Mooring system diagnosis and structural reliability control for position moored vessels

Early diagnosis and fault-tolerant control are essential for safe operation of floating platforms where mooring systems maintain vessel position and must withstand environmental loads. This paper considers two critical faults, line breakage and loss of a buoyancy element and employs vector statistical change detection for timely diagnosis of faults. Diagnosis design is scrutinised and a procedure is proposed based on specified false alarm probability and estimation of the distribution of the test statistics on which change detection is based. A structural reliability index is applied for monitoring the safety level of each mooring line and a set-point chasing algorithm accommodates the effects of line failure, as an integral part of the reliability-based set-point chasing control algorithm. The feasibility of the diagnosis and of the fault-tolerant control strategy is verified in model basin tests.     

Experimental investigation of stochastic parafoil guidance using a graphics processing unit

Control of autonomous systems subject to stochastic uncertainty is a challenging task. In guided airdrop applications, random wind disturbances play a crucial role in determining landing accuracy and terrain avoidance. This paper describes a stochastic parafoil guidance system which couples uncertainty propagation with optimal control to protect against wind and parameter uncertainty in the presence of impact area obstacles. The algorithm uses real-time Monte Carlo simulation performed on a graphics processing unit (GPU) to evaluate robustness of candidate trajectories in terms of delivery accuracy, obstacle avoidance, and other considerations. Building upon prior theoretical developments, this paper explores performance of the stochastic guidance law compared to standard deterministic guidance schemes, particularly with respect to obstacle avoidance. Flight test results are presented comparing the proposed stochastic guidance algorithm with a standard deterministic one. Through a comprehensive set of simulation results, key implementation aspects of the stochastic algorithm are explored including tradeoffs between the number of candidate trajectories considered, algorithm runtime, and overall guidance performance. Overall, simulation and flight test results demonstrate that the stochastic guidance scheme provides a more robust approach to obstacle avoidance while largely maintaining delivery accuracy.     

一种新的相位角编码量子进化算法

针对具有连续解空间的数值函数优化问题,基于量子算法和实数编码进化算法的思想,提出一种新的相位角编码量子进化算法(PAQEA).算法的概率表达特性使得量子染色体能够以一定概率表达优化问题的所有可行解,结合动态量子旋转门实现染色体的进化,实现了算法局部搜索与全局搜索的平衡.理论分析证明了算法的全局收敛性.仿真结果表明,该算法适用于复杂数值函数优化问题,具有收敛速度快、搜索能力强和稳定性高的特点.     

卫星光通信粗瞄系统可靠性分析

卫星光通信终端系统对实时性和可靠性均有要求, 针对不同备份方式, 在不同故障覆盖率下, 利用马尔科夫链理论对该系统的可靠性进行分析. 仿真结果表明, 冷备份方式的系统可靠性比热备份方式的系统可靠性高, 故障覆盖率为1时, 采用冷、热备份相结合方式, 能够同时满足系统的可靠性与实时性需求.     

基于环境激励的桥梁振动模态识别算法研究

在桥梁建造和维护过程中,需要对桥梁的振动模态进行在线、实时的分析,急需一种不需要人工激励进行快速模态分析的算法。通过研究自然激励技术NExT( Natural Excitation Technique)与自回归滑动平均模型ARMA( Auto￣Regressive and Moving Average Model),在常规的自然环境模态分析算法的基础上构造出一种快速求解NExT￣ARMA模型的算法进行桥梁模态识别。相比于传统的环境激励模态参数计算方法,该算法不但降低了传统算法的复杂度,而且采用了反馈的方式提高了计算精度。采用ANSYS建立有限元模型并搭建简易实验系统分别对该算法进行仿真验证和实验验证,验证结果表明,该算法能够有效地在自然激励下提取出桥梁结构的各阶模态,其中对前三阶固有频率的识别相对误差降到1％左右。     

The design and test of dual/triple‐mode bandpass filter based on temporal coupled‐mode theory

In this article, the design and test of both a K‐band dual‐mode bandpass filter (BPF) pair and a K‐band triple‐mode BPF are presented based on N‐mode temporal coupled‐mode theory (CMT). The expressions of transmission and reflection responses are analytically derived. All the parameters in the expressions have clear physical meanings and are easily optimized to reach the required filter performance. Aided by eigenmode simulations, concrete structures of the three integrated BPFs are designed and optimized to approach the calculated physical parameters. After the fabrications and measurements of the three BPFs, extended upper/lower stopband with high stopband rejections are achieved, and by increasing the number of resonant modes, improved frequency selectivity and better passband flatness are obtained. The analytical analysis well predicts the simulation and measurement results, which provides an efficient way for BPF designs. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 26:609–622, 2016.     

An efficient algorithm for the tensor product model transformation

The tensor-product (TP) model transformation was proposed recently as a numerical and automatically executable method which is capable of transforming linear parameter varying (LPV) state-space models into the higher order singular value decomposition (HOSVD) based canonical form of polytopic models. The crucial disadvantage of the TP model transformation is that its computational load explodes with the density of discretization and the dimensionality of the parameter vector of the parameter-varying state-space model. In this paper we propose a new algorithm that leads to considerable reduction of the computation in the TP model transformation. The main idea behind the modified algorithm is to minimize the number of discretized points to acquire as much information as possible. The modified TP model transformation can readily be executed on a regular computer efficiently and concisely, especially in higher dimensional cases when the original TP model transformation fails. The paper also presents numerical examples to show the effectiveness of the new algorithm.     

二维圆环结构中弹性波传播的谱单元分析

为研究弹性波在结构中的波场特征,推导建立一种任意四边形二维谱单元,将其应用于二维圆环结构中的波传播行为模拟.以矩形平板结构中弹性导波传播分析为例,通过与传统有限元分析结果对比,验证所建立谱单元的有效性.有裂纹和无裂纹二维圆环结构谱单元模拟结果表明:弹性波在圆环结构中传播会发生频散;圆环结构表面的裂纹对瑞利波的传播影响最大;根据其反射波包位置可以确定损伤位置.     

Aggregate‐induced emission in light‐emitting liquid crystal display technology

Nowadays, liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with light‐emission are considered as energy‐efficient devices and are promising alternatives to conventional LCDs. To realize such possibility, strong fluorescent materials with a dichroic properties are required. Aggregate‐induced emission (AIE) is an unusual photophysical phenomenon shown by some luminogenic materials that will be highly emissive in their aggregate state. In this work, we studied the AIE effect of a luminescent liquid crystalline molecule TPE‐PPE in our LC system as a luminophore dopant. The result showed the excellent AIE effect that higher concentration of luminogen in the nematic LC host induced stronger luminescent intensity. Through exposure of a photoisomeriable alignment material sulfonic‐dye‐1, the photopatterning of a light‐emitting LC device was achieved with the use of the TPE‐PPE/nematic LC mixture.     

Stability Analysis of Networked Control Systems based on <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript>p</Subscript> Properties

To handle the communication constraint imposed by the serial communication channel in networked control systems (NCSs), we discuss a popular dynamic scheduling protocol called Maximum-Error-First (MEF) protocol. An important parameter in this protocol is the maximum allowable transmission interval (MATI), which indicates the communication cost for the task of control. To take as large MATI as possible under the constraint of guaranteeing stability is one formalization of the design requirement to consume as little communication resources as possible with the control performances ensured. A method to estimate this parameter based on the ? _p norm is suggested in this paper, which gives larger estimation than some methods do in the literature through simulation examples.