Sensor selection of helicopter transmission systems based on physical model and sensitivity analysis

In the helicopter transmission systems, it is important to monitor and track the tooth damage evolution using lots of sensors and detection methods. This paper develops a novel approach for sensor selection based on physical model and sensitivity analysis. Firstly, a physical model of tooth damage and mesh stiffness is built. Secondly, some effective condition indicators(CIs) are presented, and the optimal CIs set is selected by comparing their test statistics according to Mann–Kendall test. Afterwards, the selected CIs are used to generate a health indicator(HI)through sen slop estimator. Then, the sensors are selected according to the monotonic relevance and sensitivity to the damage levels. Finally, the proposed method is verified by the simulation and experimental data. The results show that the approach can provide a guide for health monitoring of helicopter transmission systems, and it is effective to reduce the test cost and improve the system's reliability.     

A novel method for importance measure analysis in the presence of epistemic and aleatory uncertainties

For structural systems with both epistemic and aleatory uncertainties, research on quantifying the contribution of the epistemic and aleatory uncertainties to the failure probability of the systems is conducted. Based on the method of separating epistemic and aleatory uncertainties in a variable, the core idea of the research is firstly to establish a novel deterministic transition model for auxiliary variables, distribution parameters, random variables, failure probability, then to propose the improved importance sampling(IS) to solve the transition model. Furthermore,the distribution parameters and auxiliary variables are sampled simultaneously and independently;therefore, the inefficient sampling procedure with an ‘‘inner-loop' for epistemic uncertainty and an‘‘outer-loop' for aleatory uncertainty in traditional methods is avoided. Since the proposed method combines the fast convergence of the proper estimates and searches failure samples in the interesting regions with high efficiency, the proposed method is more efficient than traditional methods for the variance-based failure probability sensitivity measures in the presence of epistemic and aleatory uncertainties. Two numerical examples and one engineering example are introduced for demonstrating the efficiency and precision of the proposed method for structural systems with both epistemic and aleatory uncertainties.     

Robust optimization of aircraft weapon delivery trajectory using probability collectives and meta-modeling

 Conventional trajectory optimization techniques have been challenged by their inability to handle threats with irregular shapes and the tendency to be sensitive to control variations of aircraft. Aiming to overcome these difficulties, this paper presents an alternative approach for trajectory optimization, where the problem is formulated into a parametric optimization of the maneuver variables under a tactics template framework. To reduce the size of the problem, global sensitivity analysis (GSA) is performed to identify the less-influential maneuver variables. The probability collectives (PC) algorithm, which is well-suited to discrete and discontinuous optimization, is applied to solve the trajectory optimization problem. The robustness of the trajectory is assessed through multiple sampling around the chosen values of the maneuver variables. Meta-models based on radius basis function (RBF) are created for evaluations of the means and deviations of the problem objectives and constraints. To guarantee the approximation accuracy, the meta-models are adaptively updated during optimization. The proposed approach is demonstrated on a typical airground attack mission scenario. Results reveal that the proposed approach is capable of generating robust and optimal trajectories with both accuracy and efficiency.     

100kHz~1MHz频率范围水听器灵敏度激光法校准及其验证

激光法校准水听器灵敏度是一种绝对校准方法，本文介绍了激光法水声声压校准装置的校准原理及主要系统构成，采用激光法对TC4034和BK8103水听器的灵敏度在100kHz~1MHz频率范围进行了校准实验研究，分析了激光法校准装置的测量不确定度，校准结果与三换能器互易法对校准结果进行了对比。结果表明两种校准方法的结果总体上是一致的，校准结果偏差小于两套装置的合成不确定度。本文对导致二者之间偏差的原因进行了分析。     

考虑负载均衡的过驱动航天器推力器分配方法

以过驱动航天器的推力器控制分配误差最小、推力器负载均衡等为设计目标,构建航天器推力分配混合优化模型,并将其转化为线性规划模型进行求解,提出了一种考虑负载均衡的航天器推力器动态分配算法。该算法在确保分配误差最小前提下,能够降低各推力器的最大分配推力之差,有效均衡各推力器总工作时长和开关次数,进而延长推进系统的整体工作寿命。进一步定义了表征负载均衡性能的推力平衡度和干扰敏感度性能指标,并在此基础上给出了一种分配算法负载均能能力的定量化评价方法。在仿真验证中,采用平衡度和敏感度对算法性能进行定量评估,结果表明该方法在保证控制性能和控制分配误差的前提下,能够有效均衡各推力器最大推力,提高了系统的平衡度和对扰动力矩的鲁棒性。     

Sensitivity analysis for air temperature profile estimation methods around the tropopause using simulated Aqua/AIRS data

A sensitivity analysis is performed to investigate potential improvements to the accuracy of air temperature profile retrievals near the tropopause. A simple inversion method is employed to identify and remove redundant spectral channels from the retrievals using simulated data for the high-spectral resolution sounder AIRS (Atmospheric Infrared Sounder) on the Aqua satellite. Bayesian optimal theory and inverse technique are applied for the atmospheric temperature profile retrievals, and the 15 μm CO₂ absorption bands (620–750 cm⁻¹) are chosen for this study. Sequentially elimination of redundant channels is directly integrated into the inverse scheme for the temperature profile, in order to accurately retain the valuable channels and remove all the redundant channels, for accurate retrieval of the temperature profile. Also, the tropopause and troposphere are treated differently in the inverse scheme to improve the retrieval accuracy in the tropopause. Results of a sensitivity analysis based on this method, for the Tropical and Middle-Latitude Summer models simulated by MODTRAN4.0, show that the estimated accuracies are improved by 2 K around the tropopause, and are only changed by less than 0.2 K in the troposphere.     

Structural optimization for multiple structure cases and multiple payload cases with a two-level multipoint approximation method

This paper is to address structural optimization problems where multiple structure cases or multiple payload cases can be considered simultaneously. Both types of optimization problems involve multiple finite element models at each iteration step, which draws high demands in opti-mization methods. Considering the common characteristic for these two types of problems, which is that the design domain keeps the same no matter what the structure cases or payload cases are, both problems can be formulated into the unified expressions. A two-level multipoint approxima-tion (TMA) method is firstly improved with the use of analytical sensitivity analysis for structural mass, and then this improved method is utilized to tackle these two types of problems. Based on the commercial finite element software MSC.Patran/Nastran, an optimization system for multiple structure cases and multiple payload cases is developed. Numerical examples are conducted to ver-ify its feasibility and efficiency, and the necessity for the simultaneous optimizations of multiple structure cases and multiple payload cases are illustrated as well.     

机载蒸发循环系统结构的轻量化设计

机械结构作为机载蒸发循环系统主要的支撑件,具有较大的质量并承受来自直升机的振动冲击作用,其结构性能影响着整个系统的正常功能,在保证足够强度和刚度的前提下,对结构进行轻量化设计具有重要的理论意义和实用价值。首先,采用ANSYS软件对机载蒸发循环系统进行有限元分析;然后,借助Pro/E与Ansys Workbench之间的双向参数实时传递功能,对结构进行参数化设计,在此基础上采用灵敏度分析法获取对模型优化目标影响较大的关键尺寸参数;最后,采用多目标遗传算法对结构进行优化设计。结果表明:在满足设计要求的前提下,结构质量比原来减少了24.4%,得到了最佳结构参数,实现了轻量化目的。     

飞行器舱室突发污染源定位及强度估计方法研究

诸如载人航天器及大型民机等飞行器密闭微环境,随着人员停留时间的延长,舱室空 气污染问题已成为危害工作人员生命安全的主要因素,所以迫切需要开展突发不确定污染源 定位及散发强度辨识方法研究,以提高主动应对突发污染的能力。提出采用敏感性分析 算法实现突发污染源定位及散发强度估计,还分析了不同位置处的传感器可辨识区域, 以确定最优传感器布置策略。上述研究能够实现污染源散发特性的快速准确辨识,为主动应 对污染事故提供依据。仿真结果证实了该算法的有效性。
     

弹道导弹防御系统防卫区计算模型

根据拦截弹发射时刻至拦截弹命中目标,拦截弹和弹道导弹飞行时间相等条件,基于合理假设分别建立了防卫区前置半径、后置半径、侧界半径和防卫区面积模型。在分析防御系统防卫区主要影响因素的基础上,用定量方法对某防卫区主要参数进行了灵敏度分析。研究结果对导弹防御系统的部署和使用有一定的参考价值。