简介:Amodelhelicopterismoredifficulttocontrolthanitsfullscalecounterpart.Thisisduetoitsgreatersensitivitytocontrolinputsanddisturbancesaswellashigherbandwidthofdynamics.Thisworkisfocusedondesigningpracticaltrackingcontrollerforasmallscalehelicopterfollowingpredefinedtrajectories.Atrackingcontrollerbasedonoptimalcontroltheoryissynthe-sizedasapartofthedevelopmentofanautonomoushelicopter.Someissueswithregardstocontrolconstraintsareaddressed.Theweightingbetweenstatetrackingperformanceandcontrolpowerexpenditureisanalyzed.Overallperformanceofthecontroldesignisevaluatedbasedonitstimedomainhistoriesoftrajectoriesaswellascontrolinputs.
简介:Helicopterinspectionofultrahighvoltage(UHV)transmissionlineshasunmatchedadvantagescomparedtomanualworkduetotheinspectionangleandhigh-techequipmentonboard,especiallyindetailedinspectionsoftowerheadsanddefect-detectionsinvirtueofinfrared/ultraviolettechniques.Thispaperdealswithsomekeytechnicalproblemsintheinspectionsof1000kVUHVAClineswithahelicopter,suchasthesafedistanceoflive-lineworking,electromagneticfieldintensityandflightcontrol.Basedonthestudyresults,asetofUHVlineinspectionmethodswasworkedoutandappliedtotheinspectionofliveUHVlines.
简介:[摘要] 电动直升机从产生到发展经历了很长一段时期,如今相关技术趋于成熟,动力解决方案发展也愈加明朗,国内电动航空器的发展也取得了长足的进步。
简介:Thispaperproposesanewasymptoticattitudetrackingcontrollerforanunderactuated3-degree-of-freedom(DOF)laboratoryhelicoptersystembyusinganonlinearrobustfeedbackandaneuralnetwork(NN)feedforwardterm.Thenonlinearrobustcontrollawisdevelopedthroughamodifiedinner-outerloopapproach.TheapplicationoftheNN-basedfeedforwardistocompensateforthesystemuncertainties.Theproposedcontroldesignstrategyrequiresverylimitedknowledgeofthesystemdynamicmodel,andachievesgoodrobustnesswithrespecttosystemparametricuncertainties.ALyapunov-basedstabilityanalysisshowsthattheproposedalgorithmscanensureasymptotictrackingofthehelicopter'selevationandtravelmotion,whilekeepingthestabilityoftheclosed-loopsystem.Real-timeexperimentresultsdemonstratethatthecontrollerhasachievedgoodtrackingperformance.
简介:High-resolutionspectralradiancemeasurementsweretakenbyaspectralradiometeronboardahelicopterovertheUSOklahomaSouthernGreatPlainneartheAtmosphericRadiationMeasurements(ARM)siteduringAugust1998.Theradiometerhasaspectralrangefrom350nmto2500nmat1nmresolution.Themeasurementscoveredseveralgrassandcroplandscenetypesatmultiplesolarzenithangles.DetailedatmosphericcorrectionsusingtheModerateResolutionTransmittance(MODTRAN)radiationmodelandin-situsoundingandaerosolmeasurementshavebeenappliedtothehelicoptermeasurementsinordertoretrievethesurfaceandtopofatmosphere(TOA)BidirectionalReflectanceDistributionFunction(BRDF)characteristics.Theatmosphericcorrectionsaremostsignificantinthevisiblewavelengthsandinthestrongwatervaporabsorptionwavelengthsinthenearinfraredregion.AdjustingtheBRDFtoTOArequiresalargercorrectioninthevisiblechannelssinceRayleighscatteringcontributessignificantlytotheTOAreflectance.Theoppositecorrectionstothevisibleandnearinfrarredwavelengthscanaltertheradiancedifferenceandratiothatmanyremotesensingtechniquesarebasedon,suchasthenormalizeddifferencevegetationindex(NDVI).ThedatashowthatsurfaceBRDFsandspectralalbedosarehighlysensitivetothevegetationtypeandsolarzenithanglewhileBRDFatTOAdependsmoreonatmosphericconditionsandtheviewinggeometry.ComparisonwiththeCloudsandtheEarth'sRadiantEnergySystem(CERES)derivedclearskyAngularDistributionModel(ADM)forcropandgrassscenetypeshowsastandarddeviationof0.08inbroadbandanisotropicfunctionat25°solarzenithangleand0.15at50°solarzenithangle,respectively.