scholarly journals Application of Optimal Kalman Filter to Improve the Accuracy of Aircraft Wing Vibration Parameters Measurement System

2021 ◽  
Vol 2096 (1) ◽  
pp. 012182
Author(s):  
A A Afonin ◽  
A S Sulakov ◽  
M S Maamo

Abstract This paper discusses the advantages of constructing a vibration parameters measurement system of an aircraft wing using mems IMUs. In addition to mems IMUs, the system makes use of displacement sensor and navigation system as secondary measurements, along with the optimal Kalman filter estimation. The basic principles of system operation are described. The main algorithms of the system and its errors mathematical model are presented. The results of simulation are presented, demonstrating the expected measurement accuracy of the system as a whole.

2012 ◽  
Vol 241-244 ◽  
pp. 269-271
Author(s):  
Jin Li Wang ◽  
Juan Zhu ◽  
Shu Yan Zhang

This paper introduces a technique based on image processing method of non-contact measurement software system; the main process is based on the digital camera image enhancement processing and boundary extraction, As a proportion of system calibration are based on parameters, measurement of circumference of a part. The measurement accuracy accords with the actual production requirement, which proves the feasibility of video precision measurement system.


Author(s):  
Alexander A. Afonin ◽  
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Andrey S. Sulakov ◽  
M.S. Maamo ◽  
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Nowadays, high-precision measurement of aircraft vibration parameters during its main operations modes, including in-flight operation mode, is still considered an important scientific and technical field of study and research. These kinds of measurements are usually conducted in order to analyze the airplane vibration properties and characteristics, which serves in diagnosing the state of its structure, predicting the appearance and development of defects and deformations, as well as to prevent or avoid the influence of dangerous phenomena such as flutter, buffeting, etc. In this article, the authors present the primary results of their work to build a system designed to measure such airplane vibration parameters. In comparison with the existing analogous systems, the new proposed system makes use of traditional vibrometric measurement methods in combination with approaches typical for solving orientation and navigation problems. So, the article discusses the principles of constructing a measurement system of vibration parameters of aircraft structural elements using the example of a system for measuring aircraft wing vibrations using MEMS IMU units and data fusion technology. A brief review of the main existing solutions in this research field is carried out, and the relevance and expediency of the proposed version of the system is substantiated. The basic components and structure of the proposed system are presented, including MEMS IMU units, a displacement sensor, and an onboard navigation system. The basic principles of the system operation are described based on the use of data from the displacement sensor, inertial measurements and optimal Kalman estimation. The main algorithms for the system operation are presented, including algorithms for inertial measurements, estimation and correction, as well as the actual algorithm for calculating vibration parameters. In addition, the mathematical errors models of the main measurements units of the system are presented. The article also presents simulation results, which are encouraging, and they demonstrate the performance of the system and its expected relatively high accuracy characteristics, which in turns confirms the expected efficiency of its application and the prospects of the chosen direction of research and development.


2011 ◽  
Vol 301-303 ◽  
pp. 1507-1510
Author(s):  
Xing Cheng Zhang ◽  
Mao Kui Li ◽  
Jian Qiang Liu ◽  
Yun Xu Fu

This paper presented an integrated measurement platform for piezoelectric transformer based on virtual instruments. Programmable signal generator was adopted to stimulate the piezoelectric transformer. Then an USB oscilloscope was used to acquire the response signal. We could get the results by analyzing the experimental data. The measurement accuracy and efficiency were greatly improved in the virtual instruments platform compared with the conventional measurement method. It was of great significance to the scientific research. Section I pointed out the problems in conventional piezoelectric transformer parameters measurement method and gave a solution of using virtual instruments technology to solve these problems. Section II described the hardware design of the measurement system. Section III described the software design of the virtual instruments measurement system. Conventional measurement methods and virtual instruments measurement method were compared in section IV.


Author(s):  
А.А. Афонин ◽  
А.С. Сулаков ◽  
М.Ш. Маамо

В настоящее время в связи со всевозрастающей степенью сложности проектирования, производства и эксплуатации летательных аппаратов все более важным направлением в области развития информационно-измерительных систем становится совершенствование существующих и разработка новых способов измерения параметров вибрации элементов механических конструкций летательных аппаратов. Целью данной работы является анализ возможности и перспективности построения системы для измерения вибраций элементов конструкции самолета на основе использования микромеханических инерциальных измерительных блоков в качестве основных виброметрических измерителей. При этом объектом исследования является система измерения параметров вибрации, а предметом – ее структура, состав, алгоритмы функционирования и ожидаемые точностные характеристики. Для достижения поставленной цели строится информационно-измерительная система на базе инерциальных приборов, а также датчиков для непосредственных измерений перемещений, используются численные и аналитические методы высшей математики и теоретической механики, методы теории случайных процессов и оптимального оценивания. В статье рассмотрены принципы построения такой системы на примере варианта системы измерения параметров вибраций крыла самолета, представлен краткий обзор существующих решений в предметной области и обоснована актуальность и целесообразность предложенного варианта технического решения. Приведены базовый состав и структура системы, описаны основные принципы ее работы, основанные на использовании данных датчиков перемещения, инерциальных измерителей и оптимального калмановского оценивания и коррекции. Показаны основные алгоритмы работы системы, включая алгоритмы ориентации и навигации, оценивания и коррекции при замкнуто-разомкнутой схеме включения оптимального фильтра Калмана, алгоритм вычисления параметров вибрации, представленыматематические модели ошибок основных измерителей системы, показаны полученные предварительные результаты имитационного моделирования, демонстрирующие работоспособность системы и ее ожидаемые приемлемые точностные характеристики, подтверждающие возможность эффективного использования системы и перспективность выбранного направления работ. At present, because of the ever-increasing degree of complexity of aircrafts design, production and operation, the improvement of the existing methods and development of new ones for vibration parameters measurement of aircrafts mechanical structural elements is still an important direction in the field of information-measurement systems development. The purpose of this work is to analyze the possibility and prospects of constructing a system for measuring vibrations of aircraft structural elements based on the use of micromechanical inertial measurement units as the main vibrometric transducers. In this case, the object of research is the vibration parameters measurement system, and the subject is its structure, composition, operations algorithms and the expected accuracy characteristics. To achieve this purpose, an information-measurement system is built on the basis of inertial devices, as well as sensors for direct displacements measurements, numerical and analytical methods of higher mathematics and theoretical mechanics, methods of random processes theory and optimal estimation are used. The article discusses the principles of constructing such system taking as an example a system for measuring the vibration parameters of an aircraft wing, provides a brief overview of the existing solutions in this field of applications and substantiates the relevance and expediency of the proposed methodology of the technical solution. The basic components and structure of the system are presented, the basic principles of its operation are described, based on the use of data from displacement sensors, inertial meters and optimal Kalman estimation and correction. The main algorithms of the system operation are shown, including the orientation and navigation algorithm, estimation and correction algorithm for a closed-open scheme of optimal Kalman filter inclusion in the system, algorithm for calculating vibration parameters, beside the mathematical errors models of the main system sensors and channels are presented, preliminary results of simulation modeling are shown and they demonstrate the operability of the system and its expected acceptable accuracy characteristics, confirming the possibility of the effective use of the proposed system and the prospects of the chosen direction of work.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuta Teruyama ◽  
Takashi Watanabe

The wearable sensor system developed by our group, which measured lower limb angles using Kalman-filtering-based method, was suggested to be useful in evaluation of gait function for rehabilitation support. However, it was expected to reduce variations of measurement errors. In this paper, a variable-Kalman-gain method based on angle error that was calculated from acceleration signals was proposed to improve measurement accuracy. The proposed method was tested comparing to fixed-gain Kalman filter and a variable-Kalman-gain method that was based on acceleration magnitude used in previous studies. First, in angle measurement in treadmill walking, the proposed method measured lower limb angles with the highest measurement accuracy and improved significantly foot inclination angle measurement, while it improved slightly shank and thigh inclination angles. The variable-gain method based on acceleration magnitude was not effective for our Kalman filter system. Then, in angle measurement of a rigid body model, it was shown that the proposed method had measurement accuracy similar to or higher than results seen in other studies that used markers of camera-based motion measurement system fixing on a rigid plate together with a sensor or on the sensor directly. The proposed method was found to be effective in angle measurement with inertial sensors.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 5244
Author(s):  
Xinchun Zhang ◽  
Ximin Cui ◽  
Bo Huang

The detection of track geometry parameters is essential for the safety of high-speed railway operation. To improve the accuracy and efficiency of the state detector of track geometry parameters, in this study we propose an inertial GNSS odometer integrated navigation system based on the federated Kalman, and a corresponding inertial track measurement system was also developed. This paper systematically introduces the construction process for the Kalman filter and data smoothing algorithm based on forward filtering and reverse smoothing. The engineering results show that the measurement accuracy of the track geometry parameters was better than 0.2 mm, and the detection speed was about 3 km/h. Thus, compared with the traditional Kalman filter method, the proposed design improved the measurement accuracy and met the requirements for the detection of geometric parameters of high-speed railway tracks.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 6514
Author(s):  
Lu Wang ◽  
Yuanbiao Hu ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Baolin Liu

Fiber-optic gyroscopes (FOGs)-based Measurement While Drilling system (MWD) is a newly developed instrument to survey the borehole trajectory continuously and in real time. However, because of the strong vibration while drilling, the measurement accuracy of FOG-based MWD deteriorates. It is urgent to improve the measurement accuracy while drilling. Therefore, this paper proposes an innovative scheme for the vibration error of the FOG-based MWD. Firstly, the nonlinear error models for the FOGs and ACCs are established. Secondly, a 36-order Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) combined with a calibration method based on 24-position is designed to identify the coefficients in the error model. Moreover, in order to obtain a higher accurate error model, an iterative calibration method has been suggested to suppress calibration residuals. Finally, vibration experiments simulating the drilling vibration in the laboratory is implemented. Compared to the original data, compensated the linear error items, the error of 3D borehole trajectory can only be reduced by a ratio from 10% to 34%. While compensating for the nonlinear error items of the FOG-based MWD, the error of 3D borehole trajectory can be reduced by a ratio from 44.13% to 97.22%. In conclusion, compensation of the nonlinear error of FOG-based MWD could improve the trajectory survey accuracy under vibration.


Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 2842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Bing Liang ◽  
Zhenyuan Jia ◽  
Di Feng ◽  
Xintong Jiang ◽  
...  

High precision position control is essential in the process of parts manufacturing and assembling, where eddy current displacement sensors (ECDSs) are widely used owing to the advantages of non-contact sensing, compact volume, and resistance to harsh conditions. To solve the nonlinear characteristics of the sensors, a high-accuracy calibration method based on linearity adjustment is proposed for ECDSs in this paper, which markedly improves the calibration accuracy and then the measurement accuracy. After matching the displacement value and the output voltage of the sensors, firstly, the sensitivity is adjusted according to the specified output range. Then, the weighted support vector adjustment models with the optimal weight of the zero-scale, mid-scale and full-scale are established respectively to cyclically adjust the linearity of the output characteristic curve. Finally, the final linearity adjustment model is obtained, and both the calibration accuracy and precision are verified by the established calibration system. Experimental results show that the linearity of the output characteristic curve of ECDS adjusted by the calibration method reaches over 99.9%, increasing by 1.9–5.0% more than the one of the original. In addition, the measurement accuracy improves from 11–25 μ m to 1–10 μ m in the range of 6mm, which provides a reliable guarantee for high accuracy displacement measurement.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Lei Xu ◽  
Ning Zhang ◽  
Liqing Fang ◽  
Huadong Chen ◽  
Pengfei Lin ◽  
...  

The magnetic gradient full-tensor measurement system is diverse, and the magnetometer array structure is complex. Aimed at the problem, seven magnetic gradient full-tensor measurement system models are studied in detail. The full-tensor measurement theories of the tensor measurement arrays are analyzed. Under the same baseline distance, the magnetic dipole model is used to simulate the measurement system. Based on different measurement systems, the paper quantitatively compares and analyzes the error of the structure. A more optimized magnetic gradient full-tensor measurement system is suggested. The simulation results show that the measurement accuracy of the planar measurement system is slightly higher than that of the stereo measurement system. Among them, the cross-shaped and square measurement systems have relatively smaller structural errors and higher measurement accuracy.


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