A shortcut to marking 3D target curves on curved surface via a galvanometric laser scanner

Marking arbitrary three-dimensional(3D) target curves on given objects with curved surface is required in many industrial fields, such as fabric prepreg placement in composite material part fabrication, product assembly, surface painting for decoration, etc. A shortcut to the solution of this intractable problem is proposed by utilizing a galvanometric laser scanner(GLS) with the aid of a camera. Without using the existing tedious GLS calibration procedures,the proposed method directly establishes a mapping between the 3D coordinates of the laser spots on the object surface and the control voltages of the scanner. A single-hidden layer feedforward neural network(SLFN) is employed to model the mapping. By projecting a dense grid of laser spots on the object to be marked and simultaneously taking only one image, the SLFN model is trained in minutes via a linear solving mechanism. Experiments demonstrate that the trained SLFN model has a good generalization performance for marking 3D target curves. The 3D laser marking errors on experimental objects are less than 0.5 mm. The proposed method is especially suitable for on-site use and can be conveniently extended to multiple GLSs for marking large complex objects.     

Thermal-optical design of a geodetic satellite for one millimeter accuracy

The LAGEOS (LAser GEOdynamic Satellite) satellites use a 1.5 in. uncoated retroreflector (cube corner). Design studies done for LAGEOS-1 showed that using smaller cubes would result in greater accuracy and lower thermal gradients. However, this would require using a larger number of cubes. Simulations showed that the accuracy goal of 5 mm could be met using 1.5 in. cubes by adding a dihedral angle offset. The LARES (LAser RElativity Satellite) satellite launched in 2012 is a smaller version of LAGEOS using the same size cube corner and floating mount as LAGEOS.The recent development of COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) cube corners has eliminated cost as an obstacle to using a larger number of smaller cubes. COTS cubes have no dihedral angle offset. However, no offset is needed if the size is chosen properly. The diffraction pattern of a 1.0 in. uncoated cube with no dihedral angle offset has 6 lobes around the central peak due to total internal reflection, The velocity aberration for LAGEOS is about 32–40 microradians. The OCS (Optical Cross Section) of a one inch uncoated COTS retroreflector is about 0.5 million sq m for the LAGEOS orbit.Testing of 10 inexpensive COTS cubes by Ludwig Grunwaldt and Reinhart Neubert shows good cross section (unpublished work done at GFZ Potsdam, Germany). Measurement of 50 COTS cubes at INFN (Mondaini et al., 2018), shows a loss of cross section of only 33% (Slide 10). Simulations show that systematic range errors on the order of a half millimeter are possible for a spherical geodetic satellite such as LARES. Adjustments for the holding and ejection system result in some loss of accuracy.     

InfraRed Astronomy Satellite Swarm Interferometry (IRASSI): Overview and study results

The far-infrared (FIR) regime is one of the few wavelength ranges where no astronomical data with sub-arcsecond spatial resolution exist yet. Neither of the medium-term satellite projects like SPICA, Millimetron or OST will resolve this malady. For many research areas, however, information at high spatial and spectral resolution in the FIR, taken from atomic fine-structure lines, from highly excited carbon monoxide (CO) and especially from water lines would open the door for transformative science. These demands call for interferometric concepts. We present here first results of our feasibility study IRASSI (Infrared Astronomy Satellite Swarm Interferometry) for an FIR space interferometer. Extending on the principal concept of the previous study ESPRIT, it features heterodyne interferometry within a swarm of five satellite elements. The satellites can drift in and out within a range of several hundred meters, thereby achieving spatial resolutions of <0.1 arcsec over the whole wavelength range of 1–6 THz. Precise knowledge on the baselines will be ensured by metrology methods employing laser-based optical frequency combs, for which preliminary ground-based tests have been designed by members of our study team. We first give a motivation on how the science requirements translate into operational and design parameters for IRASSI. Our consortium has put much emphasis on the navigational aspects of such a free-flying swarm of satellites operating in relatively close vicinity. We hence present work on the formation geometry, the relative dynamics of the swarm, and aspects of our investigation towards attitude estimation. Furthermore, we discuss issues regarding the real-time capability of the autonomous relative positioning system, which is an important aspect for IRASSI where, due to the large raw data rates expected, the interferometric correlation has to be done onboard, in quasi-real-time. We also address questions regarding the spacecraft architecture and how a first thermomechanical model is used to study the effect of thermal perturbations on the spacecraft. This will have implications for the necessary internal calibration of the local tie between the laser metrology and the phase centres of the science signals and will ultimately affect the accuracy of the baseline estimations.     

激光动态液位测量技术研究

如今,运载火箭大量使用液氧、煤油等液体推进剂,其液位测量技术主要有浮子式、激光式、电容式、雷达式等。介绍并实现了一种激光液位测量系统,该系统体积小、功耗低,可适应多种测量环境,能满足航天燃料液位测量高精度、高动态、连续稳定测量的要求。系统利用相位式激光测距技术,通过测量激光回波信号的相位延迟,计算激光光程从而得到距离数据并通过客户端进行直观展示和数据存储。系统最大测量距离可达100 m,精度为±1 mm。该系统为非接触测量,耐腐蚀,通过加入反射板可实现透明、非透明液体测量。     

纳米碳粉掺杂对激光烧蚀GAP的推进性能影响

实验以含能聚合物聚叠氮缩水甘油醚(Glycidyl azide polymer,GAP）作为激光烧蚀微推力器的靶材。通过对不同浓度纳米碳粉掺杂和靶材厚度下激光烧蚀GAP的比冲、冲量耦合系数和能量转化效率测量,结合靶材喷射羽流图像,分析了纳米碳粉掺杂提高激光烧蚀聚合物靶材推进性能的机理,给出纳米碳粉掺杂的适用方式。实验结果表明：透射式下,掺杂纳米碳粉之后,聚合物对激光的吸收大幅增强,但激光烧蚀推进性能不随掺杂浓度增加而显著提升;纳米碳粉吸收激光能量形成温度极高的局部热区促进聚合物中化学能的释放,是推进性能提升的主要原因;掺杂纳米碳粉之后的GAP烧蚀深度降低,表现出面吸收特性;随着靶材厚度的增加,未完全烧蚀的工质质量增加,使得靶材的利用率大大降低,导致聚合物推进性能下降。实验中掺杂3%纳米碳粉、厚度为54 μm的GAP靶材最优能量转化效率超过250%,适合作为透射式激光烧蚀微推力器的靶材。     

AZ31镁合金板热成形中的屈服和损伤:本构实现与数值分析

为了准确预测各向异性镁合金板的成形质量,将改进的GTN损伤模型与各向异性拉压不对称的CPB06屈服本构耦合,并考虑了屈服面形状随塑性应变累积的变化,得到了考虑本构参数随塑性应变演化的各向异性屈服CPB06-GTN损伤模型。基于该模型,在ABAQUS/Explict中编译得到了相应的VUMAT子程序,采用单个单元进行了单轴拉伸和压缩模拟,并通过与实验一致性对比验证了子程序的正确性。使用子程序不仅能够模拟镁合金的各向异性屈服及其不规则的硬化,同时也能够模拟镁合金的损伤破坏。此外,采用编写的子程序进行了热拉深成形的数值模拟,模拟预测与实验结果对比表明,采用各向异性损伤模型的计算结果能够准确预测镁合金的变形及其损伤破坏,模拟结果与实验数据吻合;采用合适的压边力和成形的温度条件及非等温成形方法能够提高镁合金的成形性。     

Removing orbital debris with lasers

Orbital debris in low Earth orbit (LEO) are now sufficiently dense that the use of LEO space is threatened by runaway collision cascading. A problem predicted more than thirty years ago, the threat from debris larger than about 1 cm demands serious attention. A promising proposed solution uses a high power pulsed laser system on the Earth to make plasma jets on the objects, slowing them slightly, and causing them to re-enter and burn up in the atmosphere. In this paper, we reassess this approach in light of recent advances in low-cost, light-weight modular design for large mirrors, calculations of laser-induced orbit changes and in design of repetitive, multi-kilojoules lasers, that build on inertial fusion research. These advances now suggest that laser orbital debris removal (LODR) is the most cost-effective way to mitigate the debris problem. No other solutions have been proposed that address the whole problem of large and small debris. A LODR system will have multiple uses beyond debris removal. International cooperation will be essential for building and operating such a system.     

计算机仿真椭圆钣金件拉深成形技术研究

应用PAMSTAMP数值模拟仿真功能,研究了不同压边力及分步成形对椭圆钣金件拉深成形的影响,解决了拉深成形过程中的缩颈及开裂缺陷,通过计算机仿真,获得了最佳的工艺参数和工艺流程。     

振动台动态角的测试方法研究

振动台在高频振动过程中难免会产生空间的小角度运动,这种角运动在振动试验中是非预期的,应尽量减小。利用激光干涉原理,运用双频激光干涉仪及角度测量组件测量了振动台振动频率达2 000Hz时方位、俯仰、横滚三个方向的实时角度、角速率。通过对测量数据的分析可知环境的振动对测量准确度影响较大,为进一步完善该测试方法指明了研究方向。     

超长桁架变形的多点实时测量方法研究CSCD

超长可伸展桁架结构广泛应用于各领域,对其变形测量有着重要意义,比较国内外现有的几种常见的超长可伸展桁架结构变形测量方法,指出现有方法的缺点和局限性。提出一种新的基于激光准直的无导轨超长桁架结构变形测量方法,以激光准直光束为测量基准,利用递进分光的方式,实现桁架结构的多点实时测量。分析方法原理后设计实验系统,完成初步测试,实验结果表明基于该方法的测量系统能测量桁架结构二维变形,且稳定性好,重复性误差小于1.1%,非线性误差小于0.6%。该方法无需采用移动的方式或利用导轨即可完成多点实时测量,环境适用性大大提高,还具有测量精度高、测量距离远、可拓展性好等优点,具有很好的发展前景。