Compared to the Mars rover,the Mars rotorcraft’s ability to take off and land vertically makes it more capable of performing missions on Mars,as its detection missions are not restricted by terrain and its detection ...Compared to the Mars rover,the Mars rotorcraft’s ability to take off and land vertically makes it more capable of performing missions on Mars,as its detection missions are not restricted by terrain and its detection efficiency is higher.This paper introduces a Mars quadcopter capable of conducting sampling detection on the planet’s surface.This paper optimizes the chord length distribution of the blades of Mars quadcopter by using flight power consumption as a constraint to enhance the aircraft’s overall performance.The thin and cold atmosphere of Mars forces the blades to operate under low-Reynoldsnumber and high-Mach-number conditions,leading to reduced thrust and increased drag.This paper proposes an optimization method that combines weighted ensemble of neural networks with spatial discretization to optimize the blade of Mars quadcopter.This method employs 4 optimizers to train neural network models,each designed to fit the mathematical mapping relationship between 14 variables for blade chord length parameter distributions and performance values.This paper integrates the aforementioned 4 models using a weighted ensemble method.Building on the concept of spatial discretization,this paper simplifies infinite parameter combinations into finite ones.Subsequently,the neural network is used to predict the performance values of various parameter combinations,enabling the selection of highperformance blade.This paper conducted a single-rotor lift–drag characteristic test on the optimized blades in an environment with an equivalent Martian surface atmospheric density of 0.016 kg/m3.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2024YFC3015804)the Basic Science Center Program for“Space Robot Intelligent Manipulation”(Grant No.T2388101).
文摘Compared to the Mars rover,the Mars rotorcraft’s ability to take off and land vertically makes it more capable of performing missions on Mars,as its detection missions are not restricted by terrain and its detection efficiency is higher.This paper introduces a Mars quadcopter capable of conducting sampling detection on the planet’s surface.This paper optimizes the chord length distribution of the blades of Mars quadcopter by using flight power consumption as a constraint to enhance the aircraft’s overall performance.The thin and cold atmosphere of Mars forces the blades to operate under low-Reynoldsnumber and high-Mach-number conditions,leading to reduced thrust and increased drag.This paper proposes an optimization method that combines weighted ensemble of neural networks with spatial discretization to optimize the blade of Mars quadcopter.This method employs 4 optimizers to train neural network models,each designed to fit the mathematical mapping relationship between 14 variables for blade chord length parameter distributions and performance values.This paper integrates the aforementioned 4 models using a weighted ensemble method.Building on the concept of spatial discretization,this paper simplifies infinite parameter combinations into finite ones.Subsequently,the neural network is used to predict the performance values of various parameter combinations,enabling the selection of highperformance blade.This paper conducted a single-rotor lift–drag characteristic test on the optimized blades in an environment with an equivalent Martian surface atmospheric density of 0.016 kg/m3.
