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{"title":"Analysis of Multifrequency GNSS Signals and an Improved Single-Epoch RTK Method for Medium-Long Baseline","authors":"Jian Chen, Jiahui Wang, Kaikun Zhang, Wei Duan, Xingwang Zhao, Chao Liu","doi":"10.1155/2023/6709989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6709989","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the quantity of visible satellites has increased significantly due to multiple satellite systems that leaped forward. The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) and Galileo satellite navigation system (Galileo) broadcast triple-frequency signals and above to users, thus enhancing the reliability, continuity, and availability of the single-epoch real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning. In this study, an improved single-epoch multifrequency multisystem RTK method is successfully developed for the medium-long baseline. First, the Galileo and BDS extra-wide-lane (EWL) ambiguities are fixed at a high success rate, and the Galileo and BDS wide-lane (WL) ambiguity is achieved via the transformation process. Second, the fixed WL ambiguities of Galileo and BDS are exploited to elevate the fixed rate of GPS WL ambiguity. Third, the parametric strategies for ionospheric delay are carried out to upregulate the narrow-lane (NL) ambiguity-fixed rate of GPS. Further, the real-time data are adopted for verifying the feasibility of the method developed in this study. The experimental results demonstrate the optimal carrier-to-noise density ratio (C/N0) of full operational capability (FOC) E5a/E5b at all frequencies, followed by IIR-M L1, and IIR-A/B L2 exhibits the worst performance. Generally, the multipath combination (MPC) of Galileo signals shows root mean square (RMS) values within 0.4 m, ordered as follows: <math xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" id=\"M1\"> <mtext>E</mtext> <mn>1</mn> <mo>&gt;</mo> <mtext>E</mtext> <mn>5</mn> <mtext>b</mtext> <mo>&gt;</mo> <mtext>E</mtext> <mn>5</mn> <mtext>a</mtext> </math> . For the BDS-2, the B3 signal exhibits optimal performance, while the B1 signal is the worst. The RMS of MPC errors of L1 signals is smaller than the L2 signals for the GPS. Furthermore, under the 50 km baseline, the GPS NL ambiguity-fixed rate using the ionosphere-free (IF) combination reaches only 47.74% at the ratio threshold of 2. Finally, compared to the ionosphere-free combination method, the GPS NL ambiguity-fixed rate is increased by 45.52% with the presented method. The proposed approach broadens the future application of deformation monitoring in medium-long baseline scenarios.","PeriodicalId":13748,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Aerospace Engineering","volume":" 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135192314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Representation Enhancement-Based Proximal Policy Optimization for UAV Path Planning and Obstacle Avoidance","authors":"Xiangxiang Huang, Wei Wang, Zhaokang Ji, Bin Cheng","doi":"10.1155/2023/6654130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6654130","url":null,"abstract":"Path planning and obstacle avoidance are pivotal for intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems in various domains, such as postdisaster rescue, target detection, and wildlife conservation. Currently, reinforcement learning (RL) has become increasingly popular in UAV decision-making. However, the RL approaches confront the challenges of partial observation and large state space when searching for random targets through continuous actions. This paper proposes a representation enhancement-based proximal policy optimization (RE-PPO) framework to address these issues. The representation enhancement (RE) module consists of observation memory improvement (OMI) and dynamic relative position-attitude reshaping (DRPAR). OMI reduces collision under partially observable conditions by separately extracting perception features and state features through an embedding network and feeding the extracted features to a gated recurrent unit (GRU) to enhance observation memory. DRPAR compresses the state space when modeling continuous actions by transforming movement trajectories of different episodes from an absolute coordinate system into different local coordinate systems to utilize similarity. In addition, three step-wise reward functions are formulated to avoid sparsity and facilitate model convergence. We evaluate the proposed method in three 3D scenarios to demonstrate its effectiveness. Compared to other methods, our method achieves a faster convergence during training and demonstrates a higher success rate and a lower rate of timeout and collision during inference. Our method can significantly enhance the autonomy and intelligence of UAV systems under partially observable conditions and provide a reasonable solution for UAV decision-making under uncertainties.","PeriodicalId":13748,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Aerospace Engineering","volume":" 37","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135340808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"TTA-GEP: Terrain Traversability Analysis with Geometry and Environmental Perception for the Path Planning of Planetary Rovers","authors":"Li Yang, Chao Liang, Ximing He, Dengyang Zhao","doi":"10.1155/2023/7147168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/7147168","url":null,"abstract":"Terrain traversability analysis (TTA), the key to the navigation of planetary rovers, is significant to the safety of the rover. Therefore, owing to its complexity, the Martian terrain is worth analysing comprehensively based on the terrain variability and hazard level. In this work, we propose a novel method for terrain traversability analysis for the path planning of planetary rovers by integrating Martian terrain geometry features with terrain semantic information, which includes geometry and environmental perception (GEP). Specifically, we deploy semantic segmentation to classify common terrain types, such as rocks, bedrocks, and sand, obtaining semantic information as one part of terrain traversability analysis at the same time. Simultaneously, the point cloud is generated by using binocular images from the planetary rover navigation camera (Navcam) to construct a 2.5D elevation map of the environment to analyse the geometric characteristics of the terrain. Besides, we implement path planning based on the results of TTA-GEP. Overall, our proposed method improves the performance of the terrain traversability analysis and reduces the risk of planetary rovers while detecting in an unstructured environment.","PeriodicalId":13748,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Aerospace Engineering","volume":"60 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135810182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identification of a Stochastic Dynamic Model for Aircraft Flight Attitude Based on Measured Data","authors":"Haiquan Li, Xiaoqian Chen, Jiatu Zhang, Bochen Wang, Jiahui Peng, Liang Wang","doi":"10.1155/2023/5429395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/5429395","url":null,"abstract":"Stochastic disturbances are everywhere. The influence of stochastic factors on the modeling and simulation of aircraft flight dynamics should be considered. Therefore, a stochastic differential equation for aircraft flight attitude is modeled based on the traditional one in this paper. After that, an identification method based on the idea of sparse recognition for unknown parameters and stochastic disturbance is proposed. Finally, a set of measured flight data is used to verify that the identified stochastic model has obvious advantages over the traditional deterministic model when the aircraft is maneuvering in flight. This method can improve the accuracy and reliability of the aircraft flight dynamic model.","PeriodicalId":13748,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Aerospace Engineering","volume":"52 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136158951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"GPS-SBAS-Based Orbit Determination for Low Earth Orbiting Satellites","authors":"Mingyu Kim, Jeongrae Kim","doi":"10.1155/2023/3033205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/3033205","url":null,"abstract":"A space-based augmentation system (SBAS) provides real-time GNSS correction signals via geostationary satellites for near-ground GNSS users. To use the SBAS correction for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, the correction, especially the ionosphere correction, must be adjusted for the LEO altitude. We apply modified SBAS data to LEO satellite onboard navigator to improve the positioning accuracy of a LEO satellite for possible real-time use. The onboard navigator requires high positioning reliability, and code pseudoranges, rather than phase pseudoranges, are used for the primary measurements. The Galileo NeQuick G model is used to determine the real-time conversion factor of the SBAS ionosphere correction for a LEO satellite. The GPS L1 data from GRACE satellite are combined with the SBAS data from the ground receiver. The onboard navigator combines the precise satellite dynamic model with an extended Kalman filter to improve positioning accuracy and stability. The kinematic positioning method, which uses the weighted least square method without the dynamic model, is also performed for comparison. The SBAS correction reduces the positioning error in both the kinematic positioning and the dynamic positioning. The positioning error reduction of the GPS and WAAS case over the GPS-only case is 25.2% for the kinematic method and 30.6% for the dynamic method. In the case of the dynamic method with the SBAS corrections, the positioning error remains smaller than that of the GPS-only dynamic method even after the satellite has left the SBAS service area.","PeriodicalId":13748,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Aerospace Engineering","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134909817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Finite-Time Distributed Cooperative Guidance Law with Impact Angle Constraint","authors":"Wenguang Zhang, Jin Yan","doi":"10.1155/2023/5568394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/5568394","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of the distributed cooperative guidance law of multiple missiles attacking a stationary target with impact angle constraint is investigated. A distributed cooperative guidance law, which consists of a nonsingular terminal sliding mode component for ensuring finite time convergence to the desired LOS angle and a coordination component for realizing finite time consensus of time-to-go estimates, is proposed. Analysis shows that the guidance law designed in this study can ensure that missiles’ time-to-go estimates represent real times to go once all the missiles fly along the desired LOS. Therefore, simultaneous arrival can be guaranteed. Furthermore, it is modified to accommodate the communication failure cases. Compared with existing results, this guidance law owns faster convergence rate and can satisfy large impact angles. Numerical simulations are performed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed guidance law.","PeriodicalId":13748,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Aerospace Engineering","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134906998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Multiple Object Tracker with Spatiotemporal Memory Network","authors":"Peng Xiao, Jiannan Chi, Zhiliang Wang, Fei Yan, Jiahui Liu","doi":"10.1155/2023/9959178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9959178","url":null,"abstract":"Target tracking is an important application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The template is the identity of the target and has a great impact on the performance of target tracking. Most methods only keep the latest template of the target, which is intuitive and convenient but has poor ability to resist the change of target appearance, especially to reidentify a target that has disappeared for a long time. In this paper, we propose a practical multiobject tracking (MOT) method, which uses historical information of targets for better adapting to appearance variations during tracking. To preserve the spatial-temporal information of the target, we introduce a memory pool to store masked feature maps at different moments, and precise masks are generated by a segmentation network. Meanwhile, we fuse the feature maps at different moments by calculating the pixel-level similarity between the current feature map and the masked historical feature maps. Benefiting from the powerful segmentation features and the utilization of historical information, our method can generate more accurate bounding boxes of the targets. Extensive experiments and comparisons with many trackers on MOTS, MOT17, and MOT20 demonstrate that our method is competitive. The ablation study showed that the introduction of memory improves the multiobject tracking accuracy (MOTA) by 2.1.","PeriodicalId":13748,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Aerospace Engineering","volume":"10 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134907155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Forward Solution Algorithm of 6RUS Parallel Mechanism Based on Dual Quaternion Method","authors":"Guangyu-yu Dong, Yu-hong Du, Wen-peng Li","doi":"10.1155/2023/8617435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/8617435","url":null,"abstract":"The 6RUS parallel manipulator is a highly versatile and widely used robotic mechanism with six degrees of freedom. Its intricate kinematic structure and its capability to perform complex motion tasks have garnered significant research interest in recent years. The kinematic analysis of the 6RUS mechanism plays a crucial role in understanding its operational characteristics and optimizing its performance for various applications. In this paper, we present a state-of-the-art kinematic algorithm for the 6RUS parallel manipulator. Our algorithm is aimed at addressing the challenges associated with accurately determining the pose and motion of the end-effector relative to the base, considering the complexity of the mechanism’s architecture. By leveraging advanced mathematical modeling techniques and utilizing efficient computational algorithms, our proposed algorithm offers improved accuracy, efficiency, and robustness in determining the kinematic parameters of the 6RUS mechanism. The key contributions of this work include the development of a comprehensive forward and inverse kinematic model for the 6RUS parallel manipulator, incorporating the effects of joint constraints, singularities, and workspace limitations. We also present a detailed analysis of the algorithm’s performance in comparison to existing approaches, demonstrating its superiority in terms of computational efficiency and accuracy. The proposed kinematic algorithm holds significant potential for enhancing the design, control, and trajectory planning of 6RUS parallel manipulators. It provides a solid foundation for advanced applications such as robotic surgery, industrial automation, and virtual reality systems. The results presented in this paper contribute to the growing body of knowledge in parallel manipulator research and pave the way for future developments in the field.","PeriodicalId":13748,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Aerospace Engineering","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135824470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Microstructure Evolution and Multiscale Heat Transfer Characteristics of Resin-Based Ablative Material under Aerodynamic Heating","authors":"Junjie Gao, Daiying Deng, Haitao Han, Jijun Yu","doi":"10.1155/2023/9069416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9069416","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is aimed at investigating the microstructure evolution of resin-based ablative materials under aerodynamic heating. The microstructure, morphology, material density, and thermophysical parameters at different positions of the material after aerodynamic heating were deeply studied. The changes in the microstructural characteristics of materials caused by complex reaction processes were investigated, including microstructural morphology, porosity, the overlap relationship between microstructural components, and the mutual positional relationship. The relationship between microstructural evolution and material heat transfer is discussed. By analyzing the heat transfer mechanism and heat transfer path of the microstructure, combing with the analysis results of the evolution of the microstructure and the physical properties of the material, multiscale heat transfer unit cell models were established to predict the equivalent thermal conductivity. Thereby, the evolution of physical properties and microstructure of resin-based ablative materials under aerodynamic heating and the relationship between microstructure evolution and heat transfer process are obtained. It can improve the accuracy of ablative heat transfer simulation. In addition, it can provide reference for the process design of ablative materials and promote the application and development of ablative materials in the field of aircraft.","PeriodicalId":13748,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Aerospace Engineering","volume":"73 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136079208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Satellite Fast Maneuver Control Technology Based on Parallel System","authors":"Youtao Gao, Jinghe Guo, Zhicheng You, Zezheng Dong, Yi Cheng","doi":"10.1155/2023/1711773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/1711773","url":null,"abstract":"An on-orbit thrust estimation method of satellite based on parallel system, which can achieve high-efficiency and high-precision thrust estimation, is proposed. A complete satellite maneuvering parallel system framework is constructed. Initially, a real-time artificial model, which is consistent with the actual system, is established. The injection time of maneuvering control is estimated optimally based on the modification of the artificial model with the specific injection time treated as the optimization parameter. The jet time, with the minimum maneuvering error, is obtained. Then, a maneuver strategy is designed and fed back to the actual system. The method based on a parallel system with jet time as the optimal parameter has higher control accuracy than the previous maneuvering control, which only considers the speed increment. Simulation results show that the terminal error of the first maneuver using the parallel system method is less than 100 meters for a maneuvering mission of tens of kilometers.","PeriodicalId":13748,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Aerospace Engineering","volume":"166 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135853456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}