基于改进积分视线导引策略的欠驱动无人水面艇路径跟踪

路径跟踪控制是无人水面艇（USV）自主完成各项任务使命的关键技术之一,受到国内外运动控制领域的普遍关注。为提高风浪流等外界环境干扰下,无人水面艇（USV）路径跟踪控制的准确性和鲁棒性,研究海流等外界扰动环境下一类非对称欠驱动无人水面艇的路径跟踪问题,提出了2种改进积分视线（ILOS）导引策略,并基于改进导引策略和反馈控制思想实现了无人水面艇水平面的路径跟踪。与传统ILOS导引策略相比,第1种改进策略具有变积分增益能够避免积分饱和及超调现象;第2种改进策略在前者的基础上将前视距离设计为时变量,使得无人水面艇操纵更加灵活,其中积分增益和前视距离均为垂直距离误差的不同函数,引导无人水面艇灵活快速地跟踪期望路径。基于级联系统理论证明了当所有控制目标实现时,控制系统为全局k-指数稳定（GKES）的,理论分析和仿真实验证明了算法的有效性和先进性。      

基于非线性规划的室内TOA测距值优化方法

在室内环境中,无线信道中的非视距和多径传输等效应严重影响了到达时间（TOA）定位系统的测距值精度,从而导致较大的测量误差和定位误差。将测距值优化抽象为非线性规划问题,在实现视距/非视距（LOS/NLOS）场景识别的基础上,利用TOA测距误差模型和“目标-基站”间的几何约束为序列二阶非线性规划方法设置合理的初始值,建立了目标函数和约束条件,对定位测距值进行了有效校正。利用典型的TOA测距误差模型进行了仿真验证,利用具有TOA测距功能的无线定位节点在办公环境中进行了实测验证。结果表明,该方法优化后的测距值精度明显优于原始测距值和传统的测距值修正方法,从而验证了该方法的有效性。      

Kink mode m = 1 in magnetic tube with discontinuous magnetic field

In this paper, we study conditions of realization and stability of kink modes with azimuthal wave numbers $m=\pm 1$ in cylindrical plasma flex with twisted magnetic field and homogeneous current along its axis. We assume permanent axial magnetic field both inside and outside the flex, surrounded by currentless plasma. Azimuthal magnetic field decreases inversely proportional to the distance from the boundary beyond the flex. We derived dispersion equations for stable and unstable modes in approximation of “thin” plasma flex. The analysis of equations has been provided for the case of discontinuous axial magnetic field on flex’s boundary. Conditions of propagation of wave modes have been defined. It was shown, that unstable modes can be implemented in certain interval of longitudinal wavenumbers. Results can be applied for the interpretation of solar magnetic tubes behavior, using measurements, provided by spacecrafts.     

L-band nighttime scintillations at the northern edge of the EIA along 95°E during the ascending half of the solar cycle 24

The characteristics of nighttime ionospheric scintillations measured at the L-band frequency of 1.575 GHz over Dibrugarh (27.5°N, 95°E, MLAT ～ 17°N, 43° dip) during the ascending half of the solar cycle 24 from 2010 to 2014 have been investigated and the results are presented in this paper. The measurement location is within or outside the zone of influence of the equatorial ionization anomaly depending on solar and geomagnetic activity. Maximum scintillation is observed in the equinoxes irrespective of solar activity with clear asymmetry between March and September. The occurrence frequency in the solstices shifts from minimum in the June solstice in low solar activity to a minimum in the December solstice in high solar activity years. A significant positive correlation of occurrence of scintillations in the June solstice with solar activity has been observed. However, earlier reports from the Indian zone (～75°E) indicate negative or no correlation of scintillation in June solstice with solar activity. Scintillations activity/occurrence in solstices indicates a clear positive correlation with Es recorded simultaneously by a collocated Ionosonde. In equinoxes, maximum scintillations occur in the pre-midnight hours while in solstices the occurrence frequency peaks just after sunset. The incidence of strong scintillations (S₄ ≥ 0.4) increases with increase in solar activity. Strong (S₄ ≥ 0.4) ionospheric scintillations accompanied by TEC depletions in the pre-midnight period is attributed to equatorial irregularities whereas the dusk period scintillations are related to the sporadic-E activity. Present results thus indicate that the current location at the northern edge of the EIA behaves as low as well as mid-latitude location.     

Identification of seismic activity sources on the subsatellite track by ionospheric plasma disturbances detected with the Sich-2 onboard probes

Using a cylindrical Langmuir probe and the authors’ proprietary two-channel pressure transducer, ionospheric plasma parameter distributions along the orbit of the Sich-2 satellite (Ukraine, 2011–2012) were measured. This paper is concerned with identifying the space–time location of ionospheric plasma disturbance sources, including the epicenters of actual earthquakes (before or during the satellite flyover) and incipient earthquakes on the subsatellite track, from the measured distributions of the electron density and temperature and the neutral particle temperature along the satellite orbit. To do this, the measured ionospheric plasma parameter distributions are connected to the coordinates on the subsatellite track.It is shown that local disturbances in the electron density and temperature and neutral particle temperature distributions in the satellite orbit in the ionosphere may serve as indicators of seismic activity on the subsatellite track. The epicenters of incipient earthquakes may be set off from other plasma parameter disturbance sources associated with seismic activity using information provided by special monitoring and survey centers that monitor the current seismic situation.     

A holistic approach to SIM platform and its application to early-warning satellite system

This study proposes a new simulation platform named Simulation Integrated Management (SIM) for the analysis of parallel and distributed systems. The platform eases the process of designing and testing both applications and architectures. The main characteristics of SIM are flexibility, scalability, and expandability. To improve the efficiency of project development, new models of early-warning satellite system were designed based on the SIM platform. Finally, through a series of experiments, the correctness of SIM platform and the aforementioned early-warning satellite models was validated, and the systematical analyses for the orbital determination precision of the ballistic missile during its entire flight process were presented, as well as the deviation of the launch/landing point. Furthermore, the causes of deviation and prevention methods will be fully explained. The simulation platform and the models will lay the foundations for further validations of autonomy technology in space attack-defense architecture research.