Active generalized predictive control of turbine tip clearance for aero-engines

Active control of turbine blade tip clearance continues to be a concern in design and control of gas turbines. Ever increasing demands for improved efficiency and higher operating temperatures require more stringent tolerances on turbine tip clearance. In this paper, a turbine tip clearance control apparatus and a model of turbine tip clearance are proposed; an implicit active generalized predictive control （GPC）, with auto-regressive （AR） error modification and fuzzy adjustment on control horizon, is presented, as well as a quantitative analysis method of robust per- turbation radius of the system. The active clearance control （ACC） of aero-engine turbine tip clear- ance is evaluated in a lapse-rate take-off transient, along with the comparative and quantitative analysis of the stability and robustness of the active tip clearance control system. The results show that the resultant active tip clearance control system with the improved GPC has favorable steadystate and dynamic performance and benefits of increased efficiency, reduced specific fuel consump- tion, and additional service life.     

Energy based 3D trajectory tracking control of quadrotors with model-free based on-line disturbance compensation

In this work, a Revisited form of the so-called Model-Free Control (R-MFC) is derived. Herein, the MFC principle is employed to deal with the unknown part of a plant only (i.e., unmodeled dynamics, disturbances, etc.) and occurs beside an Interconnection and Damping Assignment-Passivity Based Control (IDA-PBC) strategy. Using the proposed formulation, it is shown that we can significantly improve the performance of the control through the reshaping properties of the IDA-PBC technique. Moreover, the control robustness level is increased via a compensation of the time-varying disturbances and the unmodeled system dynamics. This on-line compensation capability is provided by the MFC principle. The problem is studied in the case of Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) mechanical systems with an explicit application to a small Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) where a stability analysis is also provided. Numerical simulations have shown satisfactory results, in comparison with some other control strategies, where an in-depth discussion with respect to the control performance is highlighted by considering several scenarios and using several metrics.     

指数信号模型中参数的稳健估计

 给出了阻尼指数信号模型中参数的M 估计和Bootstrap M 估计; 基于Prony 方法给出估计的重新定义和新算法; 并且在较弱的条件下证明了这些估计的相容性; 最后利用Huber 函数给出了两种估计的模拟结果, 结果表明这两种估计的稳健性和精度都比传统的最小二乘估计好。     

吸气式高超声速飞行器爬升段关键任务点的鲁棒优化

针对吸气式高超声速飞行器爬升段飞行任务,考虑飞行器气动/推进特性及参数不确定性问题,采用鲁棒优化思路,结合巡航性能指标,优选了飞行器爬升段的关键任务点。首先,由能量状态法结合发动机工作约束,确定了飞行器的爬升起始任务点;其次,依据飞行器巡航性能分析方法,提出了兼顾气动/推进效率的性能指标,优化得到了高超声速飞行器爬升末端任务点;最后考虑飞行器质心位置的不确定性,采用鲁棒优化方法确定了爬升段末端的飞行任务窗口。仿真结果表明,设计的优选流程快速可行,飞行任务窗口能同时满足飞行器的巡航飞行性能要求及不确定性最坏情况的约束,具有较强的鲁棒性。     

Robust LPV modeling and control of aircraft flying through wind disturbance

This article deals with the disturbance attenuation control of aircraft flying through wind shear via Linear Parameter Varying(LPV) modeling and control method. A Flight Dynamics Model(FDM) with wind shear effects considered was established in wind coordinate system. An LPV FDM was built up based on function substitution whose decomposing function was optimized by Genetic Algorithm(GA). The wind disturbance was explicitly included in the system matrix of LPV FDM. Taking wind disturbance as external uncertainties, robust LPV control method with the LPV FDM was put forward. Based on ride quality and flight safety requirements in wind disturbance, longitudinal and lateral output feedback robust LPV controllers were designed respectively,in which the scheduling flight states in LPV model were actually dependent parameters in LPV control. The results indicate that LPV FDM can reflect the instantaneous dynamics of nonlinear system especially at the boundary of aerodynamic envelope. Furthermore, the LPV FDM also can approach nonlinear FDM's response in wind disturbance special flight. Compared with a parameter-invariant LQR controller designed with a small-disturbance FDM, the LPV controllers show preferable robustness and stability for disturbance attenuation.     

Improved robust Kalman filter for state model errors in GNSS-PPP/MEMS-IMU double state integrated navigation

The integration of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) with Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) has been actively researched and widely applied as it can provide reliable positioning information continuously. In recent years, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technology achieves rapid development and Micro Electro Mechanical Systems and Inertial Measurement Unit (MEMS-IMU) has aroused wide concern due to its excellent properties in some cases. However, the observations from MEMS-IMU are easy to be influenced by motion state and location environment because of its manufacturing process. It is not easy to judge whether gross errors are in the state model or the observation model by the widely adopted robust filter based on innovation. In this contribution, we present an improved robust filter with a double state model on the basis of the chi-square distribution of the square of the Mahalanobis distance. The vehicle motion model acts as the external constraint information and can be adopted to construct robust statistic with the results from INS mechanization. And then a robust factor was determined to adjust the observation noise covariance matrix. To evaluate the performance of this method, the simulation test and the field test based on locomotive platform of Nottingham Geospatial Institute (NGI) were carried out. According to the results, in the simulation test, the position improvements are 33%, 30% in the north and east directions; in the real test, the loosely and tightly coupled was adopted and the position accuracy can be improved by about 50–60% in the horizontal direction and the improvement of the pitch and the roll accuracy was lower than the azimuth accuracy due to poor observability and experimental scene which is of the characteristics of small elevation change. Therefore, the proposed robust filter could diminish the effect of the gross error from MEMS-IMU and enhance the integrated system.     

应用跟踪微分器的高超声速飞行器的反演控制

针对存在参数摄动和外部干扰等不确定性的高超声速飞行器模型，提出一种基于新型跟踪微分器的鲁棒反演控制方法。利用正切sigmoid函数和终端吸引子函数设计跟踪微分器，通过扫频测试得到了参数整定规则，并进行了对比仿真试验。在此基础上，构造一种非线性干扰观测器对模型的不确定项进行估计，增强了控制器的鲁棒性；并利用所设计的跟踪微分器对虚拟控制量进行滤波处理，解决了传统反演控制的“微分项膨胀”问题。最后，通过仿真校验了所设计控制器的有效性。     

Performance limitations in trajectory tracking control for air-breathing hypersonic vehicles

An integrated approach that considers the performance limitations of tracking control systems for air-breathing hypersonic vehicles is proposed. First, a set of ascent trajectories is obtained as candidates for tracking control through a trajectory design method that considers the available acceleration. Second, the basic theory of performance limitations, which is adopted to calculate the limits on control performance through the trajectory, is integrated. The open-loop dynamics of air-breathing hypersonic vehicles is responsible for these limits on the control system. Comprehensive specifications on stability, tracking accuracy, and robustness are derived, and the flight envelope with constraints and control specifications is identified. Simulation results suggest that trajectory design should consider restrictions on control performance to obtain reliable solutions.     

Robust fault-tolerant saturated control for spacecraft proximity operations with actuator saturation and faults

In this paper, the motion control problem of autonomous spacecraft rendezvous and docking with a tumbling target in the presence of unknown model parameters, external disturbances, actuator saturation and faults is investigated. Firstly, a nonlinear six degree-of-freedom dynamics model is established to describe the relative motion of the chaser spacecraft with respect to the tumbling target. Subsequently, a robust fault-tolerant saturated control strategy with no precise knowledge of model parameters and external disturbances is proposed by combining the sliding mode control technique with an adaptive methodology. Then, within the Lyapunov framework, it is proved that the designed robust fault-tolerant controller can guarantee the relative position and attitude errors converge into small regions containing the origin. Finally, numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed control strategy.     

载波相位平滑伪距算法在区域实时定位系统中的应用

针对可能出现的伪距突发错误及载波周跳的问题,研究一种应用于低动态区域实时定位系统的鲁棒载波相位平滑伪距算法.仿真结果表明,方法可以在一定程度上减小由于伪距突发错误与周跳所引起的测距误差,进而提高定位精度.