超导核磁共振技术在航天员生命保障中的应用前景探究

长期空间飞行会对航天员的身心健康造成一定的不利影响,开展航天员生命保障的研究是非常必要的。核磁共振技术是疾病检查诊断的重要手段,同样在航天员生命保障医疗中将发挥重要的作用。文章结合国内外相关研究进展以及航天员选拔、训练和航天员医监医保的相关知识,探究了超导核磁共振技术在航天员生命保障中的应用前景。     

压气机试验件空气系统仿真模拟与敏感性分析

将空气系统简化为由节点和元件组成的一维拓扑网络,建立各部分的流动控制方程组,编制了仿真程序,利用循环中点求积牛顿法对方程组进行求解。将其应用于某压气机试验件空气系统计算,并对试验件空气系统的参数进行敏感性分析,探讨影响空气系统功能的主要因素。结果表明:利用参数微分法求解同伦方程,可增大牛顿法求解的收敛速度与收敛域;在该压气机试验件中,利用卸荷腔结构和封严能力较强的篦齿封严环可以将流路有效分隔开,有利于分别实现控制目标。      

面向非沿迹成像的姿态跟踪扩展观测器滑模控制

针对地面兴趣点不沿星下点轨迹的动态非沿轨迹成像问题,设计一种结合扩展状态观测器的非奇异快速终端滑模控制器。首先根据非沿轨迹成像模型的需求推导卫星姿态参考轨迹。其次,根据由误差四元数描述的跟踪误差运动模型设计了非奇异快速终端滑模控制律。考虑到干扰抑制,引入了扩展状态观测器来观测系统的总扰动,从而降低滑模控制律中的切换增益,削弱系统抖振。然后再用模糊自适应系统对切换项进行在线逼近,柔化控制信号,进一步减振。最后,对具有干扰和参数不确定的姿态控制系统进行了数值仿真,结果表明该方法收敛速度快,控制精度高。     

卫星姿态控制系统在轨实时健康评估

面向航天器在轨智能自主管控的技术需求,提出一种基于多级模糊综合评价架构的卫星姿态控制系统的在轨实时健康评估方法.根据卫星姿态控制系统的性能特点,按实际功能将其划分为姿态测量、控制器和执行机构3个部分.在确定各部分单元部件健康信息的基础上,基于模糊综合评价算法对各部分的健康度分别进行评估.基于评估所得到的姿态测量、控制器和执行机构3部分健康信息,根据各部分对系统健康的影响情况结合变权综合原理确定健康影响权重,采用模糊综合评价算法实现对姿态控制系统整体健康性能的综合评估.仿真实验结果表明,所提出的方法能够有效实现卫星姿态控制系统的在轨实时健康评估.     

Vehicle State and Parameter Estimation Based on Dual Unscented Particle Filter Algorithm

Acquisition of real-time and accurate vehicle state and parameter information is critical to the research of vehicle dynamic control system. By studying the defects of the former Kalman filter based estimation method, a new estimating method is proposed. First the nonlinear vehicle dynamics system, containing inaccurate model pa rameters and constant noise, is established. Then a dual unscented particle filter （DUPF） algorithm is proposed. In the algorithm two unscented particle filters run in parallel, states estimation and parameters estimation update each other. The results of simulation and vehicle ground testing indicate that the DUPF algorithm has higher state estimation accuracy than unscented Kalman filter （UKF） and dual extended Kalman filter （DEKF）, and it also has good capability to revise model parameters.     

A Delphi-Based Framework for systems architecting of in-orbit exploration infrastructure for human exploration beyond Low Earth Orbit

The current debate in the U.S. Human Spaceflight Program focuses on the development of the next generation of man-rated heavy lift launch vehicles. While launch vehicle systems are of critical importance for future exploration, a comprehensive analysis of the entire exploration infrastructure is required to avoid costly pitfalls at early stages of the design process. This paper addresses this need by presenting a Delphi-Based Systems Architecting Framework for integrated architectural analysis of future in-orbit infrastructure for human space exploration beyond Low Earth Orbit. The paper is structured in two parts.     

Evolution and History in a new “Mathematical SETI” model

In a recent paper (Maccone, 2011 [15]) and in a recent book (Maccone, 2012 [17]), this author proposed a new mathematical model capable of merging SETI and Darwinian Evolution into a single mathematical scheme. This model is based on exponentials and lognormal probability distributions, called “b-lognormals” if they start at any positive time b (“birth”) larger than zero. Indeed:

• 1.Darwinian evolution theory may be regarded as a part of SETI theory in that the factor f_l in the Drake equation represents the fraction of planets suitable for life on which life actually arose, as it happened on Earth.
• 2.In 2008 (Maccone, 2008 [9]) this author firstly provided a statistical generalization of the Drake equation where the number N of communicating ET civilizations in the Galaxy was shown to follow the lognormal probability distribution. This fact is a consequence of the Central Limit Theorem (CLT) of Statistics, stating that the product of a number of independent random variables whose probability densities are unknown and independent of each other approached the lognormal distribution if the number of factors is increased at will, i.e. it approaches infinity.
• 3.Also, in Maccone (2011 [15]), it was shown that the exponential growth of the number of species typical of Darwinian Evolution may be regarded as the geometric locus of the peaks of a one-parameter family of b-lognormal distributions constrained between the time axis and the exponential growth curve. This was a brand-new result. And one more new and far-reaching idea was to define Darwinian Evolution as a particular realization of a stochastic process called Geometric Brownian Motion (GBM) having the above exponential as its own mean value curve.
• 4.The b-lognormals may be also be interpreted as the lifespan of any living being, let it be a cell, or an animal, a plant, a human, or even the historic lifetime of any civilization. In Maccone, (2012 [17, Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 11]), as well as in the present paper, we give important exact equations yielding the b-lognormal when its birth time, senility-time (descending inflexion point) and death time (where the tangent at senility intercepts the time axis) are known. These also are brand-new results. In particular, the σ=1 b-lognormals are shown to be related to the golden ratio, so famous in the arts and in architecture, and these special b-lognormals we call “golden b-lognormals”.
• 5.Applying this new mathematical apparatus to Human History leads to the discovery of the exponential trend of progress between Ancient Greece and the current USA Empire as the envelope of the b-lognormals of all Western Civilizations over a period of 2500 years.
• 6.We then invoke Shannon's Information Theory. The entropy of the obtained b-lognormals turns out to be the index of “development level” reached by each historic civilization. As a consequence, we get a numerical estimate of the entropy difference (i.e. the difference in the evolution levels) between any two civilizations. In particular, this was the case when Spaniards first met with Aztecs in 1519, and we find the relevant entropy difference between Spaniards an Aztecs to be 3.84 bits/individual over a period of about 50 centuries of technological difference. In a similar calculation, the entropy difference between the first living organism on Earth (RNA?) and Humans turns out to equal 25.57 bits/individual over a period of 3.5 billion years of Darwinian Evolution.
• 7.Finally, we extrapolate our exponentials into the future, which is of course arbitrary, but is the best Humans can do before they get in touch with any alien civilization. The results are appalling: the entropy difference between aliens 1 million years more advanced than Humans is of the order of 1000 bits/individual, while 10,000 bits/individual would be requested to any Civilization wishing to colonize the whole Galaxy (Fermi Paradox).
• 8.In conclusion, we have derived a mathematical model capable of estimating how much more advanced than humans an alien civilization will be when SETI succeeds.

     

卫星编队飞行相对位置自适应协同控制

针对卫星编队飞行相对位置协同控制问题,基于编队卫星相对运动非线性动力学方程和一致性理论设计了两种自适应协同控制器。首先,在卫星质量不确定和星间信息交互存在通信时延的条件下,设计了一种全状态反馈自适应协同控制器,并证明了该控制策略对空间摄动力的鲁棒性。其次,进一步考虑速度信息不可测的条件下,采用滤波器设计了一种无速度反馈的自适应协同控制器。最后,以编队构型重构为例对两种自适应协同控制器进行了仿真校验。仿真结果表明：两种自适应协同控制器均可有效应用于卫星编队飞行相对位置的协同控制,能够保证编队卫星对各自期望轨迹跟踪的同时暂态保持编队构型的稳定,具有较高的控制精度。     

基于SIMP法的周期性传热材料拓扑优化

为了实现基于宏观热传导条件的周期性材料微结构设计,建立了基于固体各向同性材料惩罚法的周期性结构拓扑优化模型.模型以体积比为约束,散热弱度最小为优化目标.为了满足周期性约束,将设计域划分为若干相同子区域,并重新分配散热弱度.基于偏微分方程的图像处理方式可以有效地消除棋盘格和网格依赖性现象.讨论并分析了不同子区域个数及不同载荷工况对拓扑优化构型的影响.数值实验结果表明:周期性结构的建模方式可以实现基于宏观稳态热传导条件的周期性材料微结构设计.子区域个数不同时,优化得到不同的微结构构型,这反映了尺寸效应对材料设计的影响.当子区域个数不断增加时,优化结果逐渐趋向收敛于均匀化方法对应的极限值.      

星间测距对小卫星编队相对轨道状态的修正

相对轨道状态确定是小卫星编队正常工作的基础和重要保障.针对小型化、低成本的星载GPS接收机定轨精度较低的情况,提出一种利用单纯星间测距信息对卫星编队相对轨道进行修正的方法.引入星间测距信息,采用扩展卡尔曼滤波算法提高编队的相对轨道估计精度.通过仿真验证,证实了该方案的有效性.