INERTIAL INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF NORTH SEEKING/SIGHT STABILIZING ON VEHICLE

A brand new method of automatic north seeking/sight stabilizing is introduced for usage in land fighting vehicles such as tank, etc. Some inertial devices are installed additionally on the platform along with relative control circuits to make its function of North seeking possible. Double position calculation is adopted in this method, and by alignment at two sites the azimuth angle can be figured out. Also the orientation and the horizontal shifts of the gyro are simultaneously measured and compensated so as to improve the accuracy of north seeking. The system can automatically seek north when the vehicle is immobile. And the time consumption is no more than 5.5 min. Besides, the system can keep azimuth angle and provide tilt angle and pitch angle of the vehicle.

Error model identification of inertial navigation platform based on errors-in-variables model

Because the real input acceleration cannot be obtained during the error model identification of inertial navigation platform, both the input and output data contain noises. In this case, the conventional regression model and the least squares （LS） method will result in bias. Based on the models of inertial navigation platform error and observation error, the errors-in-variables （EV） model and the total least squares （TLS） method axe proposed to identify the error model of the inertial navigation platform. The estimation precision is improved and the result is better than the conventional regression model based LS method. The simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Robust control with compensation of adaptive model for dual-stage inertially stabilized platform

To achieve excellent tracking accuracy,a coarse-fine dual-stage control system is chosen for inertially stabilized platform.The coarse stage is a conventional inertially stabilized platform,and the fine stage is a secondary servo mechanism to control lens motion in the imaging optical path.Firstly,the dual-stage dynamics is mathematically modeled as a coupling multi-input multi-output(MIMO)control system.Then,by incorporating compensation of adaptive model to deal with parameter variations and nonlinearity,a systematic robust H∞control scheme is designed,which can achieve good tracking performance,as well as improve system robustness against model uncertainties.Lyapunov stability analysis confirmed the stability of the overall control system.Finally,simulation and experiment results are provided to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed control design method.

Parameter identification of inertially stabilized platforms using current command design

Accurate parameter identification is essential when designing controllers for inertially stabilized platforms （lSPs）. But traditional identification methods suffer from observation measurement noise and operating restrictions of ISPs. To address this issue, a novel identification method based on current command design and multilevel coordinate search （MCS） algorithm without any higher order measurement differentiations was proposed. The designed current commands were adopted to obtain parameter decoupled models with the platform operating under allowable conditions. MCS algorithm was employed to estimate the parameters based on parameter decoupled models. A comparison experiment between the proposed method and non-linear least square method was carried out and most of the relative errors of identified parameters obtained by the proposed method were below 10%. Simulation and experiment based on identified parameters were conducted. A velocity control structure was also developed with disturbance observer （DOB） for application in disturbance compensation control system of an ISR Experimental results show that the control scheme based on the identified parameters with DOB has the best disturbance rejection performance. It reduces the peak to peak value （PPV） of velocity error integral to 0.8 mrad which is much smaller than the value （10 mrad） obtained by the single velocity controller without DOB. Compared with the control scheme based on sweep model with DOB compensation, the proposed control scheme improves the PPV of velocity error integral by 1.625 times.

Reduced-order design of Robust H_∞ Controller for an Inertial Stabilized Aerial Platform

The uncertainty disturbance is one of the main disturbances that seriously influences the stabilization precision of an aerial inertially stabilized platform(ISP)system.In this paper,to improve the stabilization precision of the ISP under disturbance uncertainty,a robust H∞controller is designed in this paper.Then,the reduction order is carried out for high-order controllers generated by the robust H∞loop shaping control method.The application of the minimum implementation and balanced truncation algorithm in controller reduction is discussed.First,the principle of reduced order of minimum implementation and balanced truncation are analyzed.Then,the method is used to reduce the order of the high-order robust H∞loop shaping controller.Finally,the method is analyzed and verified by the simulations and experiments.The results show that by the reduced-order method of minimum implementation and balanced truncation,the stabilization precision of the robust H∞loop shaping controller is increased by about 10%.

NUMERICAL STUDY OF DIFFERENTIAL TORQUE-PRODUCING JETS IN A FLOATED-BALL INERTIAL PLATFORM

This paper presents a numerical study of the flow field caused by torque-producing jets in a floated-ball inertial guiding system. The basic flow element studied is the flow in a triangular region of octant sphere surface confined by the two sphere surfaces and the three attitude-driver bands normal to each other. The results show the flow patterns of torque-producing jets and the relations between the effective driving torques and the flow rates under several typical working conditions. The working performances of two kinds of differential torque-producing jets are analyzed and compared. The second kind of differential torque-producing jets, which is first proposed in this paper, has the prominent merit, i.e., the regulation of the three components of driving torque can be realized by non-interference adjustment, so that the three components of angular displacement can be controlled independently.

Prestiction friction compensation in direct-drive mechatronics systems

LuGre model has been widely used in friction modeling and compensation.However,the new friction regime,named prestiction regime,cannot be accurately characterized by LuGre model in the latest research.With the extensive experimental observations of friction behaviors in the prestiction,some variables were abstracted to depict the rules in the prestiction regime.Based upon the knowledge of friction modeling,a novel friction model including the presliding regime,the gross sliding regime and the prestiction regime was then presented to overcome the shortcomings of the LuGre model.The reason that LuGre model cannot estimate the prestiction friction was analyzed in theory.Feasibility analysis of the proposed model in modeling the prestiction friction was also addressed.A parameter identification method for the proposed model based on multilevel coordinate search algorithm was presented.The proposed friction compensation strategy was composed of a nonlinear friction observer and a feedforward mechanism.The friction observer was designed to estimate the friction force in the presliding and the gross sliding regimes.And the friction force was estimated based on the model in the prestiction regime.The comparative trajectory tracking experiments were conducted on a simulator of inertially stabilization platforms among three control schemes:the single proportional–derivative(PD)control,the PD with LuGre model-based compensation and the PD with compensator based on the presented model.The experimental results reveal that the control scheme based on the proposed model has the best tracking performance.It reduces the peak-to-peak value(PPV)of tracking error to 0.2 mrad,which is improved almost 50%compared with the PD with LuGre model-based compensation.Compared to the single PD control,it reduces the PPV of error by 66.7%.

Improved Angular Velocity Estimation Using MEMS Sensors with Applications in Miniature Inertially Stabilized Platforms

The performance of any inertially stabilized platform （ISP） is strongly related to the bandwidth and accuracy of the angular velocity signals. This paper discusses the development of an optimal state estimator for sensing inertial velocity using low-cost micro-electro-mechanical systems （MEMS） sensors. A low-bandwidth gyroscope is used alone with two low-performance accelerometers to obtain the estimation. The gyroscope has its own limited dynamics and mainly contributes to the low-frequency components of the estimation. The accelerometers have inherent biases and mainly contribute to the high-frequency components of the estimation. Extensive experimental results show that the state estimator can achieve high-performance signals over a wide range of velocities without drifts in both the t- and s-domains. Furthermore, with applications in miniature inertially stabilized platforms, the control characteristic presents a significantly improvement over the existing methods. The method can be also applied to robotics, attitude estimation, and friction compensation.

Application in prestiction friction compensation for angular velocity loop of inertially stabilized platforms

Abstract To overcome the influence of the nonlinear friction on the gimbaled servo-system of an inertial stabilized platforms （ISPs） with DC motor direct-drive, the methods of modeling and compensation of the nonlinear friction are proposed. Firstly, the inapplicability of LuGre model when trying to interpret the backward angular displacement in the prestiction regime is observed experimentally and the reason is deduced theoretically. Then, based on the dynamic model of direct-drive ISPs, a modified LuGre model is proposed to describe the characteristic of the friction in the prestiction regime. Furthermore, the state switch condition of the three friction regimes including presliding, gross sliding and prestiction is presented. Finally, a composite compensation controller including a nonlinear friction observer and a feedforward compensator based on the novel LuGre model is designed to restrain the nonlinear friction and to improve the control precision. Experimental results indicate that compared with those of the conventional proportion-integrationdifferentiation （PID） control method and the PID plus LuGre model-based friction compensation method, the dwell-time has decreased from 0.2 s to almost 0 s, the position error decreased to 86.7% and the peak-to-peak value of position error decreased to 80% after the novel compensation controller is added. It concludes that the composite compensation controller can greatly improve the control precision of the dynamic sealed ISPs.

Generation of Accelerated Stability Experiment Profile of Inertial Platform Based on Finite Element

The residual stress generated in the manufacturing process of inertial platform causes the drift of inertial platform parameters in long-term storage condition.However,the existing temperature cycling experiment could not meet the increased repeatability technical requirements of inertial platform parameters.In order to solve this problem,in this paper,firstly the Unigraphics（UG） software and the interface compatibility of ANSYS software are used to establish the inertial platform finite element model.Secondly,the residual stress is loaded into finite element model by ANSYS function editor in the form of surface loads to analyze the efficiency.And then,the generation based on ANSYS simulation inertial platform to accelerate the stability of experiment profile is achieved by the application of the analysis method of orthogonal experimental design and ANSYS thermal-structural coupling.The optimum accelerated stability experiment profile is determined finally,which realizes the rapid,effective release of inertial platform residual stress.The research methodology and conclusion of this paper have great theoretical and practical significance to the production technology of inertial platform.

High-precision gyro-stabilized control of a gear-driven platform with a floating gear tension device

This study presents an improved compound control algorithm that substantially enhances the antidisturbance performance of a gear-drive gyro-stabilized platform with a floating gear tension device.The tension device can provide a self-adjustable preload to eliminate the gap in the meshing process.However,the weaker gear support stiffness and more complex meshing friction are also induced by the tension device,which deteriorates the control accuracy and the ability to keep the aim point of the optical sensors isolated from the platform motion.The modeling and compensation of the induced complex nonlinearities are technically challenging,especially when base motion exists.The aim of this research is to cope with the unmeasured disturbances as well as the uncertainties caused by the base lateral motion.First,the structural properties of the gear transmission and the friction-generating mechanism are analyzed,which classify the disturbances into two categories:Time-invariant and time-varying parts.Then,a proportional-integral controller is designed to eliminate the steady-state error caused by the time-invariant disturbance.A proportional multiple-integral-based state augmented Kalman filter is proposed to estimate and compensate for the time-varying disturbance that can be approximated as a polynomial function.The effectiveness of the proposed compound algorithm is demonstrated by comparative experiments on a gear-drive pointing system with a floating gear tension device,which shows a maximum 76%improvement in stabilization precision.