Spacecraft formation flying control around L2 sun-earth libration point using on–off SDRE approach

In this paper, on–off SDRE control approach is presented for spacecraft formation flying control around sun-earth L2 libration point. Orbits around libration points are significant targets for many space missions mainly because of efficient fuel consumption. Furthermore, less propellant usage can be achieved by considering optimal control approaches in spacecraft formation flying control design. Among various nonlinear and optimal control methods, SDRE has shown to be a popular controller in various missions due to the privileges including efficiency, accuracy and robustness. The spacecraft are assumed to have on–off thrusters as actuators. It requires them to be fed with a sequence of on–off pulses which is regarded as a challenge for spacecraft designers. Hence, the main contribution of this paper is designing an on–off SDRE approach for the formation flight around sun-earth L2 point with uncertainty with energy and accuracy considerations. Including on–off input as a constraint is not feasible for SDRE implementation because it makes the system non-affine. An alternative is utilizing an integral action technique and an auxiliary control to make the system affine which leads to on–off SDRE approach. It has also been shown that the proposed method is robust against parametric uncertainties of the states. Present study aims to design an energy-beneficial, simple and attractive controller for a complex nonlinear system with on–off inputs and uncertainty in CRTBP. Simulation results show that the on–off SDRE control could provide the formation flight around L2 point with high accuracy using less energy consumption.     

Formation flying reconfiguration manoeuvres via environmental forces in highly elliptical orbits

A study on reconfiguration manoevres applied to a tetrahedral formation in highly elliptical orbits is proposed, by using a propellantless solution. The manoeuvring strategy consists in exploiting certain environmental forces, specifically those provided by solar radiation pressure and atmospheric drag, by actively controlling the satellites’ attitudes. Through inverse dynamics particle swarm optimization the optimal attitudes required for the manoeuvres are evaluated, whereas the configuration’s evolution is simulated by a high-fidelity orbital simulator. The goal of the reconfiguration problem is to find an optimal control in order for the four spacecraft to reach a desired configuration in a specified portion of orbit, where the desired configuration is evaluated by a shape and size geometric parameter. By increasing the manoeuvring time and the satellites’ area to mass ratio, all the case studies considered are successfully verified.     

Sliding mode control design for oblique wing aircraft in wing skewing process

When the wing of Oblique Wing Aircraft (OWA) is skewed, the center of gravity, inertia and aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft all significantly change, causing an undesirable flight dynamic response, affecting the flying qualities, and even endangering the flight safety. In this study, the dynamic response of an OWA in the wing skewing process is simulated, showing that the three-axis movements of the OWA are highly coupled and present nonlinear characteristics during the wing skewing. As the roll control efficiency of the aileron decreases due to the shortened control arm in an oblique configuration, the all-moving horizontal tail is used for additional roll and the control allocation is performed based on minimum control energy. Given the properties of pitch-roll-yaw coupling and control input and state coupling, and the difficulty of establishing an accurate aerodynamic model in the wing skewing process due to unsteady aerodynamic force, a multi-loop sliding mode controller is formulated by the time-scale separation method. The closed-loop simulation results show that the asymmetric aerodynamics can be balanced and that the velocity and altitude of the aircraft maintain stable, which means that a smooth transition is obtained during the OWA’s wing skewing.     

InfraRed Astronomy Satellite Swarm Interferometry (IRASSI): Overview and study results

The far-infrared (FIR) regime is one of the few wavelength ranges where no astronomical data with sub-arcsecond spatial resolution exist yet. Neither of the medium-term satellite projects like SPICA, Millimetron or OST will resolve this malady. For many research areas, however, information at high spatial and spectral resolution in the FIR, taken from atomic fine-structure lines, from highly excited carbon monoxide (CO) and especially from water lines would open the door for transformative science. These demands call for interferometric concepts. We present here first results of our feasibility study IRASSI (Infrared Astronomy Satellite Swarm Interferometry) for an FIR space interferometer. Extending on the principal concept of the previous study ESPRIT, it features heterodyne interferometry within a swarm of five satellite elements. The satellites can drift in and out within a range of several hundred meters, thereby achieving spatial resolutions of <0.1 arcsec over the whole wavelength range of 1–6 THz. Precise knowledge on the baselines will be ensured by metrology methods employing laser-based optical frequency combs, for which preliminary ground-based tests have been designed by members of our study team. We first give a motivation on how the science requirements translate into operational and design parameters for IRASSI. Our consortium has put much emphasis on the navigational aspects of such a free-flying swarm of satellites operating in relatively close vicinity. We hence present work on the formation geometry, the relative dynamics of the swarm, and aspects of our investigation towards attitude estimation. Furthermore, we discuss issues regarding the real-time capability of the autonomous relative positioning system, which is an important aspect for IRASSI where, due to the large raw data rates expected, the interferometric correlation has to be done onboard, in quasi-real-time. We also address questions regarding the spacecraft architecture and how a first thermomechanical model is used to study the effect of thermal perturbations on the spacecraft. This will have implications for the necessary internal calibration of the local tie between the laser metrology and the phase centres of the science signals and will ultimately affect the accuracy of the baseline estimations.     

不同后掠角大展弦比复合材料机翼气动特性

为了研究不同后掠角复合材料机翼的气动特性,建立了载荷模型;采用 K方法通过 Theodorsen函数推导得到了机翼颤振速度的计算公式,分析了 0°、5°、10°、15°、20°、25°和 30°共 7种不同后掠角机翼的模态,得到了模态频率和模态振型;仿真计算得到了机翼的颤振速度和发生颤振时翼尖的最大垂直位移。结果显示:机翼后掠角为 15°时,其颤振速度和翼尖最大垂直位移均在安全范围内,因此,后掠角 15°,展弦比为 26的机翼为飞行器机翼设计最优值。     

机翼平面形状参数摄动面元法

在内部Ｄｉｒｉｃｈｉｅｔ边界条件的基础上,藉助于对奇异积分的解析微分,可用解析法计算偶强密度对机翼平面形状乡数的敏感性偏导致（建立一般敏感性方程所需）。机翼平面形状参数摄动后其偶强分布即可藉线性外推得出。从而,压力分布、升力和俯仰力矩系数即可快速确定。振动面元法与相应的低阶面无法计算结果表明,该方法有良好的准确度且使计算工作量大大减少（摄动外推所需ＣＰＵ时间比相应的低阶面元法少两个量级）。     

大展弦比飞翼布局飞机新型操纵面设计

大展弦比飞翼布局飞机取消常规布局的安定面和操纵面,本体的 动态特性出现许多不足.介绍了在该新布局飞机上采用的升降副翼和开裂式方向舵等 新型操纵面的气动特点,并在计算空气动力学的基础上分析了其三轴控制效率.引进舵容量 的概念提出了操纵面的参数化设计方法,基于飞机的可控性对各新型操纵面的操纵效率需求 进行了评估,最终对某型飞机的操纵面初步设计进行了修正.研究结果为飞翼布局飞机的操 纵面设计提供了一套实用的方法.      

一种翼身融合体飞行器外形的RCS计算与实验

飞行器隐身技术是当代军事技术中的一项重大突破,低雷达散射截面（RCS）的飞行器外形是专业人员努力追寻的研究目标。本文采用Toplitz变换和混合迭代的算法,对新设计的一种鸭式布局翼身融合体飞行器外形进行了RCS计算,并在微波暗室内对模型进行了测试。实验结果与理论值基本吻合,误差在1dB之内,证明此算法行之有效,优化设计的翼身融合体飞行器具有良好的隐身性能。     

自适应机翼翼型变形的研究现状及关键技术

自适应机翼具有巨大的应用潜力,是未来飞机设计的必然趋势,已经得到了广泛的关注。分别从自适应变弯度前缘、自适应变弯度后缘以及变厚度机翼三个方面阐述了其变形原理,并对使用的蒙皮、驱动方式、研究方法等进行了归纳总结,指出了未来的发展趋势,提出了自适应机翼亟需解决的关键技术,包括兼具大变形和高承载功能的柔性蒙皮的设计、自适应驱动系统设计、协同控制系统的设计、分布式传感器网络,可为自适应机翼结构的设计与实现途径提供一定的技术参考。     

空客公司成功的机翼设计I——A300及A310机翼设计

空客公司的成功离不开其先进的机翼设计,其机翼由英国宇航公司负责设计和生产。空客飞机机翼先进的空气动力设计,包括尖峰后加载翼型、超临界翼型、先进跨声速机翼设计——超临界机翼设计、机翼与机身的干扰、翼梢小翼设计、增升装置设计,机翼低重量设计、机翼构型与载荷,详细设计,结构设计和低成本设计等。作为系列论文之一,综述A300及A310的机翼设计特点。