Contingency target assessment,trajectory design,and analysis for NASA’s NEA scout solar sail mission

The presented study examines contingency target selection and trajectory design for NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout mission under the assumption of a missed lunar gravity assist. Two previously considered asteroids are selected as potential targets for the given scenario based on favorable orbital characteristics for launch dates ranging from June 27, 2020 through July 26, 2020. Initially, a simplified circular restricted 3-body problem + ideal solar sail model is utilized to survey trajectory options for a month-long launch window. Selected solutions from this data set are then converged in an N-body ephemeris + non-ideal sail model. Results suggest that NEA Scout can still perform asteroid rendezvous mission under the missed lunar gravity assist scenario with new targets, 2019 GF1, 2018 PK21, and 2007 UN12, based on the target launch dates. Further target assessment is carried out for 165 days beyond the current June 27, 2020 launch date.     

Application of a PCA-DBN-based surrogate model to robust aerodynamic design optimization

An efficient method employing a Principal Component Analysis (PCA)-Deep Belief Network (DBN)-based surrogate model is developed for robust aerodynamic design optimization in this study. In order to reduce the number of design variables for aerodynamic optimizations, the PCA technique is implemented to the geometric parameters obtained by parameterization method. For the purpose of predicting aerodynamic parameters, the DBN model is established with the reduced design variables as input and the aerodynamic parameters as output, and it is trained using the k-step contrastive divergence algorithm. The established PCA-DBN-based surrogate model is validated through predicting lift-to-drag ratios of a set of airfoils, and the results indicate that the PCA-DBN-based surrogate model is reliable and obtains more accurate predictions than three other surrogate models. Then the efficient optimization method is established by embedding the PCA-DBN-based surrogate model into an improved Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) framework, and applied to the robust aerodynamic design optimizations of Natural Laminar Flow (NLF) airfoil and transonic wing. The optimization results indicate that the PCA-DBN-based surrogate model works very well as a prediction model in the robust optimization processes of both NLF airfoil and transonic wing. By employing the PCA-DBN-based surrogate model, the developed efficient method improves the optimization efficiency obviously.     

基于多可信度代理模型的尾喷管优化设计

尾喷管是飞行器机体/推进一体化设计中的关键部件之一,直接影响着飞行器的推阻匹配、俯仰力矩配平等特性。为了提高尾喷管优化设计效率,建立基于多可信度代理模型的多目标优化模型。以基于粗网格、无黏模型的CFD 结果作为低可信度数据,以基于细密网格、SST k-ω 湍流模型的CFD 结果作为高可信度数据,将最大化推力系数、升力系数和俯仰力矩系数作为优化目标,构建Cokriging 模型,并结合NSGA-Ⅱ算法得到Pareto 解集。结果表明：以上三个目标分别提升了2.94%、13.0% 和40.6%,误差低于0.5%,并进行了敏感性分析;优化后流场波系结构更为复杂,改变了壁面压强分布规律;与Kriging 模型相比,Cokriging 模型具有相当的预测性能,构建时间成本节省了62%。     

Stall flutter prediction based on multi-layer GRU neural network

The modeling of dynamic stall aerodynamics is essential to stall flutter, due to the flow separation in a large-amplitude pitching oscillation process. A newly neural network based Reduced Order Model (ROM) framework for predicting the aerodynamic forces of an airfoil undergoing large-amplitude pitching oscillation at various velocities is presented in this work. First, the dynamic stall aerodynamics is calculated by solving RANS equations and the transitional SST-γ model. Afterwards, the stall flutter bifurcation behavior is calculated by the above CFD solver coupled with structural dynamic equation. The critical flutter speed and limit-cycle oscillation amplitudes are consistent with those obtained by experiments. A newly multi-layer Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) neural network based ROM is constructed to accelerate the calculation of aerodynamic forces. The training and validation process are carried out upon the unsteady aerodynamic data obtained by the proposed CFD method. The well-trained ROM is then coupled with the structure equation at a specific velocity, the Limit-Cycle Oscillation (LCO) of stall flutter under this flow condition is predicted precisely and more quickly. In order to predict both the critical flutter velocity and LCO amplitudes after bifurcation at different velocities, a new ROM with GRU neural network considering the variation of flow velocities is developed. The stall flutter results predicted by ROM agree well with the CFD ones at different velocities. Finally, a brief sensitivity analysis of two structural parameters of ROM is carried out. It infers the potential of the presented modeling method to depict the nonlinearity of dynamic stall and stall flutter phenomenon.     

Double-decoupled inverse design of natural laminar flow nacelle under transonic conditions

The inverse design based on the pressure distribution is an essential approach to realize the improvement of Natural Laminar Flow(NLF) performance for nacelles. However, the direct definition of target pressure distribution at design point is challenging for the dilemma to consider the constraints of shock wave and laminar flow at the same time. In addition, the universality of method will be limited when the inverse design is strongly coupled with the solver. Thus, a double-decoupled methodolog...     

航空发动机全飞行包线稳态划分方法研究

航空发动机在鲁棒控制器设计过程中存在飞行包线区域难以系统划分的问题,为此,提出基于推力耗油率特性和基于动压耗油率特性的航空发动机飞行包线划分法。根据某型涡扇发动机在全包线范围内稳态工作时的推力、耗油率及动压特性,结合大气条件的客观规律,通过两种划分方法将飞行包线划分为65 个区域,用每个区域对应标称点的参数代替其周围小偏差区域和边界点参数。通过对该发动机全包线内各区域标称点与边界点参数的对比,证明两种方法均对全飞行包线划分有效,可为后续航空发动机控制器设计提供理论基础。     

超声速低声爆布局分层优化方法

声爆抑制是发展新一代超声速民机必须突破的关键技术。总体布局参数的合理设计可以使飞行器具有良好的声爆特性。为了提高全局进化算法在布局设计中的优化效率,提出一种基于数据挖掘的分层优化方法,利用数据挖掘中的决策树算法提取设计知识,获得设计变量分层信息,指导低声爆布局分层优化;针对某超声速低声爆飞行器,选取后掠角、上反角、展弦比、梢根比、长细比五个总体布局参数作为设计变量,开展分层优化数值实验,并与一体化优化形成对比验证。结果表明：分层优化方法能够搜索到与一体化优化高度吻合的最优解,分层优化的收敛速度显著高于一体化优化,且对随机寻优历程的表现更稳健。     

航空发动机低压转子系统的“可容模态”设计及实验验证

建立了带弹性支承和阻尼器的航空发动机低压柔性转子动力学模型,进行了模态计算以及临界转速处的响应计算。在考虑临界转速约束与“临界跟随”现象约束的条件下,综合模态不平衡影响因子、弹支应变能占比以及套齿连接结构稳定性构造了可容度评价函数,建立了低压转子系统的“可容模态”优化设计方法。设计并搭建了低压转子实验系统,从模态测试实验、阻尼器减振实验以及长时间“共振”实验,验证了设计方法的可靠性。研究结果为计算的临界转速与实际测量的临界转速最大误差为3.86%,阻尼器在1阶与2阶临界转速处的减振比最大可达45.6%,实验转子系统在1阶与2阶临界转速处各完成了长达412.5 s和429.8 s的“共振”实验,共振过程中转子系统各通道振动单峰值稳定在100μm以内,且无次谐波产生。表明了所建立的航空发动机低压转子系统“可容模态”优化设计方法是可行的。     

航空发动机设计中采用CAD技术的研究

为了进一步加强ＣＡＤ（ＣｏｍｐｕｔｅｒＡｉｄｅｄＤｅｓｉｇｎ）技术在航空发动机设计领域的应用,主要介绍ＡｕｔｏＣＡＤ图形软件的辅助绘图、三维建模的功能及在航空发动机领域的一些应用。目的是在航空发动机设计领域推广及运用ＣＡＤ技术改善发动机的设计方法。     

液压泵摩擦副可靠性设计基本方法研究

阐述了液压泵摩擦副可靠性分析及设计的基本步骤和原则。作为实例,文中给出了滑靴耐磨可靠性设计所采用的（pv）应力模型新方法。