Aviation and spacecraft engineering. Рубрика в журнале - Siberian Aerospace Journal
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Many developers of new high-thrust solid-propellant rocket engines are faced with the problem of acoustic instability of combustion. The phenomenon of resonant combustion of solid fuel is associated with a number of specific features. The cavities of the combustion chambers of such engines have complex geo-metric shapes. The gas channel is long enough. Its length usually exceeds five or more calibers. The thick-ness of the flame front is measured in micrometers and the combustion zone is localized over the open fuel surface. The flame front often turns out to be capable of amplifying pressure perturbations at the frequency of one of the acoustic eigenmodes if the wave antinode falls on a thin combustion zone. The oscillatory process can be regular or sporadic. Resonances of the longitudinal acoustic mode are most often observed. However, there were cases of simultaneous oscillation of two modes. In some cases, during the operation of the engine, the amplitude of the resulting oscillations began to decrease and the combustion process be-came almost quasi-stationary. Self-oscillatory processes in the combustion chambers of solid propellants have a threshold sensitivity to pressure overshoots. The vibration amplitudes can be several tens of percent, sometimes reaching the nominal working pressure in the chamber. The amplitude-frequency characteristics of the oscillations are sensitive to the composition of the fuel, responding to changes in the chemical com-position, as well as to the mechanical properties of the fuel. The regions of unstable regimes are definitely related to the geometry of the gas cavity. Together with pressure fluctuations, the combustion process is influenced by gas-dynamic factors, significant non-uniformity of the gas flow parameters along the length of the channel, its turbulence, and other factors. When designing solid-propellant rocket engines, it is nec-essary to estimate the frequencies of the natural acoustic resonances of the combustion chambers. The article discusses a technique for determining the frequencies of natural resonances of the first and second tone of the longitudinal mode of acoustic vibrations in the combustion chambers of solid propellant rocket engines. The gas path of the combustion chamber is divided into homogeneous sections, for which the solutions of the wave equation are presented. To determine the natural frequencies and distribution of vibrational pressures and velocities, the method of “stitching” acoustic fields at the boundaries of the cavi-ties was used.
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Additional screening tests at the testing technical center for ground power equipment
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When testing a spacecraft in a thermal vacuum chamber, special attention is paid to ensuring guaranteed continuous power supply to the spacecraft for a long time (up to several months). The de-energization of the spacecraft can lead to the failure of thermal control systems, up to the complete failure of the spacecraft worth several billion rubles. During the operation of ground power equipment, the necessary data on the intensity and types of failures in the operation of this ground power equipment were obtained, the result of which led to an increase in the test time and the risks of failure of the spacecraft at this stage. As a result of collaborative work of JSC “Academician M. F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems” and Research Institute of Automation and Electromechanics of Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics on the analysis of failure statistics obtained during operation, a technical task was worked out to develop methods for increasing the uptime of ground power equipment manufactured. One of the key requirements for the new generation of ground power equipment being manufactured is to ensure a high reliability indicator – “uptime”. Experience in the field of additional screening tests of electro-radio parts before their installation in a spacecraft allows us to propose a method for determining the quantitative value of the decreasing coefficient of screening tests using a method for evaluating the coefficients characterizing the degree of difference between radio-electronic products that have successfully passed additional screening tests and received ones from the factory manufacturer. As a result of the calculations of the decreasing coefficient and the mathematical calculations of the uptime, it is possible to determine the effect of the decreasing coefficient of screening tests on improving the reliability of ground power equipment. High requirements for uptime of ground power equipment for electrical tests of the spacecraft have led to the need for additional screening tests in special testing technical centers, where the verification of indicators of the number of failures by confidence probabilities should be carried out. The introduction of additional screening tests in the technological process of ground equipment manufacturing is the next step in the methods of increasing reliability.
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The authors propose an approach to research tests of copra-spring stand, designed for testing rockets and spacecraft on inertial forces of a pulse character. The authors present the design of the stand, consisting of two main parts: mobile and stationary. The authors present a method for calculating the magnitude of the load factors and the oscillation frequency of the test object, and calculate the parameters for adjusting the spring stiffness. They describe the possibility of carrying out dynamic tests for imitating transient loads that hermetic structures such as modules of habitable orbital stations, loaded by internal pneumatic pressure, withstand during their lifecycle. The authors present the results of research tests when the stand without any additional weight was falling from the height of 20, 35 and 50 mm. They determine the levels of axial and transverse accelerations on the envelope of the stand and the lower ring. A comparison of the original and filtered signal from the load factor sensors obtained in each test case was made. The authors present the results of calculating accelerations of the moving part of the stand using the video processing of the experiment. To determine the position of the stand envelope they developed special software. The essence of the software was to determine the coordinate of the border of the color change from the frame height from a light color to a darker one using averaging in rows. The authors show that the results of a comparison of manual frame-by-frame measurement and data obtained by the software method indicate a sufficient convergence of the results using a drop from the height of 20 mm experiment. The comparison of axial loads obtained by various methods is given, when the moving part of the stand is thrown from the height of 20, 35 and 50 mm, respectively. The zero time points for the video and accelerometers were determined so that the first maximum is reached simultaneously. According to the results of research tests, the authors describe the development and validation of the finite element model of the stand. The calculations were carried out in a nonlinear formulation, which makes it possible to correctly take into account the loading of the stand at all stages, using the method of direct solution of the equations of motion. The authors show the results if calculating the time dependences of displacements and load factors at the sensor installation places and a comparison with the experimental results, which shows a good convergence.
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Analysis of the ADS-B airspace monitoring system
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One of the most important aspects of flight safety is awareness of AC air position (AC is the short for aircraft). The leading method of stating AC airspace location is the use of radar systems – primary, secondary, combined primary – secondary surveillance radars-though radar systems have significant drawbacks. However, at present, more advanced technologies are also in use, for example, ADS-B and multilateration. This article is focused on ADS-B broadcasting. Global coverage, low cost, great amount of obtainable information makes Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast a highly efficient system. Application of the method for AC air positioning is equally effective for helicopters, especially for those operated by special emergency services. As for the infrastructure of air navigation, the research in this sphere is focused on surveillance systems necessary for reliable control of increasing air traffic. The problem of better awareness of AC air position is still acute and has always been the object of extensive research. At present, homemanufactured civil aviation helicopters are practically never equipped with ADS-B transponders, and hardly ever use the available resources of transceiver-based surveillance systems. The objective of the analysis presented is to demonstrate the applicability of Flightradar system options, as well as implementation of ADS – B transponders for helicopter fleet. Operating surveillance systems like Flightradar may considerably increase flight safety by improving the awareness of helicopters current air position.
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CFD methods for cavitation modeling in centrifugal and axial pumps of LRE
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Currently, design and manufacture of liquid-propellant rocket engines (LRE) are imposed with ever greater reliability requirements. Accordingly, the standards for the design and manufacture of rocket engine units are raising. One of these units is a turbopump unit (TNA), which provides continuous supply of liquid components from combustion reaction to the combustion chamber of a rocket engine to create traction or other engine units. TNA is also the main source of pressure increase for these liquid components in front of the LRE combustion chamber. Important requirements are imposed on a turbopump unit (TNA): ensuring work performance and basic parameters for a given resource with the necessary possible pauses of a specified duration; providing all engine operating modes, supplying the fuel components of the required flow rate and pressure, guarantying a high degree of reliability with acceptable entire unit efficiency; providing high anti-cavitation characteristics of the pump in all modes. In the article, the authors summarize the latest results of the study on cavitation in turbopump units of liquid propellant rocket engines alongside with the relevant research in the field of hydraulics. The problems of cavitation in cryogenic liquids, simulation of stall characteristics, and usability of various models to simulate cavitation flow are observed. A solution to the problems of flow modeling was considered with respect to applicability to the following structural elements of LRE units: interscapular space of the screw centrifugal main and booster pumps, axial pre-pump. Particular attention is paid to the implementation of various numerical methods based on the use of various cavitation models, computational fluid dynamics in various CFD packages, and also comparison of results with the model. In summary, the authors draw conclusions about the possibility of applying these methods to solve the problems of the cavitation phenomenon research in LRE.
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The thermal control system (TCS) is one of the most important systems, which largely determines the design of the spacecraft. At the present stage of development of methods and tools for spacecraft design, a promising direction is the creation of thermal mathematical models of the TCS, calculation algorithms, which allow to create effective design solutions at various design stages. The purpose of this work is to bring the system of equations of heat balances of the liquid circuit (LC) of TCS to a form that allows programmatic numerical integration in the solution search algorithm along the length of the middle line of the heat and mass exchange fluid circuit taking into account certain complex thermal resistances. In fact, this means that the terms of the temperature of the contour and the linear coordinate, the integration variable, should remain as variables in the equation record, everything else should be numerically determined from the properties of the real object. For the boundary conditions of the LC TCS of the spacecraft, the coefficients of complex heat transfer were calculated taking into account the actual topology of the circuit and the thermal properties of the coolant. Using these values, the system of thermal balances of the spacecraft of the spacecraft on the characteristic surfaces of constant temperatures was reduced to a form that allows a numerical solution: the number of equations corresponds to the number of detected temperatures along the north and south panels and is closed through the temperature of the liquid circuit refrigerant. The resulting system of equations allows us to investigate the thermal state of nonhermetic formation spacecraft at the stage of preliminary design with varying operational and design parameters in order to determine the area of efficiency and the area of optimal operation under certain performance criteria.
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Calculation of heat transfer characteristics of a finned wall
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The reliability and resource of the radio-electronic equipment of the spacecraft is increased by ensuring op-timal temperature conditions. Thermal control systems maintain the set temperature mode and heat removal from the onboard equipment to the surrounding space. Finned heat exchangers are an important element of the de-sign of thermal control systems, which allows intensifying the heat transfer process. The calculation of the char-acteristics of finned heat exchangers must be carried out taking into account their parameters and the physical properties of the heat transfer agent. The organic liquid LZ-TK-2, which has a very low freezing point and other useful performance characteristics, is considered as a heat transfer agent. The dependences of the local heat transfer coefficient of the LZ-TK-2 heat transfer agent on the wall temperature are calculated using criteria equations. Based on the numerical solution of the two-dimensional problem of thermal conductivity, the tempera-ture fields in finned walls of various configurations are determined. Calculations of the heat transfer coefficient of the finned wall of the heat exchanger were made in two model approximations, the error of using a simplified approximation that does not take into account the temperature dependence of the local heat transfer coefficient was determined.
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Characteristics of low thrust liquid-propellant rocket engines testing process
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Low thrust liquid-propellant rocket engines (LTLPRE) are the main type of rocket engines for control systems of space aircrafts. The thrusters are able to work either in continuous or impulse regime, which is one of their main characteristics. The suggestion about engines` reliability should come from the results of tests which create real or greatly approximated to the real conditions. The development process of thrusters takes into a great account the problems of bench testing methodic, technical equipment of test benches for creating the closest possible to space conditions and the use of diagnostic methods and instruments for various types of physical research and dimensions. The ground test effectiveness depends on the level of real conditions imitation and the level of attention to all operational factors that influence the credibility of reliability parameter estimation during the development. One of the most important questions in terms of testing effectiveness is the question of testing result accuracy and credibility. The testing process of thrusters mainly goes under the requested conditions of vacuum, created in pressure chambers. To increase the effectiveness of space conditions imitation the paper suggests using the pressure chamber, equipped with the tube shield with the circulating liquid nitrogen under required mass flow rate. The impulse working regime creates instability of propellant moving in pipelines. The paper considers the methods of providing dynamically similar characteristics of supply systems in propulsion systems as well as conformity of hydraulic, inert and wave characteristics of supply pipelines.
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Control and regulation equipment of electric power system for a prospective piloted transport system
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The aim of this work is to consider solving complex of tasks focused on fulfilling the complicated tactical and technical requirements for regulation and monitoring equipment (RME) of electric power supply system (EPS) for a prospective spacecraft. These requirements are imposed due to the need to ensure high reliability of the equipment during operation under the influence of external factors (vacuum, vibro-impact loads, radiation, absence of convective cooling), as well as to achieve high mass-dimensional parameters of the equipment and its high functionality The complexity of problem solving lies in the need to ensure conflicting requirements – high levels of energy density, weight and size characteristics, reliability and durability. These problems fully apply to the RME of the EPS for a prospective piloted transport system (PPTS) which design example shows ways of solving abovementioned problems. The most rational way of solving these contradictions is to increase the specific energy indicators of the main components of the RME devices – power converters, which can be achieved by using modern power electronic elements, using new materials and semi-finished products, for example, printed circuit boards with a metal heat sink, as well as increasing the layout density design. Determining solution is to select an optimal structure of the power converter, which provides the best efficiency. An additional way to reduce the mass-dimensional indicators of the RME is the use of a digital control method, the collection of telemetric information, and the receiving and processing of commands. At the same time, on the contrary, to ensure the specified reliability of the equipment, it is necessary to use excess reservation at the element level – for power components, and the principles of majority reservation at the functional block level – for control and telemetry schemes. Using the example of RME, developed by CJSC “Orbita”, the main EPS parameters of a new generation spacecraft are shown and most important power supply subsystems are considered in the article: the solar energy control subsystem and the power storage subsystem, ways to build them for meeting specified requirements, taking into account the proposed solutions. As a result of this work, the optimal structures of power converters – the current regulator of the solar battery and the current regulator of the battery – were selected, the basic principles of power components reservation ensuring the operability of the equipment in case of a single failure of any component without loss of performance and deterioration of RME parameters as a whole are shown. Block-modular construction method is used for optimal layout and high reliability of the RME, it ensures uniform heat removal from electronic components, which is especially important in vacuum conditions, minimum dimensions and mass optimization of the RME, as well as high mechanical strength of the structure. The implemented principles of building the RME for PPTS using this approach will allow to increase the active lifetime (ALT) and reliability of the spacecraft with a simultaneous decrease in mass and dimension parameters.
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Design of a multifunctional electric propulsion subsystem of the spacecraft
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A common way to form an electric propulsion subsystem of the spacecraft is to create specialized equipment or to select the most suitable one from the ready-made ones. However, there are cases when the use of existing equipment is not optimal enough and leads to an unjustified increase of the subsystem mass. Therefore, the ques-tion of creating a minimum equipment set possibility from which it would be possible to form propulsion subsys-tems in optimal way is of interest. The set of tasks, variants of use and possible schemes of placing orbital cor-recting propulsion on the spacecraft are presented. The list of necessary propulsion subsystem elements is pre-sented as follows: a thruster block, a tank, a xenon feed unit, a power processing unit consisting of a power unit and switching units, the complete set of cables and pipelines, the software and mechanical devices for control of the thrust vector (as an option). The necessary capacity of propellant tanks for the tasks of correction and rais-ing of the satellite to GEO with a high-pulse Hall thruster is defined: for orbit correction tasks – up to100 kg, for orbit correction and raising to GEO tasks – up to200 kg. Necessary angle rates of mechanical devices for con-trol of the thrust vector are defined taking into account possible schemes of placing thrusters on the spacecraft. It is shown that in cases when it is required to apply two or more thrusters to increase overall thrust, it is more preferable in the weight aspect to apply a combination of power and switching units instead of monoblock type of power processing units, and advantage can reach tens of kilograms. Provided the listed set of functional units is created, the offered concept will make it easy to form propulsion subsystems of the spacecraft for solving a wide range of tasks. It will reduce the time and money spent on creation of propulsion subsystem for new space-crafts.
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Determination of the digital controller’s characteristics of the switched-mode power converters
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The development of spacecrafts equipment is on the way to digitalization. In particular, energy spacecraft conversion devices are being modernized by introducing digital automatic control systems instead of analog ones. This leads to an increase in the efficiency of the power supply system, but at the same time, there is a need to create methods to determine characteristics that will confirm with a high degree of accuracy and conformity of the manufactured sample with the technical requirements specified during its design. The article describes the features of functioning and methodology for determining digital control channel of a pulse voltage converter’s characteristics. The proposed approach is a toolkit for verifying the correct implementation of both the hardware parts of the control channel and the controller, which is a program code implemented on digital control devices. The technique is based on determining the degree of responses correspondence to typical external influences of a hardware-implemented control channel and its model. Based on the transfer functions of the IIR and FIR digital filters, using standard built-in models, the control channel of the pulse voltage converter corresponding to the tested hardware-implemented device is simulated in the package Matlab Simulink. The basic principles of building the software architecture experiment are described. A block diagram of the test complex has been developed, including sources of external influence, control channel, and a test management tool (in this case, a personal computer). An example of applying such a technique to verify the parameters of the developed PID controller is given. Operability and accuracy of the proposed method to determine characteristics of the control channel by reaction to a sequence of rectangular pulses, and by constructing the AFCL are experimentally shown. Application of this verification method to production conditions will allow a complete check of individual central control units (CCU) of energy-converting equipment with closed feedbacks even at the stage of devices development, which will eliminate errors in the implementation of regulators in control loops.
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The main function of a thermal control system (TCS) is to maintain the temperature at nodal points of a spacecraft in given ranges due to redistribution of thermal energy and the discharge of excess thermal energy into space. TCS may have a different design and principle of operation. One of the most common options is TCS using a liquid circuit (LC) and pumping coolant circulation. In the development of promising design-layout schemes for instrument compartments of nonhermetic formation spacecraft, it becomes necessary to state and solve new problems associated with the creation of computational and mathematical models of intermediate convective heat transfer in a fluid circuit. For systems of integral equations of a LC thermal model with fairly complex topographic boundaries and connections, the justification and use of the defining (equivalent) thermal resistance seems to be a compromise of counting implementation of a system that simulates a TCS with integration along the length of the LC. In this paper, for the computational model of the liquid circuit of the thermal control system, including the system of equations of two-dimensional thermal balance of the characteristic surfaces of a nonhermetic formation spacecraft, a method of calculating the determining thermal resistances was proposed and implemented. This method includes the calculation of the complex heat transfer coefficient and the local heat transfer coefficient to the heat carrier flow. The approach considered in this paper allows us to obtain a numerical solution for the distribution of heat flows and temperatures of liquid circuits with complex topographic boundaries and connections with minimal loss of accuracy. The determination of the local heat transfer coefficient makes it possible to take into account the influence of changes in the temperature of the coolant flow on the overall picture of convective heat exchange.
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Developing the laboratory test bench of fuel three-point measurement
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The development of digital technology allows continuous improvements in many areas. This paper reflects the development of a new fuel measurement method. To measure the fuel, the authors propose three fuel sensors and a computational element to simulate the position of the fuel level in space with further calculating the volume of fuel, to reduce errors due to the fuel meters operation. The main advantage of this system is the elimination of errors arising from the evolution of an aircraft, as well as its uneven movement. The paper demonstrates a phased development of a laboratory test bench to study the three-point method to measure fuel. In the course of the work, a vessel is assembled to simulate the fuel tank of the aircraft. The vessel is a glass container with submersible measuring sensors. Also, the research contains calculation of the bridge electrical circuit to compute a voltage value at each sensor. In the test, transformer fluid substitutes fuel, since it acted as a dielectric. The program code for the microcontroller is recorded. The proposed method has several advantages in comparison with traditional methods of measuring the fuel level; a mathematical model is presented, on the basis of which the level of fuel in the aircraft fuel tank is measured.
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Development of interface module emulator architecture for spacecraft life support systems
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The article gives an analysis of special characteristics of ground-based experimental evaluation of on-board radioelectronic equipment, taking the control unit of up-to date spacecraft on-board control complex as the test objective. The focus is the problem of providing testing procedures of the specific software employed in design and manufacture process. A solution of the problem is worked out on the basis of performance of a hardware-software complex which emulates interface modules for the computing module of control unit. According to the general operation algorithm of the control unit, the developed complex is regarded as a multi-user system. The main functional requirements for hardware-software emulator, regarded as the corresponding queuing system, are also defined. The results of the experiments with the computer module operation prompted the requirements for the emulator response time from the point of view of its operation stability in real strict-time mode. In order to ensure the required efficiency of operation, the emulated functions of the interface modules are classified according to the severity level of their execution determinacy. The results of experimental evaluation оf the service channel hardware design variants when applying multi-functional reconfigurable input-output digital devices allowed to develop a hardware-software emulator structural circuit based on operation parallelism of programmable integrated logic circuits and flexibility of software reconfiguration. The realization of emulated functions of selected classes within the available architecture was carried out using the corresponding hardware blocks and software module. The presented analysis of the emulator response limits was performed with the application of National Instruments technologies. The results of the developed hardwaresoftware emulator evaluation and practical application, as well as other possible ways of applying the proposed approach for tests of spacecraft on-board radio-electronic equipment and space system components were also analyzed.
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Development of the concept of a reusable liquid rocket engine with three-component fuel
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The article considers a promising direction for the development of liquid-propellant rocket engines (LPRE) – the use of three-component propulsion systems. The interest in this topic is based on a number of advantages that can be obtained by using this LPRE concept, namely: saving the mass of the launch vehicle (LV) by using a denser hydrocarbon fuel at the initial launch site; high specific impulse values at high-altitude launch sites due to the use of a more efficient pair of fuel components (FC): liquid oxygen + liquid hydrogen; reducing the cost of removing the payload, due to the use of a single propulsion system for both launch sites. An analytical review of implemented three-component LPRE schemes developed in Russia and abroad has been conducted, and their main advantages and disadvantages have been highlighted. Based on a detailed study of a number of circuit solutions for liquid-propellant rocket engines running on three-component fuel, the concept of a two-mode single-chamber three-component engine made according to a closed circuit with afterburning of generator gas is proposed. The oxidizer is liquid oxygen, the fuel is RG-1 kerosene and liquid hydrogen. In the first mode, the engine runs on three components, the share of liquid hydrogen in the fuel mixture is 4% of the total consumption of components. In the second mode, the engine runs on FC liquid oxygen + liquid hydrogen. The results of a computational and analytical study of the optimal design parameters of the engine are presented. The aim of the study was to understand the qualitative picture of the influence of various fuel parameters on the thermodynamic properties of the combustion products of the fuel mixture and the engine efficiency. Based on the results of the study, the optimal percentage of fuel components was determined. A mathematical model for calculating a three-component LPRE has been developed. The results of calculation of energy coupling are presented. A comparative analysis of the mass characteristics of the designed propulsion system is carried out.
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Development of the heat panel of the small space apparatus for navigation support
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To clarify the trajectory of the spacecraft in a given orbit, the parameter of unmodeled acceleration is taken into account. Today, in the design and manufacture of a spacecraft to meet the requirements of the technical specifications for the maximum allowable values of unmodeled accelerations during the operation of on-board equipment, it is necessary to take into account the effects of asymmetric heat fluxes from the panels of the spacecraft on the deviation of its center of mass from a given orbit. This article discusses the problem of the influence of asymmetric heat fluxes from the surfaces of the spacecraft emanating from the panels ± Z, + Y (deterministic and non-deterministic component) on the level of unmodeled accelerations, which significantly affects the trajectory of the spacecraft. In order to meet the requirements for the temperature control system in terms of ensuring efficient heat removal from the on-board equipment devices and its distribution over the surface of the instrument installation panel, it is necessary to significantly improve the technical characteristics of heat transfer and heat conduction processes in the spacecraft. The analysis of the current thermal control system in modern satellites is carried out and its shortcomings are revealed. A constructive option is proposed for creating an energy-intensive thermal panel, which allows more efficient heat removal from devices and distribution over the panel. The designed thermal panel is a flat sealed panel of a single complex design of aluminum alloy, made by the additive technology method. The dimensions of the thermal panel are limited by the structural dimensions of the working area of 3D printers. At the moment, the main dimensions reach 600-800 mm. An increase in the working area in the future will enable the installation of large-sized electronic equipment. A two-dimensional mathematical model for calculating heat transfer processes in the designed thermal panel is presented. For the calculation, specific average values are introduced that characterize the effective cross sections for the vapor channels and the wick in the longitudinal and transverse directions, physical parameters (porosity of the wick and its degree of liquid saturation).
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The article provides a brief description of the flight scheme of a prospective automatic spacecraft intended for the study of Mars and its satellites by remote and contact methods. At the near-Martian expedition site, it is planned to first bring the vehicle into orbit of the artificial satellite Deimos, and then landing on Phobos with the subsequent delivery of its soil to Earth. The main ballistic characteristics of the spacecraft flight conditions at all stages of the flight at launch after 2025 are given. The time frames for the five starting periods are considered - in 2026, 2028, 2030, 2033 and 2035. The launch of the spacecraft on the flight path to Mars is performed by a heavy class launcher. The article describes the design of the vehicle, propulsion systems of its modules and flight scheme at all stages – from launch from the Earth to landing on Phobos, and returning back to Earth. The article describes the propulsion systems of the main spacecraft units proposed for the mission implementation – the propulsion module, the flight landing platform and the return vehicle. The designs of these units are provided in the work. Flight schemes have been developed in accordance with their characteristics, which allows conducting remote study of Deimos, making a soft landing on the surface of Phobos, and then delivering samples of its soil to Earth. The project should be developed on the basis of the spacecraft launch from the Vostochny launch site by the Angara- A5 launch vehicle and the KVTK upper stage. An alternative variant of the construction of a spacecraft involves the use of a vehicle of a lighter class - perspective Soyuz-5 launch vehicle and Fregat-SBU upper stage. In this case, the engine module is excluded, and the flight and landing module is replaced by a heavier version with larger tanks. Both proposed options for constructing a spacecraft make it possible to implement the developed trajectory, while ensuring full-time operation of the target equipment and conducting a set of experiments during a given period of active spacecraft existence.
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High complexity and cost of developing flying models necessitate the use of such design and production techniques that would ensure the best flight technical and technological characteristics of the model also would raise of it operation effectiveness. These techniques include the experimental control method of flying model’s mass-inertia asymmetry parameters during final assembly of the model. Solution of the problem of optimization the process of bringing parameters of mass-inertia asymmetry of the conical flying model to specified standards is considered in the article. The only correction plane is designed to be positioned close to cone face, away from the center mass of the flying model. The flying model as a component of prefabricated rotor is being balanced in dynamic mode on a low-frequency dynamic vertical stand, which based on gas bearings. Before balancing experiment the weigh, longitudinal center of mass and inertia moments of the flying model have to be controlled with use of another measurement equipment. As a criterion of optimization is sorted the reaching of minimum of the angle of deviation of principal longitudinal centroidal axis of inertia from geometrical axis of the flying model. But simultaneously the pre-set standard of center-mass shift from the geometrical axis must be ensured. Balancing algorithm, easy-to-realized by modern computers, is presented. Numerical illustration of balancing is given. The algorithm enables omitting intermediate steps of balancing, reducing them to one step (as a rule), and shortening the balancing time, as well. In one step of balancing the engineering model permits either bringing parameters of mass-inertia asymmetry of the flying model to specified standards, or diagnosing impossibility of attaining the specified standards with available design of flying model. The algorithm and balancing method are experimentally tested at newly-designed vertical dynamic stand on conical gas bearings. It’s high precision and efficiency are corroborated.
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Energy saving simulation test complex for spacecraft power supplies full-scale electrical tests
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The aim of this paper is to describe an energy saving automatized simulation test complex used for spacecraft power supplies full-scale electrical ground-based tests. The complex allows you to simulate the operation of solar array, lithium- ion-battery and spacecraft payload. The distinctive features of the test complex are a continuous and impulse control methods combination with an improved dynamic accuracy, and recuperation of consumed energy into its internal DC network for the better energy efficiency. Test complex operational time from uninterruptible power supply accumulator batteries is significantly increased due to the recuperation of excess power into the test complex internal DC network. The results are experimentally proved. The authors of the paper analyzed dynamic accuracy improvement and energy saving during ground-based spacecraft power system electrical tests. The process of ground-based spacecraft electrical testing includs the following tasks: – the accurate simulation of static and dynamic characteristics of spacecraft power system energy sources and loads; – the utilization of energy produced by power system under load and during spacecraft battery charge simulation. The paper deals with the description of energy saving automatized simulation test complex (ESAST) including complex subsystems structure and experimental study of the test complex characteristics. Commercially available simulation test complexes usually use continuous or impulse control methods. The continuous control methods decrease energy efficiency, as the most part of energy is dissipated on the regulator, which requires massive heat sink, increasing weight and size. It makes difficult to produce high-power test complexes. The impulse control methods provide better energy efficiency, but limit dynamics and real devices fast response reproduction accuracy. The paper describes the combination of continuous and impulse control methods with the aim of taking the advantages of both. The energy consumed by the test complex can be utilized either by the heat dissipation in the environment or by the recuperation into industrial AC grid. The heat dissipation reduces the energy efficiency, increases the testing room temperature (in case of high-power spacecraft power system) and an air conditioning system. The recuperation into AC grid is free of specified disadvantages, but it requires the recuperated excess energy parameters matching with AC grid requirements through the network of grid-tied inverters, which leads to the increase of weight and size of the test complex. Moreover, the recuperation into AC grid is difficult during grid emergency shutdown, which can result in long test failure. The paper describes the method of excess energy recuperation into the complex internal DC network. The method significantly reduced test complex energy consumption, which in case of powering test complex from uninterruptible power supply (UPS) notably increase operating time from UPS accumulator batteries during AC grid emergency shutdown. In conclusion the main advantages of ESAST are given: – more than twice wattage reduction of test complex main power supply; – the ability to work during AC grid emergency shutdown with increased operating time from UPS; – the significant reducing of ESAST main parts weight and size.
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Currently, in the field of engine building, development of three-component propulsion systems (PS) is a very promising task. Liquid-propellant rocket engines (LPRE) operating at the initial stage of launching a launch vehicle (LV) on liquid oxygen + kerosene fuel and at high-altitude launch sites using cryogenic fuel (liquid oxygen + liquid hydrogen) are in particular interest. LPRE that use three-component fuel have a high pressure level in a combustion chamber (CC) (up to 30 MPa) and temperatures (up to 4000 K). In this regard, arise questions related to reliable cooling of such engines, as well as ensuring minimal hydraulic fluid losses in a cooling passage in order to further use re-frigerant as a working fluid for driving the turbine of a booster turbo pump unit (BTP). The object of research is a two-mode single-chamber three-component liquid-propellant rocket engine, made in a closed circuit with generator gas afterburning. Oxidizing agent is liquid oxygen, fuel is RG-1 kerosene and liquid hydrogen. Cooling of the chamber is combined: it consists of regenerative and internal. Regenerative cooling passage is formed by longitudinal integral-machined fins. Hipercritical hydrogen is used as an engine coolant. Internal cooling includes a tantalum coating applied to a fire wall of the chamber in a critical section. The article examines the problems of organizing cooling system (CS) and implementation of effective heat removal from a firing wall of a three-component rocket engine. Basing on existing liquid-propellant engine cooling systems, optimal circuit solutions and measures to remove thermal load in the most stressed places are proposed. A mathematical model has been developed for calculating a CS of a three-component LPRE. The results of the design calculation of cooling using several calculation methods are presented.
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