Digital signal processing and numerical analysis for radar in geophysical applications

Numerical solutions for signal processing are described in this work as a contribution to study of echo detection methods for ionospheric sounder design. The ionospheric sounder is a high frequency radar for geophysical applications. The main detection approach has been done by implementing the spread-spectrum techniques using coding methods to improve the radar’s range resolution by transmitting low power. Digital signal processing has been performed and the numerical methods were checked. An algorithm was proposed and its computational complexity was calculated.     

Systematic examination of the geomagnetic storm sudden commencement using multi resolution analysis

Geomagnetic storm sudden commencements (SSC) contain a wealth of information which is useful in many applications. It is important to point out that the SSCs used in this study are sampled at the rate of one sample per second in order get use of such high resolution data. In this paper, two studies are made on the geomagnetic SSC and an SSC onset automatic detection algorithm is introduced. The first study is about finding the relationship between the SSC rise time and its amplitude. Where it is found that there is a positive correlation between the amplitude and the amplitude gradient which is the amplitude divided by rise time. The second study is checking the spectrum of the SSC, starting from its onset until the end of the SSC rise time. This check had proved that the SSC contains both low and high frequency regions. This led us to introduce a new term, namely the SSC variation rate (VR). This VR is defined as the maximum rate of change of the field in the higher-frequency region of the SSC. These two studies were the guide to build an SSC automatic detector of one sample per second data using multi resolution analysis (MRA) of the discrete wavelet transform (DWT). The data set contains 134 SSCs with different VRs that were collected from the Circum-pan Pacific Magnetometer Network (CPMN). It is found that the standard deviation of the detection error is 41 s and that the average error is 9 s. From the calculated error distribution function, it is found that the detection error is within the range of −1.5 to 3 min. The detection process, as will be shown in the article, takes 70 s for one station and 3 min if the decision is related to the detection(s) of other stations. These results demonstrate the superiority of the proposed algorithm over other algorithms in which the detection error ranges between −8 and 5 min and the detection process takes 2–10 min. In addition to being faster and more accurate than the other algorithms, the proposed algorithm is the first algorithm that automatically detects the SSC onset times from high-resolution data unlike previous studies that focused on determining the SSC times automatically using one-minute resolution data.     

空间色噪声下信号频域检测方法性能分析

水下小孔径阵列的应用环境是色噪声环境,针对超增益波束形成方法在色噪声环境下噪声协方差矩阵估计偏差使阵列空间增益不能达到最大的问题,提出了一种频域超增益波束形成方法(FSD, Super-Directive beamforming in Frequency domain),该方法将宽带接收数据分成多个子带,在每个子带内分别估计噪声协方差矩阵,降低了噪声协方差矩阵的估计偏差,并使用估计得到的噪声协方差矩阵对接收数据解相关.最后使用空间谱检测器检测微弱目标信号.实测噪声数据的仿真结果表明,空间有色噪声环境中FSD方法的检测性能优于传统的时域超增益波束形成方法(TSD, Super-Directive beamforming in Time domain)2 dB,优于频域最小方差无畸变响应(FMVDR, Minimum Variance Distortionless Response in Frequency domain)波束形成方法2 dB.     

深空自主导航光学敏感器及其验证

利用光学导航敏感器进行深空自主导航在国际上已成为一种发展趋势,这种方法具有自主性强、精度高、节约成本等优点,且距离地球越远越显优势.在国内首次开展了用于深空巡航段的自主光学导航敏感器设计研制和验证工作,所研制的光学导航敏感器原型样机设计技术指标为:焦距953.8mm,视场角0.8°×0.8°,探测极限灵敏度12Mv,测量精度0.5″(1σ),动态范围100∶1.试验室测试和外场观星试验的结果表明,测量精度达到0.5″(1σ),探测极限灵敏度达到12.5Mv,技术指标全部满足要求.     

无人机复杂环境中跟踪运动目标的实时航路规划

在复杂地形环境中,无人机在跟踪运动目标时,现有的航路规划方法在实时性和可行性上存在一定缺陷.提出了一种新的滚动窗口启发方向计算方法,使其能够跟踪运动目标,同时在滚动窗口内采用流函数法进行避障.根据无人机约束,滚动窗口为三角形,并设计了基于行为的伸缩功能.在流函数中,利用水势能方法克服了陷阱地形并进行了航路平滑.仿真结果表明:这种混合算法对于复杂地形条件下跟踪运动目标的航路规划,能够减小规划算法的时间和空间复杂度,使规划出的航路适于无人机飞行.     

基于RBF带学习能力高精度非线性FDD设计

在轨航天器故障检测与诊断问题需要面对模型的非线性,而且要求尽量提高其检测的精度,为此设计了基于径向基函数（RBF）神经网络的动量轮非线性故障检测与诊断（FDD）方案。首先应用RBF补偿建模误差,提高检测精度,并选择李雅普诺夫函数证明其收敛性;然后应用非线性观测器来产生故障残差,给出了阈值以及故障检测的时间;应用RBF网络对故障信号进行重构,并据此设计了带学习能力的FDD策略。再次建立了详细的动量轮模型,通过不同条件下的仿真研究分别验证残差的阈值特性、时间特性以及RBF的重构能力,仿真结果表明了算法的有效性。     

基于PTE的多雷达航迹融合算法

针对杂波背景下的多雷达航迹融合时局部估计误差互协方差矩阵未知的问题,提出基于目标存在概率（PTE）的航迹融合算法,提升了正确航迹率和跟踪精度。首先,通过综合概率数据关联得到单接收站的目标航迹估计集合和对应的目标存在概率。然后,在局部估计误差互协方差矩阵未知的条件下,基于PTE信息提出不带记忆的综合广义凸组合航迹融合算法。进而将前一帧的融合状态进行反馈,提出带记忆的综合广义凸组合航迹融合算法。仿真验证了所提算法的有效性。     

基于CCFHTLS算法的异步电动机转子故障检测

定子电流经低通滤波器处理后产生高斯有色噪声,限制了异步电机转子故障检测算法的辨识精度。针对该问题,提出一种抑制高斯有色噪声的异步电机故障检测技术。首先对采集到的定子电流进行预处理,利用逆同步旋转变换剔除基波,避免了直接检测时基波对故障辨识精度的影响。然后利用互相关函数(CCF)处理技术对高斯有色噪声的抑制作用,提出基于CCFHTLS算法的电机转子故障诊断技术。针对异步电机转子断条和偏心故障的识别进行试验,结果表明CCFHTLS算法可以有效抑制高斯有色噪声,并保留故障有用信息,显著地提高了故障检测的分辨率。     

Hypervelocity impact induced shock acoustic emission waves for quantitative damage evaluation using in situ miniaturized piezoelectric sensor network

Manmade debris and natural meteoroids, travelling in the Low Earth Orbit at a speed of several kilometers per second, pose a severe safety concern to the spacecraft in service through the HyperVelocity Impact(HVI). To address this issue, an investigation of shock Acoustic Emission(AE) waves induced by HVI to a downscaled two-layer Whipple shielding structure is performed,to realize a quantitative damage evaluation. Firstly a hybrid numerical model integrating smoothparticle hydrodynamics and finite element is built to obtain the wave response. The projectiles, with various impact velocities and directions, are modelled to impact the shielding structure with different thicknesses. Then experimental validation is carried out with built-in miniaturized piezoelectric sensors to in situ sense the HVI-induced AE waves. A quantitative agreement is obtained between numerical and experimental results, demonstrating the correctness of the hybrid model and facilitating the explanation of obtained AE signals in experiment. Based on the understanding of HVI-induced wave components, assessment of the damage severity, i.e., whether the outer shielding layer is perforated or not, is performed using the energy ratio between the regions of ‘‘high frequency" and ‘‘low frequency" in the acquired AE signals. Lastly, the direct-arrival fundamentalsymmetric wave mode is isolated from each sensing signal to be input into an enhanced delay-andsum algorithm, which visualizes HVI spots accurately and instantaneously with different sensor network configuration. All these works demonstrate the potential of quantitative, in situ, and real time HVI monitoring using miniaturized piezoelectric sensor network.