Towards docking safety analysis for unmanned aerial vehicle probe-drogue autonomous aerial refueling based on docking success-probability and docking reachability-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Towards docking safety analysis for unmanned aerial vehicle probe-drogue autonomous aerial refueling based on docking success-probability and docking reachability

Published:2018-10-16 Issue:11 Volume:233 Page:3893-3905
ISSN:0954-4100
Container-title:Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering
language:en
Short-container-title:Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Author:

Wang Xu-Feng¹²³^ORCID,Li Jian-Min²,Kong Xing-Wei¹,Dong Xin-Min¹,Zhang Bo²

Affiliation:

1. School of Aeronautical Engineering, Air Force Engineering University, Xi'an, China

2. State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Technology and Systems, Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

3. Unit 95835 of PLA, Urumqi, China

Abstract

Docking safety is a key problem during the docking phase of the unmanned aerial vehicle probe-drogue autonomous aerial refueling (UAV-PD-AAR). To solve this problem, a novel and effective method based on docking success-probability and docking reachability is presented in this paper. Firstly, by employing the location of the drogue with respect to the probe, a docking success-probability estimation algorithm is proposed to give the probe-drogue docking success-probability in real time, with UAV control and drogue attitude considered. Secondly, considering UAV longitudinal dynamics, a docking reachability calculation algorithm for docking reachable set is designed to ensure the UAV can safely reach the docking target set, by using Hamilton–Jacobi equation. Finally, the docking safety algorithm during the docking phase of UAV-PD-AAR is constructed, based on the estimated docking success-probability and the calculated docking reachability. The experiments of docking success-probability estimation and docking reachability calculation were conducted, which can be used towards docking safety analysis during the docking phase of UAV-PD-AAR.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

National Basic Research Program of China

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Mechanical Engineering,Aerospace Engineering

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0954410018806804

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