Analysis and experiments for delay compensation in attitude control of flexible spacecraft

Space vehicles are often characterized by highly flexible appendages, with low natural frequencies which can generate coupling phenomena during orbital maneuvering. The stability and delay margins of the controlled system are deeply affected by the presence of bodies with different elastic properties, assembled to form a complex multibody system. As a consequence, unstable behavior can arise. In this paper the problem is first faced from a numerical point of view, developing accurate multibody mathematical models, as well as relevant navigation and control algorithms. One of the main causes of instability is identified with the unavoidable presence of time delays in the GNC loop. A strategy to compensate for these delays is elaborated and tested using the simulation tool, and finally validated by means of a free floating platform, replicating the flexible spacecraft attitude dynamics (single axis rotation). The platform is equipped with thrusters commanded according to the on–off modulation of the Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) control law. The LQR is based on the estimate of the full state vector, i.e. including both rigid – attitude – and elastic variables, that is possible thanks to the on line measurement of the flexible displacements, realized by processing the images acquired by a dedicated camera. The accurate mathematical model of the system and the rigid and elastic measurements enable a prediction of the state, so that the control is evaluated taking the predicted state relevant to a delayed time into account. Both the simulations and the experimental campaign demonstrate that by compensating in this way the time delay, the instability is eliminated, and the maneuver is performed accurately.     

发展单兵星敏导航装备的必要性及技术特点

星光导航不受电磁干扰、能提供绝对姿态信息，具有重大战略意义。目前的星敏主要是为空天基导航而发展的，将其应用于单兵导航是否必要、需克服哪些技术难点、能达到怎样的效果等，都是值得探索的问题。为此，首先论述了发展单兵星敏导航装备的必要性，包括：不受电磁干扰破坏，是其他单兵导航装备失效时的保底装备；定向精度高，能弥补单兵卫星导航装备无法定向的缺陷；已突破部分气象因素限制，具备了全天时导航条件等。然后探讨了单兵星敏导航与空天基星敏导航、卫星导航、天文大地测量等比较所具有的不同技术特点。提出了发展单兵星敏导航装备需解决的关键技术问题，包括：气象因素影响的消减、时间基准和电源的长期维持、系统探测性能与系统小型化的平衡等。研究结果可为发展单兵星敏导航技术、设计研制单兵星敏导航系统提供参考。     

波音737自动捷联惯导系统建模与仿真

分析了真实飞机上惯性导航系统的基本原理,加速度计和陀螺仪工作原理及其测量输出参数。结合航空仿真技术发展和全任务飞行模拟器样机的任务需求,在MATLAB/SIMULINK平台上构建捷联惯性导航仿真模型;利用RT-LAB平台构建分布式飞行仿真系统,实现导航外部特性的半实物仿真;建立导航数据库,用于导航计算以确定飞机即时位置以及导航台自动调谐管理。将导航系统仿真模块作为整个系统仿真中的一个节点,实现与模拟机自动驾驶仪系统进行信息交互,从而实现自动导航。     

Inner Attitude Integration Algorithm Based on Fault Detection for Strapdown Inertial Attitude and Heading Reference System

This article proposes a new inner attitude integration algorithm to improve attitude accuracy of the strapdown inertial attitude and heading reference system(SIAHRS), which, by means of a Kalman filter, integrates the calculated attitude from the accelerometers in inertial measuring unit(IMU), called damping attitudes, with those from the conventional IMU. As vehicle's acceleration could produce damping attitude errors, the horizontal outputs from accelerometers are firstly used to judge the vehicle's motion so as to determine whether the damping attitudes could be reasonably applied. This article also analyzes the limitation of this approach. Furthermore, it suggests a residual chi-square test to judge the validity of damping attitude measurement in real time, and accordingly puts forward proper information fusion strategy. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is proved through the experiments on a real system in dynamic and static states.     

着陆避障中双目立体匹配方法与仿真

摘要： 在着陆避障过程中，利用双目相机拍得的图片进行立体匹配得到稠密的地形高程图是一种有效的方式.文中对绝对误差之和(sum of absolute differences, SAD)、全Census变换以及稀疏Census变换立体匹配方法原理进行说明，针对SAD算法无法处理左右图像亮度不一致的情况提出了对匹配窗口进行灰度规范化以及加入LOG滤波的改进措施，并且对上述方法分别应用数据库图像和沙盘拍图进行仿真测试及比较，从匹配错误率和实时性的角度分析各算法在地外星体着陆这种特殊场景中的使用性能.     

Radio/FADS/IMU integrated navigation for Mars entry

Supposing future orbiting and landing collaborative exploration mission as the potential project background, this paper addresses the issue of Mars entry integrated navigation using radio beacon, flush air data sensing system (FADS), and inertial measurement unit (IMU). The range and Doppler information sensed from an orbiting radio beacon, the dynamic pressure and heating data sensed from flush air data sensing system, and acceleration and attitude angular rate outputs from an inertial measurement unit are integrated in an unscented Kalman filter to perform state estimation and suppress the system and measurement noise. Computer simulations show that the proposed integrated navigation scheme can enhance the navigation accuracy, which enables precise entry guidance for the given Mars orbiting and landing collaborative exploration mission.     

航天飞行器典型高温透波结构热匹配性能分析

针对一种航天飞行器典型天线窗类高温透波结构及其安装形式,通过Abaqus有限元仿真分析方法对其热匹配特性进行了研究。研究表明:天线窗结构热匹配产生的热应力主要与金属壳体受热膨胀有关,石英纤维增强二氧化硅天线窗具有更优越的热匹配性能,天线窗直径越小,厚度尺寸越大,热应力越小,热匹配性能越好。该项研究为典型天线窗类高温透波结构在航天飞行器上的应用提供了参考。     

星间相对测量自主导航的改进容积卡尔曼滤波

针对仅利用星间相对位置测量的双星自主导航系统，提出一种基于可观度的改进容积卡尔曼滤波算法。该算法从系统可观度的物理意义出发，通过对预测协方差阵进行在线调整改善标准容积卡尔曼滤波算法对系统可观度敏感和不满足滤波拟一致性等问题。对具体算例进行数值仿真，校验了该改进容积卡尔曼滤波算法在基于星间相对位置测量的双星自主导航系统中的有效性，与标准容积卡尔曼滤波相比趋稳更快，精度更高。     

末修火箭弹抛物线比例导引的特性

基于抛物线比例导引原理,详细分析了弹道修正所需求的脉冲数。结合抛物线比例导引特性,对规定落角进行了理论分析与仿真。结果表明,规定落角越大,脉冲需求数越小,对规定落角的敏感性越大,落点修正距离会越小。提出了确定规定落角的基本原则:弹道修正段前期,规定落角主要由目标点位置决定,可根据火箭结构特点和使用环境特性,采用非线性控制系统确定;弹道修正段末期,规定落角对落点影响较小,可结合战技指标中毁伤效能要求确定。     

大气偏振光导航技术

为克服现有导航技术在战场应用中存在的不足,借鉴生物光学导航机理,开发新的导航方式,是未来导航技术研究的一个重要发展趋势。本文对自然界中的昆虫光学导航机理进行了介绍和分析,并对大气偏振光导航的发展趋势进行了探讨,提出了大气振光导航技术发展过程中需要解决的关键问题。