A simplified approach to design fuzzy logic controller for an underwater vehicle

Fuzzy logic controller (FLC) performance is greatly dependent on its inference rules. In most cases, the more rules being applied to an FLC, the accuracy of the control action is enhanced. Nevertheless, a large set of rules requires more computation time. As a result, an FLC implementation requires fast and high performance processors. This paper describes a simplified control scheme to design a fuzzy logic controller (FLC) for an underwater vehicle namely, deep submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV). The proposed method, known as the single input fuzzy logic controller (SIFLC), reduces the conventional two-input FLC (CFLC) to a single input FLC. The SIFLC offers significant reduction in rule inferences and simplifies the tuning process of control parameters. The performance of the proposed controller is validated via simulation by using the marine systems simulator (MSS) on the Matlab/Simulink^® platform. During simulation, the DSRV is subjected to ocean wave disturbances. The results indicate that the SIFLC, Mamdani and Sugeno type CFLC give identical response to the same input sets. However, an SIFLC requires very minimum tuning effort and its execution time is in the orders of two magnitudes less than CFLC.     

Appraisal of storm beach buffer width for cyclonic waves

The loss of beach sand from berm and dune due to high waves and surge is a universal phenomenon associated with sporadic storm activities. To protect the development in a coastal hazard zone, hard structures or coastal setback have been established in many countries around the world. In this paper, the requirement of a storm beach buffer, being a lesser extent landward comparing with the coastal setback to ensure the safety of infrastructures, is numerically assessed using the SBEACH model for three categories of wave conditions in terms of storm return period, median sand grain size, berm width, and design water level. Two of the key outputs from the numerical calculations, berm retreat and bar formation offshore, are then analysed, as well as beach profile change. After having performed a series of numerical studies on selected large wave tank (LWT) test results with monochromatic waves using SBEACH, we may conclude that: (1) Berm erosion increases and submerged bar develops further offshore as the storm return period increases for beach with a specific sand grain size, or as the sand grain reduces on a beach under the action of identical wave condition; (2) Higher storm waves yield a large bar to form quicker and subsequently cause wave breaking on the bar crest, which can reduce the wave energy and limit the extent of the eroding berm; (3) A larger buffer width is required for a beach comprising small sand grain, in order to effectively absorb storm wave energy; and (4) Empirical relationships can be tentatively proposed to estimate the storm beach buffer width, from the input of wave conditions and sediment grain size. These results would benefit a beach nourishment project for shore protection or design of a recreational beach.     

Hydrographic Vertical Separation Surfaces (HyVSEPs) for the Tidal Waters of Canada

Since the advent of Global Navigation Satellite Systems, it has been possible to perform hydrographic survey reductions through the ellipsoid, which has the potential to simplify operations and improve bathymetric products. This technique requires a spatially continuous separation surface connecting chart datum (CD) to a geodetic ellipsoid. The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), with support from the Canadian Geodetic Survey, has developed a new suite of such surfaces, termed Hydrographic Vertical Separations Surfaces, or HyVSEPs, for CD and seven tidal levels. They capture the spatial variability of the tidal datum and levels between tide gauges and offshore using semiempirical models coupling observations at tide stations with relative sea-level rise estimates, dynamic ocean model solutions, satellite altimetry, and a geoid model. HyVSEPs are available for all tidal waters of Canada, covering over seven million square kilometers of ocean and more than 200,000 kilometers of shoreline. This document provides an overview of the CHS's modeling approach, tools, methods, and procedures.

The HyVSEP for CD defines the new hydrographic datum for the tidal waters of Canada. HyVSEPs for other tidal levels are fundamental for coastal studies, climate change adaptation and the definition of the Canadian shoreline and offshore boundaries. HyVSEPs for inland waters are not discussed.     

陀螺定向中仪器常数的适用范围

针对陀螺定向过程中已知边和未知边的相对位置定义较为模糊的现状,该文主要探讨了对于同一陀螺定向边,由于不同距离与方位的已知边测定的仪器常数不同,从而影响定向精度的问题;并通过试验分析,得出了在陀螺定向过程中,测定仪器常数的地面已知边与地下定向边的平面位置的适用范围。结果表明,已知边与定向边的距离不同对仪器常数影响较大;已知边与定向边的相对方位不同对仪器常数的影响较小。     

大气湍流对天基遥感系统地面分辨率的影响

分辨率是所有光学成像系统最重要的技术指标之一。当成像系统与待成像目标之间存在大气湍流时,后者便会在不同程度上影响图像分辨率。天基光学遥感更加关心大气湍流对目标地面分辨率的影响。从大气湍流相干长度和到达角起伏两个角度,通过详细的公式推导和数值计算,分别讨论天基光学遥感系统成像过程中湍流对图像地面分辨率的影响。结果表明,地面分辨率0.5 m以上的甚高分辨率遥感成像需要考虑大气湍流因素。     

大地水准面高的计算及其在海底地形反演中的应用

为充分挖掘海洋重力数据在反演海底地形中的应用潜力,尝试探索利用大地水准面高反演海底地形的技术途径,并以夏威夷—皇帝海山链拐点所在海区作为反演试验区进行验证。首先采用Belikov列推法计算伴随(缔和)勒让德函数,利用EIGEN-6C4地球重力场模型解算获取了分辨率为1'的大地水准面高格网数值模型;然后通过综合分析反演比例函数和转换函数特点、研究海区大地水准面高与海底地形的相干特性以及大地水准面高本身尺度特征,获得了利用大地水准面高反演海底地形的频段范围;最终以试验海区大地水准面高为数据输入,构建了相应的海底地形模型(BNT模型),并与ETOPO1等海深模型进行比对分析。试验结果表明:BNT模型检核差值在一倍均方差范围检核点数量占比70.60%,相比正态分布更加集中;BNT模型检核精度低于ETOPO1等海深模型;海深模型检核精度随着水深增加不断提升,水深小于1 000 m时,海深模型相对误差出现较大发散现象;计算海域ETOPO1模型精度最高,GEBCO模型和DTU10模型检核精度相当。     

城市地下管网普查物探方法分析与验证

地下管网是城市正常运转的基础设施,承载着城市各种物质流、能源流和信息流,保证了城市的有序运转和居民的正常生活。探测地下管线的主要设备是英国雷迪RD8000,但这种设备恰巧是测绘仪器检定的盲区。为保证探测精度,需对物探方法进行分析,对设备进行校验,对不同埋深、不同地电条件下金属管线探测的工作参数进行试验,对探测仪性能、方法、最佳收发距离进行综合评定,旨在最大限度地发挥探测仪的潜能,从而保证地下管网的探测精度。     

确定大地水准面的Tikhonov最小二乘配置法

LSC法（最小二乘配置法）因能融合不同种类重力观测数据确定大地水准面的特性而受到广泛关注,但由于协方差矩阵存在病态性,微小的观测误差将被协方差矩阵的小奇异值放大,导致计算的配置结果不稳定且精度偏低。本文提出Tikhonov_LSC法,即在LSC法中引入Tikhonov正则化算法,基于GCV法选择协方差矩阵的正则化参数,利用正则化参数修正协方差矩阵的小奇异值,以抑制其对观测误差的放大影响。基于Tikhonov_LSC法计算大地水准面,能有效提高其稳定性和精度。通过以EGM2008重力场模型分别计算山区、丘陵和海域重力异常作为基础数据确定相应区域大地水准面的实验,验证了该方法的有效性。     

球面小波分析技术及在全球重力模型中的应用

在介绍球面小波理论的基础上,推导和比较了几种球面小波,分析了最新地球重力模型——EGM96,以此为依据,把球面小波多分辨分析用于计算全球自由空气异常及重力大地水准面,并对处理结果做出解释。