Reliability evaluation for aircraft engines is difficult because of the scarcity of failure data. But aircraft engine data are available from a variety of sources. Data fusion has the function of maximizing the amount...Reliability evaluation for aircraft engines is difficult because of the scarcity of failure data. But aircraft engine data are available from a variety of sources. Data fusion has the function of maximizing the amount of valu- able information extracted from disparate data sources to obtain the comprehensive reliability knowledge. Consid- ering the degradation failure and the catastrophic failure simultaneously, which are competing risks and can affect the reliability, a reliability evaluation model based on data fusion for aircraft engines is developed, Above the characteristics of the proposed model, reliability evaluation is more feasible than that by only utilizing failure data alone, and is also more accurate than that by only considering single failure mode. Example shows the effective- ness of the proposed model.展开更多
In the aircraft control system,sensor networks are used to sample the attitude and environmental data.As a result of the external and internal factors(e.g.,environmental and task complexity,inaccurate sensing and comp...In the aircraft control system,sensor networks are used to sample the attitude and environmental data.As a result of the external and internal factors(e.g.,environmental and task complexity,inaccurate sensing and complex structure),the aircraft control system contains several uncertainties,such as imprecision,incompleteness,redundancy and randomness.The information fusion technology is usually used to solve the uncertainty issue,thus improving the sampled data reliability,which can further effectively increase the performance of the fault diagnosis decision-making in the aircraft control system.In this work,we first analyze the uncertainties in the aircraft control system,and also compare different uncertainty quantitative methods.Since the information fusion can eliminate the effects of the uncertainties,it is widely used in the fault diagnosis.Thus,this paper summarizes the recent work in this aera.Furthermore,we analyze the application of information fusion methods in the fault diagnosis of the aircraft control system.Finally,this work identifies existing problems in the use of information fusion for diagnosis and outlines future trends.展开更多
The non-linearity problem of aircraft system could not be overcome by using the MEMS sensor only.In order to improve the accuracy of aerial vehicle attitude,an aircraft attitude estimation of the MEMS sensor based on ...The non-linearity problem of aircraft system could not be overcome by using the MEMS sensor only.In order to improve the accuracy of aerial vehicle attitude,an aircraft attitude estimation of the MEMS sensor based on modified particle filter is proposed.The aircraft attitude is optimized by the conjugate gradient method,and the drift error of gyroscope is reduced.Moreover,the particle weight is updated by the observed value to obtain an optimized state estimate.Finally,the conjugate gradient method and the modified particle filter are weightily combined to determine the optimal weighting factor.The attitude estimation is carried out with STM32 and MEMS sensor as the core to design system.The experimental results show that the static and dynamic attitude estimation performances of the aircraft are improved.The performances are well,the attitude data is relatively stable,and the tracking characteristics are better.Moreover,it has better robustness and stability.展开更多
Unknown closed spaces are a big challenge for the navigation of robots since there are no global and pre-defined positioning options in the area.One of the simplest and most efficient algorithms,the artificial potenti...Unknown closed spaces are a big challenge for the navigation of robots since there are no global and pre-defined positioning options in the area.One of the simplest and most efficient algorithms,the artificial potential field algorithm(APF),may provide real-time navigation in those places but fall into local mini-mum in some cases.To overcome this problem and to present alternative escape routes for a robot,possible crossing points in buildings may be detected by using object detection and included in the path planning algorithm.This study utilized a proposed sensor fusion method and an improved object classification method for detecting windows,doors,and stairs in buildings and these objects were classified as valid or invalid for the path planning algorithm.The performance of the approach was evaluated in a simulated environment with a quadrotor that was equipped with camera and laser imaging detection and ranging(LIDAR)sensors to navigate through an unknown closed space and reach a desired goal point.Inclusion of crossing points allows the robot to escape from areas where it is con-gested.The navigation of the robot has been tested in different scenarios based on the proposed path planning algorithm and compared with other improved APF methods.The results showed that the improved APF methods and the methods rein-forced with other path planning algorithms were similar in performance with the proposed method for the same goals in the same room.For the goals outside the current room,traditional APF methods were quite unsuccessful in reaching the goals.Even though improved methods were able to reach some outside targets,the proposed method gave approximately 17%better results than the most success-ful example in achieving targets outside the current room.The proposed method can also work in real-time to discover a building and navigate between rooms.展开更多
提出了一种级联虚实融合方法来识别具有显著相似性的各种飞机钣金零件(Sheet metal parts,SMPs)。SMP通过涉及“粗略”“精细”和“首选”阶段的级联过程进行识别和编号。该方法将虚拟工作台建模与物理工作台识别相结合。最初,通过捕获...提出了一种级联虚实融合方法来识别具有显著相似性的各种飞机钣金零件(Sheet metal parts,SMPs)。SMP通过涉及“粗略”“精细”和“首选”阶段的级联过程进行识别和编号。该方法将虚拟工作台建模与物理工作台识别相结合。最初,通过捕获物理工作台上钣金件的主方向图像并从图像中提取8D形状描述向量来识别SMP的“粗糙”集,这导致候选SMP集的发现。随后,利用图像的灰度信息对候选SMP集进行模板匹配,以实现“精细”匹配。提出了识别可靠性的定量测量,在增强现实3D投影的帮助下启动后续的“首选”识别过程。通过实际实验验证了该方法的有效性和优越性,在测试件中达到了最高准确率96.9%。借助3D投影,人机结合准确率100%。展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Aviation Fund(60879001)the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(BK2009378)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Fund of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics(NS2010179)the Qinglan Project of Jiangsu Province~~
文摘Reliability evaluation for aircraft engines is difficult because of the scarcity of failure data. But aircraft engine data are available from a variety of sources. Data fusion has the function of maximizing the amount of valu- able information extracted from disparate data sources to obtain the comprehensive reliability knowledge. Consid- ering the degradation failure and the catastrophic failure simultaneously, which are competing risks and can affect the reliability, a reliability evaluation model based on data fusion for aircraft engines is developed, Above the characteristics of the proposed model, reliability evaluation is more feasible than that by only utilizing failure data alone, and is also more accurate than that by only considering single failure mode. Example shows the effective- ness of the proposed model.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62273176)the Aeronautical Science Foundation of China(20200007018001)the China Scholarship Council(202306830096).
文摘In the aircraft control system,sensor networks are used to sample the attitude and environmental data.As a result of the external and internal factors(e.g.,environmental and task complexity,inaccurate sensing and complex structure),the aircraft control system contains several uncertainties,such as imprecision,incompleteness,redundancy and randomness.The information fusion technology is usually used to solve the uncertainty issue,thus improving the sampled data reliability,which can further effectively increase the performance of the fault diagnosis decision-making in the aircraft control system.In this work,we first analyze the uncertainties in the aircraft control system,and also compare different uncertainty quantitative methods.Since the information fusion can eliminate the effects of the uncertainties,it is widely used in the fault diagnosis.Thus,this paper summarizes the recent work in this aera.Furthermore,we analyze the application of information fusion methods in the fault diagnosis of the aircraft control system.Finally,this work identifies existing problems in the use of information fusion for diagnosis and outlines future trends.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61261029)
文摘The non-linearity problem of aircraft system could not be overcome by using the MEMS sensor only.In order to improve the accuracy of aerial vehicle attitude,an aircraft attitude estimation of the MEMS sensor based on modified particle filter is proposed.The aircraft attitude is optimized by the conjugate gradient method,and the drift error of gyroscope is reduced.Moreover,the particle weight is updated by the observed value to obtain an optimized state estimate.Finally,the conjugate gradient method and the modified particle filter are weightily combined to determine the optimal weighting factor.The attitude estimation is carried out with STM32 and MEMS sensor as the core to design system.The experimental results show that the static and dynamic attitude estimation performances of the aircraft are improved.The performances are well,the attitude data is relatively stable,and the tracking characteristics are better.Moreover,it has better robustness and stability.
文摘Unknown closed spaces are a big challenge for the navigation of robots since there are no global and pre-defined positioning options in the area.One of the simplest and most efficient algorithms,the artificial potential field algorithm(APF),may provide real-time navigation in those places but fall into local mini-mum in some cases.To overcome this problem and to present alternative escape routes for a robot,possible crossing points in buildings may be detected by using object detection and included in the path planning algorithm.This study utilized a proposed sensor fusion method and an improved object classification method for detecting windows,doors,and stairs in buildings and these objects were classified as valid or invalid for the path planning algorithm.The performance of the approach was evaluated in a simulated environment with a quadrotor that was equipped with camera and laser imaging detection and ranging(LIDAR)sensors to navigate through an unknown closed space and reach a desired goal point.Inclusion of crossing points allows the robot to escape from areas where it is con-gested.The navigation of the robot has been tested in different scenarios based on the proposed path planning algorithm and compared with other improved APF methods.The results showed that the improved APF methods and the methods rein-forced with other path planning algorithms were similar in performance with the proposed method for the same goals in the same room.For the goals outside the current room,traditional APF methods were quite unsuccessful in reaching the goals.Even though improved methods were able to reach some outside targets,the proposed method gave approximately 17%better results than the most success-ful example in achieving targets outside the current room.The proposed method can also work in real-time to discover a building and navigate between rooms.
基金partly supported by Chengdu Aircraft Industrial(Group)Co.Ltd.the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52075260)。
文摘提出了一种级联虚实融合方法来识别具有显著相似性的各种飞机钣金零件(Sheet metal parts,SMPs)。SMP通过涉及“粗略”“精细”和“首选”阶段的级联过程进行识别和编号。该方法将虚拟工作台建模与物理工作台识别相结合。最初,通过捕获物理工作台上钣金件的主方向图像并从图像中提取8D形状描述向量来识别SMP的“粗糙”集,这导致候选SMP集的发现。随后,利用图像的灰度信息对候选SMP集进行模板匹配,以实现“精细”匹配。提出了识别可靠性的定量测量,在增强现实3D投影的帮助下启动后续的“首选”识别过程。通过实际实验验证了该方法的有效性和优越性,在测试件中达到了最高准确率96.9%。借助3D投影,人机结合准确率100%。