Geometric calibration of Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System of ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter

There are many geometric calibration methods for “standard” cameras. These methods, however, cannot be used for the calibration of telescopes with large focal lengths and complex off-axis optics. Moreover, specialized calibration methods for the telescopes are scarce in literature. We describe the calibration method that we developed for the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) telescope, on board of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). Although our method is described in the context of CaSSIS, with camera-specific experiments, it is general and can be applied to other telescopes. We further encourage re-use of the proposed method by making our calibration code and data available on-line.     

Spectroscopy peculiarities of thermal plasma of electric arc discharge between electrodes with Zn admixtures

Plasma of the free burning electric arc between Ag–SnO₂–ZnO composite electrodes as well as brass electrodes were investigated. The plasma temperature distributions were obtained by Boltzmann plot method involving Cu I, Ag I or Zn I spectral line emissions. The electron density distributions were obtained from the width and from absolute intensity of spectral lines. The laser absorption spectroscopy was used for measurement of copper atom concentration in plasma. Plasma equilibrium composition was calculated using two independent groups of experimental values (temperature and copper atom concentration, temperature and electron density). It was found that plasma of the free burning electric arc between brass electrodes is in local thermodynamical equilibrium. The experimental verification of the spectroscopic data of Zn I spectral lines was carried out.     

A concept mission for the Stellar Population and Evolution with Cubesats (SPEC)

Binary or multiple stellar systems, constituting almost a third of the content of the Milky Way, represent a high priority astronomical target due to their repercussions on the stellar dynamical and evolutionary parameters. Moreover the spectral study of such class of stars allows to better constrain the evolutionary theories of the Galactic stellar populations. By resolving the members of stellar systems through photometric observations we are able to perform more detailed measurements to infer their mass. In this paper we investigate the feasibility of a cubesat based mission including an optical payload to directly optically discriminate the members of a selected sample of binary systems. The scientific targets, consisting 11?M class dwarf stars binary systems, have been extracted from the already studied Riaz catalogue. These subset has been selected considering the star distance, the members angular separation, and the distance from the Galactic plane (due to limit the background and foreground contamination). The satellite concept is based on a 6 unit Cubesat embedding some commercial off the shelf components and an ad hoc designed optical payload occupying almost 4 units. The optical configuration has been chosen in order to fit the angular resolution requirements, as derived from the target characteristics. Moreover, according to the optical analysis and the computed field of view some requirements on the attitude control system have been inferred and fulfilled by the component selection. The paper is organized as in the following: a brief scientific introduction is made; consequently the project is described with particular attention to the optical design and the standard sub-systems; finally the conclusions are drawn and the future perspectives are investigated.     

Advances in critical technologies for hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnel

Hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels and their measurement techniques are the cornerstone of the hypersonic flight era that is a dream for human beings to fly faster, higher and further. The great progress has been achieved during the recent years and their critical technologies are still in an urgent need for further development. There are at least four kinds of hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels that are widely applied over the world and can be classified according to their operation modes. These wind tunnels are named as air-directly-heated hypersonic wind tunnel, light-gas-heated shock tunnel, free-piston-driven shock tunnel and detonation-driven shock tunnel, respectively. The critical technologies for developing the wind tunnels are introduced in this paper, and their merits and weakness are discussed based on wind tunnel performance evaluation. Measurement techniques especially developed for high-enthalpy flows are a part of the hypersonic wind tunnel technology because the flow is a chemically reacting gas motion and its diagnosis needs specially designed instruments. Three kinds of the measurement techniques considered to be of primary importance are introduced here, including the heat flux sensor, the aerodynamic balance, and optical diagnosis techniques. The techniques are developed usually for conventional wind tunnels, but further improved for hypersonic and high-enthalpy tunnels. The hypersonic ground test facilities have provided us with most of valuable experimental data on high-enthalpy flows and will play a more important role in hypersonic research area in the future. Therefore, several prospects for developing hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels are presented from our point of view.     

基于振动传递符号有向图的齿轮箱嵌入式传感器优化配置模型与算法

针对嵌入式条件下振动信号的采集方式、传递路径与传统方式不同的特点,采用有限元仿真方法,分析了嵌入式传感下齿轮箱故障振动的传递特性,在此基础上建立了基于故障振动传递符号有向图的优化配置模型,并研究了基于粒子群优化的求解算法.案例仿真结果验证了上述方法的有效性,为在齿轮箱内部合理嵌入传感器提供了一种可行途径.      

SENSOR FAILURE DETECTION AND SIGNAL RECOVERY BASED ON BP NEURAL NETWORK

Manyhighpefformancecontrolsystemsmusthavefauhtolerantabilityagainstsensorfailures.Theapplicationofprevioussensorfailuredetectinnmethods,mostlybasedonanalyti-calredundancy['Jlislimitedbecausetheyrequireaprecise.mathematicalmedel.BPneuralnetwork(BPNN)isabletolearnanycomplicatedcontinuousnonlinearfunctions,therefore,itcanbeusedtodetectsensorfailuresandrecoverthesignalforthefailedsensor'Recentpubli-cationshavedemonstratedtheuseofBPNNfordetectingsomkindofsensorfailuresandre-coveringthefailedsen…     

光学镜体用铍材及其尺寸稳定性

文中评述了铍材用作光学镜体的优越性及其发展状部况,讨论了影响铍镜尺寸稳定 因素及提高尺寸稳定性的可能途径。     

温度传感器辐射修正校准的准确牲研究

为了确定温度传感器辐射修正校准的准确性，需要对温度传感器辐射修正校准结果进行对比及不确定度分析。本文介绍了在热校准风洞中进行温度传感器辐射修正校准的结果，并做了对比研究和不确定度分析。     

吸气模式激光推进空气等离子体光谱

利用实验室自行研制的紫外预电离CO2激光器进行了激光等离子体实验,实验采用底面直径均为60mm,焦距分别为5 mm和10 mm的两种抛物面光船。介绍了激光等离子体光谱和明显的特征谱线,以及激光等离子体温度估计模型;分析了两种光船对激光等离子体的影响。实验表明:相同底面直径10 mm焦距光船产生的等离子体信号峰值和持续时间均略大于5 mm焦距光船;10 mm焦距光船产生的等离子体温度明显高于5 mm的,最大温度产生时间比5 mm光船要晚一些。     

姿态测量中MEMS陀螺输出信号处理方法研究

为实现基于MEMS器件的舰船测姿,对MEMS陀螺的输出信号进行研究与处理。在分析MEME陀螺的输出误差模型基础上,通过经典卡尔曼滤波与鲁棒滤波的理论对比,设计滤波器对其输出信号进行滤波降噪。实验表明：鲁棒卡尔曼滤波方法对于MEMS陀螺输出信号的平滑降噪效果显著。