Ricochet quantification using a multiple sensor approach

This study investigates the ricochet behaviour of three different small-arms projectile types using a novel ricochet measuring device.The results can be used to estimate the danger potential of ricochets on shooting ranges.A ricochet is the change of direction and velocity of a projectile after impacting an oblique surface.This impact produces strong vibrations on a rigid plate.During this impact,flexural waves travel radially outwards from the point of impact.These waves are used to determine the properties of the impactor with accelerometers situated on the target surface.With the use of two measurement plates,one can produce a ricochet and detect the velocity at the same time.Accelerometers are suitable for accurate momentum measurements of single impacts.However,depending upon strike velocity and the impact angle,a ricochet can separate in multiple fragments after being deflected.From the operational safety perspective,these fragments need to be detected,as well.The approach of a coupled sensor concept was chosen to solve this problem.Thermographic sensors were additionally used to visualise the heat which is produced after pene-trating a rubber layer pasted in front of the steel target plate.With this approach one was able to detect the position of impact.The investigations showed that the measurement system performance is better with a multiple sensor design,which includes accelerometers for the velocity,impact strength and partly the position measurement,while the thermographic sensor was used for the position measurement and partly the momentum measurement.The investigated ammunition showed plausible fragmentation behaviour,and the results can already be used to estimate the danger potential of different ammunition types.Frangible projectiles fragment to small particles already after being deflected under a small angle.However,Full Metal Jacket projectiles with or without a steel core do not fragment under angles which are less than 5°.The objective of the paper is to demonstrate the possibility of measuring the complex ricochet me-chanics of small projectiles using standard accelerometers with the adequate signal processing approach.This measuring system is supported by an off the shelf thermographic camera.     

A novel launch dynamics measurement system for multiple launch rocket system and comparative analysis with numerical simulations

In this paper,a novel launch dynamics measurement system based on the photoelectric sensor pair is built.The actual muzzle time(i.e.a time duration that originates from the initial movement to the rocket's departure from the muzzle)and the muzzle velocity are measured.Compared with the classical methods,the actual muzzle time is obtained by eliminating the ignition delay.The comparative analysis method is proposed with numerical simulations established by the transfer matrix method for multibody systems.The experiment results indicate that the proposed measurement system can effectively measure the actual muzzle time and reduce the error of classical methods,which match well with the simulation results showing the launch dynamics model is reliable and helpful for further analysis and design of the MLRS.     

Disruption management in production planning

We study the problem of recovering a production plan after a disruption, where the disruption may be caused by incidents such as power failure, market change, machine breakdown, supply shortage, worker no‐show, and others. The new recovery plan we seek after has to not only suit the changed environment brought about by the disruption, but also be close to the initial plan so as not to cause too much customer unsatisfaction or inconvenience for current‐stage and downstream operations. For the general‐cost case, we propose a dynamic programming method for the problem. For the convex‐cost case, a general problem which involves both cost and demand disruptions can be solved by considering the cost disruption first and then the demand disruption. We find that a pure demand disruption is easy to handle; and for a pure cost disruption, we propose a greedy method which is provably efficient. Our computational studies also reveal insights that will be helpful to managing disruptions in production planning. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2005.     

基于调制/解调的动态响应测试方法

在磁悬浮列车中,悬浮控制系统要求间隙传感器的动态特性,但无法用机械方法测试较高频率时的动态特性。根据传感器工作机制,用模拟涡流场来代替被测导体的涡流效应,提出基于调制/解调原理的动态特性测试方法,并分别对正弦信号和方波信号的测试方法进行了探讨。最后给出了两种特征信号的传感器动态特性测试结果。实验表明,这种方法能够满足测试要求,相对于机械方法有很大的优越性。     

风洞现场电磁干扰测量研究

根据风洞现场测控系统的特点,对风洞现场的电磁干扰测量方法和技术进行研究,并在风洞中进行试验,得到了相关的试验数据．通过对数据的分析可以得出：影响风洞现场测控系统的电磁干扰源主要是大功率变频装置,耦合途径为空间辐射和电源线传导．     

压缩感知理论与光学压缩成像系统

压缩感知理论为提升信息获取能力提供了新的思路,它表明当被探测信号具有稀疏性时,则获取信号所必需的测量数据与其稀疏度K量级相当,而远小于信号的维数N(Shannon采样定理所要求的采样数)。基于压缩感知理论的成像技术(压缩成像)则将感知、压缩和数据处理三个过程完美地结合在一起,避免了传统成像系统"先采样再压缩"方式带来的传感器和计算资源浪费。本文从稀疏性、投影测量矩阵的设计与可重构条件、压缩感知重构算法三个方面概述了压缩感知理论及进展,并以光学成像为背景,详细阐述了最近提出的几类光学压缩成像系统,最后,探讨了压缩感知及压缩成像方面目前所面临的一些挑战性问题。     

抗差最小二乘估计在惯组外场标定中的应用

惯组在外场进行标定时常常会受到环境的振动干扰,从而会对惯组的标定精度造成极大的影响.为解决这一问题,在分析了粗差对惯组标定精度影响的前提下,建立了一种改进的辨识惯组误差系数的数学模型,使其能够分辨出那些受到振动干扰影响的惯组误差系数.最后利用抗差最小二乘估计对惯组误差系数进行处理,通过等价权函数的连续降权和连续减弱影响处理,抵制了异常数据对惯组标定精度的影响.仿真结果表明,抗差最小二乘估计具有很强的抗差能力,能有效减弱异常干扰对参数估计的影响,提高惯组外场标定的精度和数据的可靠性.     

海水声速快速高精度测量方法

为实现对海水声速快速、高精度的测量,采用一种系统结构简单的声速测量方案。通过连续波信号参数估计的方法实现了对声传播时间和声速值的测量。采用伪随机序列对连续波进行调制处理,解决了单频连续波信号在测量中存在的整周期模糊与回波干扰问题。通过构建声速试验平台,进行了系统校准与测量试验。试验结果表明该方法具有测量精度高、响应快速的优点,适合于在水下机动平台上对海洋声速剖面进行快速、高精度的测量。     

超音速密集弹丸脱靶量测量方法研究

分析了3种雷达测距体制的优缺点。针对超音速密集弹丸数量多、速度快等特点导致的脱靶量测量困难等问题,提出一种基于调频连续波体制的弹载雷达测距方法,采用四面天线收发分置结构,突破了正侧视开窗检测技术,保证目标在穿越窗口时RCS最强,并针对少数测量数据无法归类现象,设计了基于广义Hough变换的分类方法。仿真结果表明:该脱靶量测量方法可以有效区分多个弹丸轨迹。最后进行了试验验证,结果与理论分析一致,证明了该方法合理性和实用性。     

多旋翼无人机AHRS系统矢量乘积误差PI跟踪算法

针对多旋翼无人机对低成本姿态航向参考系统的实际需求,设计并实现了一种姿态航向参考系统。该系统采用陀螺仪积分出的载体姿态和已知的地球重力矢量,解算出地球重力矢量在载体系下的投影和加速度计测量出的地球重力矢量的矢量乘积结果作为水平姿态角的误差表征数值,并采用比例积分跟踪算法进行误差跟踪反馈,实现了准确的水平姿态角跟踪测量。利用陀螺仪积分出的姿态和已知的地球磁场信息,解出地球磁场矢量在载体系下的投影与磁力计测量的地球磁场矢量乘积结果作为航向误差角的误差表征数值,并采用比例积分跟踪算法进行误差跟踪反馈实现了对航向角的跟踪。转台实验表明:该系统水平姿态角跟踪精度约为1°,与EKF算法相比,运算速度提升了80%且精度好于EKF算法。