Yang Bo, Fan Zichen, Yu He, Hu Haidong, Yang Zhaohua
School of Astronautics, Beihang University, Beijng 100191, China.
The Science and Technology on Space Intelligent Control Laboratory of China, Beijing 100190, China.
Sensors (Basel). 2021 Mar 21;21(6):2199. doi: 10.3390/s21062199.
Aero-optical effects reduce the accuracy of optical sensors on high-speed aircraft. Current research usually focuses on light refraction caused by large-scale density structures in turbulence. A method for analyzing photon energy scattering caused by micro-scale structures is proposed in this paper, which can explain the macro image distortion caused by moving molecules in inhomogeneous airflow. Quantitative analysis of the propagation equation indicates that micro-scale structures may contribute more to the wavefront distortion than the widely considered large-scale structures. To analyze the micro mechanism of aero-optical effects, a transient simulator is designed based on the scaling model of transient distorted wavefronts and the artificial vortex structure. The simulation results demonstrate that correct aero-optical phenomena can be obtained from the micro mechanism of photon energy scattering. Examples of using the transient simulator to optimize the parameters of the star sensor on a hypersonic vehicle are provided. The proposed analysis method for micro-scale structures provides a new idea for studying the aero-optical effects.
气动光学效应会降低高速飞行器上光学传感器的精度。当前的研究通常集中在湍流中大规模密度结构引起的光折射上。本文提出了一种分析由微观尺度结构引起的光子能量散射的方法,该方法可以解释非均匀气流中运动分子导致的宏观图像失真。对传播方程的定量分析表明,微观尺度结构可能比广泛认为的大尺度结构对波前畸变的影响更大。为了分析气动光学效应的微观机制,基于瞬态畸变波前的尺度模型和人工涡旋结构设计了一个瞬态模拟器。仿真结果表明,从光子能量散射的微观机制可以获得正确的气动光学现象。提供了使用瞬态模拟器优化高超声速飞行器上星敏感器参数的实例。所提出的微观尺度结构分析方法为研究气动光学效应提供了新思路。