A comprehensive survey on the methods of angle of attack measurement and estimation in UAVs

Angle of Attack (AOA) is a crucial parameter which directly affects the aerodynamic forces of an aircraft. The measurement of AOA is required to ensure a safe flight within its designed flight envelop. This paper intends to summarise a comprehensive survey on the measurement techniques and estimation methods for AOA, specifically in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications. In the case of UAVs, weight constraint plays a major role as far as sensor suites are concerned. This results in selecting a suitable estimation method to extract AOA using the available data from the autopilot. The most feasible and widely employed AOA measurement technique is by using the Multi-Hole Probes (MHPs). The MHP measures the AOA regarding the pressure variations between the ports. Due to the importance of MHP in AOA measurement, the calibration methods for the MHP are also included in this paper. This paper discusses the AOA measurement using virtual AOA sensors, their importance and the operation.     

Evaluation of a regional real-time precise positioning system based on GPS/BeiDou observations in Australia

The performance of real-time (RT) precise positioning can be improved by utilizing observations from multiple Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) instead of one particular system. Since the end of 2012, BeiDou, independently established by China, began to provide operational services for users in the Asia-Pacific regions. In this study, a regional RT precise positioning system is developed to evaluate the performance of GPS/BeiDou observations in Australia in providing high precision positioning services for users. Fixing three hourly updated satellite orbits, RT correction messages are generated and broadcasted by processing RT observation/navigation data streams from the national network of GNSS Continuously Operating Reference Stations in Australia (AUSCORS) at the server side. At the user side, RT PPP is realized by processing RT data streams and the RT correction messages received. RT clock offsets, for which the accuracy reached 0.07 and 0.28?ns for GPS and BeiDou, respectively, can be determined. Based on these corrections, an accuracy of 12.2, 30.0 and 45.6?cm in the North, East and Up directions was achieved for the BeiDou-only solution after 30 min while the GPS-only solution reached 5.1, 15.3 and 15.5?cm for the same components at the same time. A further improvement of 43.7, 36.9 and 45.0 percent in the three directions, respectively, was achieved for the combined GPS/BeiDou solution. After the initialization process, the North, East and Up positioning accuracies were 5.2, 8.1 and 17.8?cm, respectively, for the BeiDou-only solution, while 1.5, 3.0, and 4.7?cm for the GPS-only solution. However, we only noticed a 20.9% improvement in the East direction was obtained for the GPS/BeiDou solution, while no improvements in the other directions were detected. It is expected that such improvements may become bigger with the increasing accuracy of the BeiDou-only solution.     

频率及频率变化率的快速最大似然估计

信号参数估计是许多领域 (如雷达、通信、导航和声钠等 )都会遇到的共同问题。文中证明 ,牛顿法是实现频率 (η)和频率变化 (β)最大似然估值器的快速有效算法 ,并且详细分析了牛顿估值器的性能。研究证明 ,对于牛顿法 ,(η,β)是以三次方律收敛于真值 (η,β)的。模拟结果表明 ,当输出信噪比 ( SNR) o≥ 15 d B时 ,估计量的均方误差 ( MSE)达到Cramer- Rao界     

安装和不安装垂直嵌板的鸭式飞机横向稳定性研究

研究了带有和不带有伸出的垂直嵌板的鸭式飞机(Velocity-173)的横向稳定性。众所周知，鸭式飞机(Velocity—173)具有良好的纵向稳定性．但其横向稳定性比较差。为了改善其横向稳定性．设计了两种复合材料夹层板．将其安装在垂直尾翼下面．并进行了一系列的飞行试验来研究安装伸出的垂直嵌板的效果。采用解析法和实时参数估计法从飞行试验数据中提取了横向可控能力／稳定性。本的工作验证了安装垂直嵌板对横向稳定性的效果。     

神经网络在未来超分辨雷达中的应用

最新的技术发展已为研制超分辨雷达创造了条件。它能够突破普通雷达基于匹配滤波原理的分辨能力,而实现超分辨。超分辨雷达的巨大计算量通常来自求解非线性最小二乘问题时的多维搜索。本文针对这一问题,研究了雷达信号处理中的两个典型例子:(1)利用阵列处理检测个数已知而方向未知的雷达目标;(2)对波音727飞机进行超分辨距离多普勒成像。说明Hop-field神经网络通过集体运算能够求解各种困难的最优化问题,因而在未来的超分辨雷达中有广阔的应用前景。     

自由转子陀螺仪的伺服测试技术研究

自由转子陀螺仪是目前精度最高的一种陀螺仪,没有精密的力矩器,因此,只能采用双轴伺服法来辨识其漂移误差模型。介绍了双轴伺服测试法的基本原理,给出了双轴伺服转台的运动轨迹及重力矢量的变化规律。根据转台的运动特性,建立了自由转子陀螺仪的漂移误差模型,导出双轴伺服转台转角数据估计漂移误差模型系数的算法。从测试结果可以看出自由转子陀螺仪的长时间精度高,表明采用伺服测试法能够获得极高的测试精度,伺服转台可以作为测试自由转子陀螺仪精度的装置。     

卫星成本预测的蒙特卡洛优化模型研究

传统的卫星成本预测模型预测结果单一，未考虑相应的不确定性因素。对此，提出了基于蒙特卡洛方法的卫星成本预测模型。该模型综合考虑了卫星成本技术的不确定性并给出了预测值的区间范围和概率分布。为了降低应用该模型所产生的误差，提出了最优分层抽样的方法，并通过划分分层区间提高了抽样的效率。最后，将收集到的相关数据代人该模型，其结果精度大约提高了10％左右。可见，使用优化的蒙特卡洛方法进行卫星成本预测具有较好的精确度。     

基于及时修正策略的成败型产品可靠性增长分析

针对及时修正试验策略，根据Fries可靠性增长模型和Duane学习曲线特性，基于不同的失败类型对模型进行了扩展。用进化算法对似然函数求极值，获得了参数极大似然估计，以及最终研制阶段可靠性点估计。对某固体火箭发动机可靠性增长实例的分析结果表明，与经典评估方法相比，本文模型更具优越性。     

国家财政主要支出项目与各项税收收入的最优化--回归分析在最优化中的应用研究实例

利用回归分析方法得到国家财政部分主要支出项目，部分税收收入与国内生产总值构成的回归方程，由此构成线性规划问题的约束方程组。再用M单纯形法求最优解。     

攻击活动目标的一种最优弹道估计

 为分析活动目标的随机飞行状态和减小导弹的脱靶量,提出了数学模拟打靶的一种新方法。其中包括卡尔曼滤波理论结合最大似然法的应用,以及建立相对运动的离散化模型和灵敏度矩阵。为改善飞行状态的估计精度,论述了确立飞行弹道修正协方差矩阵的概念。除此之外,还讨论了导引敏感器静态误差影响脱靶量的估计问题。