型或新任务下迭代设计易发散,设计过程依靠人员手动调整,效率较低。应用权衡空间探索及全局优化思想,给出了多约束弹道设计初值确定方法,并在此基础上重新建立了弹道设计流程,自动完成初值选取及精确设计,降低了设计过程对人员经验的依赖性,提升了弹道设计方法的智能化程度,提高了论证及设计效率。     

Geometric problem solving with strings and pins

Humans solve spatial and abstract problems more easily if these can be visualized and/or physically manipulated. We analyze the domain of geometric problem solving from a cognitive perspective and identify several levels of domain abstraction that interact in the problem solving process. We discuss the roles of physical manifestations of spatial configurations, their manipulation, and their perception for understanding problem solving processes. We propose an extension of the classical problem solving repertoire of constructive geometry to approach certain problems more directly than under the compass-and-straightedge paradigm. Specifically, we introduce strings and pins as helpful metaphors for a generalization of the constructive geometry approach. We present classical problems from spatial problem solving to illustrate the ‘strings and pins’ paradigm. Three case studies are discussed: strings-and-pins solutions to (i) the ellipse construction problem; (ii) the shortest path problem; and (iii) the angle trisection problem. Comparisons to formal solutions are drawn. Differences and similarities between the compass-and-straightedge paradigm and the strings-and-pins paradigm are analyzed. Features and limitations of constructive and depictive geometry as well as implications for computational approaches are discussed. The strings-and-pins domain is shown to be more general and less restrictive than the compass-and-straightedge domain.     

目标跟踪多智能体一致控制

研究了二阶多智能体系统跟踪一致问题。针对相对速度信息未知的网络,分析了有时滞和无时滞情况下网络的稳定性,给出了系统能够实现跟踪一致的条件。最后,通过仿真表明所提协议比现有协议性能更好。     

大型伞绳帆和抽打现象连续模型及验证

文章主要推导了可用于描述大型降落伞绳帆和抽打现象的一般绳索三维动力学连续模型,及弦坐标系下可用于求解绳帆现象的两点边值问题(BVP)模型,并采用某型号大型降落伞的空投录像和杆件算例对模型进行验证对比,说明了模型的正确性,采用这一连续模型能够更直观地对大型伞的绳帆和抽打现象进行定性和定量分析。     

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。     

The feasibility of using an L1 positioned dust cloud as a method of space-based geoengineering

In this paper a method of geoengineering is proposed involving clouds of dust placed in the vicinity of the L₁ point as an alternative to the use of thin film reflectors. The aim of this scheme is to reduce the manufacturing requirement for space-based geoengineering. It has been concluded that the mass requirement for a cloud placed at the classical L₁ point, to create an average solar insolation reduction of 1.7%, is 7.60 × 10¹⁰ kg yr⁻¹ whilst a cloud placed at a displaced equilibrium point created by the inclusion of the effect of solar radiation pressure is 1.87 × 10¹⁰ kg yr⁻¹. These mass ejection rates are considerably less than the mass required in other unprocessed dust cloud methods proposed and are comparable to thin film reflector geoengineering requirements. Importantly, unprocessed dust sourced in-situ is seen as an attractive scheme compared to highly engineered thin film reflectors. It is envisaged that the required mass of dust can be extracted from captured near Earth asteroids, whilst stabilised in the required position using the impulse provided by solar collectors or mass drivers used to eject material from the asteroid surface.