A Self-organizing Bearings-only Target Tracking Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Network

In the bearings-only target tracking, wireless sensor network (WSN) collects observations of the target direction at various nodes and uses an adaptive filter to combine them for target tracking. An efficient network management is necessary to gain an optimal tradeoff between locating accuracy and energy consumption. This article proposes a self-organizing target tracking algorithm to select the most beneficial subset of nodes to track the target at every snapshot. Compared with traditional methods, this scheme avoids the need for keeping global position information of the network as in greedy selection. Each node judges its future usefulness depending on the knowledge of its own position and using simple mathematics computation. Simulations indicate that this scheme has locating accuracy comparable to the global greedy algorithm. Also, it has good robustness against node failure and autonomous adaptability to the change of the network scale. Furthermore, this algorithm consumes limited energy because only a portion of nodes partakes in the selection at every snapshot.     

反辐射导弹末制导跟踪滤波技术研究

在分析反辐射导弹末制导段特点的基础上，针对其跟踪模型不满足可观测性要求的问题，提出了一种基于方位／俯仰角的跟踪方案。理论分析和仿真验证了该方案具有较高的跟踪精度和实时性，并具有较好的通用性，为解决不可观测情况下的高精度稳定跟踪问题提供了一种新的思路。     

超声波流量计不同运算方式对比分析

温度漂移是影响超声波流量计测量精度的一个重要因素,本文从算法上提出一种不受其影响的数学模型,以使相应的硬件简单化.该方法已应用在超声波流量计中,收到了很好的效果.     

ESA’s process for the identification and assessment of high-risk conjunction events

ESA’s Space Debris Office provides an operational service for the assessment of collision risks of ESA satellites. Currently, the ENVISAT and ERS-2 missions in low Earth orbits are covered by this service. If an upcoming high-risk conjunction event is predicted based on analysis of Two-Line Element (TLE) data from the US Space Surveillance Network, then independent tracking data of the potential high-risk conjunction object are acquired to improve the knowledge of its orbit. This improved knowledge and the associated small error covariances derived from the orbit determination process scale down the position error ellipsoid at the conjunction epoch. Hence, for the same miss-distance, in most cases an avoidance manoeuvre can be suppressed with an acceptable residual risk.     

频率计数器在航天器信号频率测量中的适用性分析

从频率计数器的工作原理出发,分析了航天器测控通信中常用的调相信号、调频信号和相移键控信号的频率测量误差,给出了调相信号和调频信号的测量误差表达式。使用频率计数器对上述3种航天器信号进行了频率测量试验。理论分析和试验结果表明,频率计数器适用于航天器调相信号和调频信号的频率测量,不适用于相移键控信号的频率测量。在实际使用中,为保证测量精度,应根据被测信号的调制方式选择适当的测量方法。     

Monthly mean foF2 model for an African low-latitude station and comparison with IRI

We have employed the hourly values of the ionospheric F-region critical frequency (foF2) obtained from Ouagadougou ionosonde, Burkina Faso (geographic coordinates 12° N, 1.8° W) during the interval of 1985–1995 (solar cycle 22) and solar radio flux of 10 cm wavelength (F10.7) to develop a local model (LM) for the African low-latitude station. The model was developed from regression analysis method, using the two-segmented regression analysis. We validated LM with foF2 data from Korhogo observatory, Cote d’Ivorie (geographical coordinates 9.3° N, 5.4° W). LM as well as the International Reference Ionosphere (IRI) agrees well with observations. LM gave some improvement on the IRI-predicted foF2 values at the sunrise (06 LT) at all solar flux levels and in all seasons except June solstice. The performance of the models at the representing the salient features of the equatorial foF2 was presented. Considering daytime and nighttime performances, LM and IRI are comparable in low solar activity (LSA), LM performed better than IRI in moderate solar activity (MSA), while IRI performed better than LM in high solar activity (HSA). CCIR has a root mean square error (r.m.s.e), which is only 0.10 MHz lower than that of LM while LM has r.m.s.e, which is about 0.05 MHz lower than that of URSI. In general, our result shows that performance of IRI, especially the CCIR option of the IRI, is quite comparable with the LM. The improved performance of IRI is a reflection of the numerous contributions of ionospheric physicists in the African region, larger volume of data for the IRI and the diversity of data sources, as well as the successes of the IRI task force activities.     

《高频电子线路》课程“相乘器”教学策略

相乘器是高频电子线路课程中的一个重要单元电路。掌握相乘器的组成、基本原理、分析方法以及器件特点是通信电子信息类学生学好调制、检波以及混频电路的关键所在,讨论非线性器件二极管在开关状态下组成"相乘器"的教学策略对教学活动具有重要意义。     

VSV调节机构阻滞力和调节精度的归因分析

基于ANCF方法和摩擦力的NURBS表达算法，构建了考虑装配间隙、尺寸公差、关键件柔性、热影响以及接触摩擦等因素的复杂VSV调节机构的刚柔耦合动力学模型，并依据部件空间分布关系和参数化表述开发了VSV调节机构的快速自动化建模流程，大大提升了建模效率。分别对VSV调节机构的单级模拟气动实验及热态联调实验状态进行了对比仿真，结果表明，所构建的VSV调节机构模型在阻滞力仿真方面具有较高的可信度，且气动力引起的摩擦力矩是造成机构阻滞力、角度调节迟滞和调节精度下降的主要原因，气动力矩对机构阻滞力和角度迟滞影响不明显，关键件柔性对阻滞力影响较小，但却是调节精度降低的内在因素。     

Command filtered sliding mode trajectory tracking control for unmanned airships based on RBFNN approximation

This paper presents two sliding mode controllers to address the trajectory tracking problem of unmanned airships in the presence of unknown wind disturbance. The sliding mode controller proposed first is designed by a fast power rate reaching law(FPRRL). The disturbance is compensated by a radial basis function neural network (RBFNN). To avoid the aggressive adaptation, the controller is augmented by a command filter. The controller provides good robustness and tracking performance with no chattering under the hypothesis of ideal wind field. However, serious chattering occurs when simulation is performed under discontinuous wind field. To simulate the wind in practice, the wind field employed in the simulation is generated by the combination of a constant field and white noise. The controller is improved subsequently with an extended model to suppress the chattering induced by the white noise. The enhanced controller manipulates the derivation of system input, thus attenuating the chattering. Stability analysis shows that both controllers drive the tracking error into a controllable small region near zero. Simulations are provided to validate the performance of the proposed controllers under different wind hypothesis.     

Boundary condition modelling and identification for cantilever-like structures using natural frequencies

The actual boundary conditions of cantilever-like structures might be non-ideally clamped in engineering practice, and they can also vary with time due to damage or aging. Precise modelling of boundary conditions, in which both the boundary stiffness and the boundary mass should be modelled correctly, might be one of the most significant aspects in dynamic analysis and testing for such structures. However, only the boundary stiffness was considered in the most existing methods. In this paper, a boundary condition modelling and identification method for cantilever-like structures is proposed to precisely model both the boundary stiffness and the boundary mass using sensitivity analysis of natural frequencies. The boundary conditions of a cantilever-like structure can be parameterized by constant mass, constant rotational inertia,constant translational stiffness, and constant rotational stiffness. The relationship between natural frequencies and boundary parameters is deduced according to the vibration equation for the lateral vibration of a non-uniform beam. Then, an iterative identification formulation is established using the sensitivity analysis of natural frequencies with respect to the boundary parameters. The regularization technique is also used to solve the potential ill-posed problem in the identification procedure.Numerical simulations and experiments are performed to validate the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed method. Results show that the proposed method can be utilized to precisely model the boundary parameters of a cantilever-like structure.