The present application claims the priority of China Invention application Ser. No. 20/211,0831603.6, titled “LIGHTWEIGHT METHOD FOR BACK FRAME OF PHASED ARRAY RADAR ANTENNA” filed on Jul. 22, 2021.
The present application relates to the technical field of phased array radars, and specifically, to a lightweight method for a back frame of phased array radar antenna.
A phased array radar is widely applied to important fields. A back frame of phased array radar antenna is used as a carrier for a radar surface, and plays a decisive role in normal operation of the phased array radar. Due to the impact of uncertainty factors such as a service environment (a wind load and a sleet load), a structural size, and an installation deviation, a deformation in the back frame of phased array radar antenna may occur, and cause a change to a flatness of the radar surface, to further cause a deterioration in antenna electrical performance, resulting in a large deviation in the detection of a target.
To prevent the impact of these uncertainty factors from making a surface flatness of the phased array radar fail to meet a requirement or causing a failure, therefore, during the design of a back frame of phased array radar antenna, a reliability of a back frame structure needs to be optimized, to ensure that the surface flatness of the phased array radar meets its requirement.
In addition, in consideration of factors in aspects such as production costs, transportation costs, and operating costs of a phased array radar, in a reliability optimization process of a back frame, it is desired that the weight of back frame of antenna is as light as possible while the back frame of antenna meets a flatness requirement.
In the prior art, in most reliability optimization methods, uncertainty parameters in a phased array radar antenna are accurately described by using a probability model, to further measure uncertainty in a structure of a back frame of phased array radar antenna.
As a result, the following problems exist in a reliability optimization process:
An objective of this application lies in that a structural reliability of a back frame of phased array radar antenna is measured and optimized by using an interval-probability uncertainty measurement model, using a minimum total weight of a back frame as a target function, and using limited samples, to provide more effective guidance and reference for overall design and performance optimization of a phased array radar.
The present application provides a lightweight method for a back frame of phased array radar antenna. The method includes:
In above technical solution, additionally, step 2 includes:
In above technical solutions, additionally, a calculation formula of the displacement constraint condition is:
wherein, G (U, Y) is the displacement constraint condition, U is the standard normal random variable, ∥ ∥2 is a second norm of a vector, βt is a target reliability coefficient, p is a hyperparameter, ∥·∥p is a p norm operation of a vector, and Y is a standard interval variable.
In any of above technical solutions, additionally, the preset condition is one of a first condition and a second condition, and said step 3 specifically comprises:
In any of above technical solutions, said step 3 specifically further comprises:
In any of above technical solutions, said step 3 further comprises:
wherein in the formula, −ε1 is an error upper threshold, ε2 is an error lower threshold, G (·) is a corresponding displacement constraint condition when the kth iterative operation, U(k) is a standard normal random variable in a process of the kth iterative operation, Y(k) is a standard interval variable in the process of the kth iterative operation, M(·) is the lightweight reliability model of back frame of phased array radar antenna, (d(k), μX(k)) is an optimal solution in the process of the kth iterative operation, d(k) is a certainty optimization variable in the process of the kth iterative operation, μX(k) is an average value of uncertainty optimization variable in the process of the kth iterative operation, and μp is an average value of uncertainty parameter.
In any of above technical solutions, a calculation formula of the lightweight reliability model of back frame of phased array radar antenna is:
in the formula, M (d, μX, μp) is a total weight of the antenna back frame, and at the same time is also a back frame lightweight target function, d is a certainty optimization variable, μX is an average value of an uncertainty optimization variable X(θXI), μp is the average value of the uncertainty parameter P(θPI), Pr(·) is a probability measure, δ0 is the displacement threshold, δ(·) is the displacement function of the antenna back frame, Z(θZI) is the uncertainty variable in the back frame lightweight reliability model, Rt is a reliability parameter that the displacement amount maximum value of the antenna back frame does not exceed the displacement threshold, θZI is a first parameter, and is determined by a second parameter θXI and a third parameter θPI, (·)l is a lower boundary of a parameter, and (·)u is an upper boundary of a parameter.
The beneficial effects of the present application are as follows:
In the technical solutions in the present application, a reliability optimization model with a lightweight back frame of phased array radar antenna as a target function is established by using an interval-probability uncertainty measurement model, then an existing reliability constraint condition is converted into a certainty constraint by using a KKT optimal condition, and a multi-layer nesting algorithm in the reliability optimization process is converted into a series of certainty optimization problems, to resolve the problem that it is difficult to obtain an accurate probability model of a back frame of phased array radar antenna, thereby greatly reducing a calculation amount of the reliability optimization process.
In a preferred implementation of the present application, uncertainty factors in a phased array radar are measured by using an interval-probability hybrid measurement model, to establish a more flexible optimization model, thereby reducing the dependence on phased array radar data samples to some extent. Furthermore, to efficiently solve the multi-layer nesting model, a single cycle method is provided, so that a calculation amount can be greatly reduced, to provide a group of appropriate design results for the design of a phased array radar, and the method has feasibility, economical efficiency, and actual engineering application value.
The advantages in the foregoing and/or additional aspects of the present application will become apparent and more comprehensible from the following description of the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.
To make the objectives, features, and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, the present application is further described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific implementations. It needs to be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without causing any conflict.
In the following descriptions, many specific details are described to make the present application fully comprehensible. However, the present application may be implemented in other manners different from those described herein. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application is not limited to specific embodiments disclosed below.
It is set in this embodiment that an interval-probability uncertainty measurement model is used to measure an uncertainty variable with insufficient samples of a back frame of phased array radar antenna, and a corresponding model is:
{X|X˜F(X,θl)},
where in the formula, X is a random variable, F (X, θl) is a cumulative density distribution function of the random variable X, and θl is a parameter in the cumulative density distribution function. However, because the samples are insufficient, the parameter θl is not a fixed value, but instead is an interval with an upper boundary and a lower boundary.
As shown in
Step 1: Establish a lightweight reliability model of back frame of phased array radar antenna based on measured parameters of a back frame of phased array radar antenna and by using an interval-probability uncertainty measurement model. The back frame lightweight reliability model at least includes a design variable, an uncertainty variable, a back frame lightweight target function, a reliability constraint function, and a probability measure of the back frame of phased array radar antenna.
In this embodiment, a calculation formula corresponding to the back frame lightweight reliability model is:
μX is an average value of an uncertainty optimization variable X(θXI), and up is an average value of an uncertainty parameter P(θPI).
Pr(·) is the probability measure. δ0 is a displacement threshold, and the displacement threshold δ0 is a maximum displacement amount of the back frame of antenna required in a design. δ(·) is a displacement function of the back frame of antenna. Z(θZl) is an uncertainty variable in the back frame lightweight reliability model, and is formed by combining the uncertainty optimization variable X(θXl) and the uncertainty parameter P(θPI). Rt is a reliability parameter indicating that a displacement amount maximum value of the back frame of antenna does not exceed the displacement threshold.
dl is a lower boundary of the certainty optimization variable d. du is an upper boundary of the certainty optimization variable d. μXl is a lower boundary of an average value μX of the uncertainty optimization variable. μXu is an upper boundary of the average value μX of the uncertainty optimization variable. θZI is a first parameter, and is determined by a second parameter θXI and a third parameter θpI. The first parameter θZl is an interval parameter of a cumulative probability density distribution function for measuring the uncertainty variable Z (θZl). The second parameter θXI is an interval parameter of a cumulative probability density distribution function for measuring the uncertainty optimization variable X(θXI). The third parameter Op is an interval parameter of a cumulative probability density distribution function for measuring the uncertainty parameter P(θPI). θXl is a lower boundary of the second parameter θXI. θXu is an upper boundary of the second parameter θXI. θPl is a lower boundary of the third parameter θPI. θPu is an upper boundary of the third parameter op.
The back frame lightweight reliability model in this embodiment is a nesting model, wherein an outer-layer optimum search model is used to iterate a design point, and at the same time, an inner-layer uncertainty constraint condition needs to be used to analyze a reliability of each iterative point (design point), to finally obtain an optimal solution that meets an inner-layer reliability requirement. The outer-layer optimum search model may be expressed as:
The inner-layer uncertainty constraint condition may be expressed as:
It needs to be noted that, a large amount of complex integral calculation needs to be performed to directly calculate the probability measure Pr(·). Therefore, approximate calculation is usually performed by using a First Order Second Moment (FOSM) method to obtain a reliability. In a conventional probability model, based on a First Order Second Moment (FOSM), a lightweight model may be converted into two corresponding equivalence models, which are respectively a Reliability Index Approach (RIA) equivalence model and a Performance Measurement Approach (PMA) equivalence model.
(1) The principle of the RIA equivalence model is that in an uncertainty optimization process, a corresponding average value point in each iterative step is calculated to calculate a reliability coefficient β*. Through equivalent replacement, the reliability parameter Rt is converted into a corresponding target reliability coefficient βt. If at this time the reliability coefficient β* is greater than the target reliability coefficient βt, the reliability meets a requirement. That is, the reliability coefficient β* is used to measure whether the reliability meets a requirement.
(2) The PMA equivalence model is developed based on the RIA equivalence model. The basic concept of the PMA equivalence model is to calculate a maximum displacement of the back frame of antenna in a case that the reliability coefficient β* is the target reliability coefficient βt in each iterative step. If a value of the displacement is less than a set maximum displacement threshold, the reliability meets a requirement. That is, when the reliability coefficient β* is used as the target reliability coefficient βt, whether the maximum displacement of the back frame of antenna is less than the displacement threshold δ0 is used to measure whether the reliability meets a requirement.
Therefore, in this embodiment, the PMA equivalence model is extended from the conventional probability model into the interval-probability uncertainty measurement model. That is, in a case that a probability requirement is met, the maximum displacement of the back frame of antenna at this time is calculated. If the maximum displacement at this time is less than the set displacement threshold, the reliability requirement is met.
Step 2: Calculate, based on an equivalence model principle and according to a displacement function of the back frame of antenna in the lightweight reliability model of back frame of phased array radar antenna, a reliability indicating that a displacement amount maximum value of the back frame of antenna does not exceed a displacement threshold, and perform a conversion operation on the reliability based on a reliability lower boundary to calculate a displacement constraint condition.
Step 2 specifically includes the following steps.
Step 21: Convert an uncertainty variable in the lightweight reliability model of back frame of phased array radar antenna into a standard normal random variable.
Specifically, for a determined cumulative probability function parameter θ*, in a process of calculating a reliability R* of the parameter, an uncertainty variable Z needs to be converted into a standard normal random variable U, and a corresponding conversion formula is:
It needs to be noted that, the reliability R* may be calculated through approximation using a First Order Second Moment (FOSM).
In this embodiment, a calculation formula of the reliability is:
It needs to be noted that, the reliability coefficient β* is determined by a certainty parameter(s).
Step 22: Equivalently replace a reliability coefficient β* of a reliability R* with a reliability coefficient lower boundary βl.
Specifically, to ensure that a deformation amount of the back frame of phased array radar antenna does not exceed a maximum requirement deformation amount, the reliability coefficient lower boundary βl is generally used to equivalently replace the reliability coefficient β* to describe the reliability R*. If a minimum value (the reliability coefficient lower boundary βl) of the reliability coefficient meets its requirement, the system is definitely safe. A calculation formula corresponding to the reliability coefficient lower boundary βl is:
It needs to be noted that, the reliability coefficient lower boundary βl is determined by an uncertainty parameter.
Step 23: Calculate the displacement constraint condition corresponding to an index lower boundary of the displacement function based on an equivalently replaced reliability R*.
A person skilled in the art can understand that a displacement function measure index δP corresponding to the displacement function δ(·) is also an interval, that is, δP∈[δPl, δPu]. Based on the same reason, a displacement function index lower boundary δPl is used to equivalently replace a displacement condition in the reliability R*, and a corresponding calculation formula is:
To better describe the interval parameter θ, the interval parameter θ is converted into a standard interval variable Y, and a corresponding calculation formula is:
Therefore, the displacement constraint condition in the reliability R* may be converted into:
Further, the standard interval variable Y is approximately rewritten by using a hyperparameter convex model, and a calculation formula of the rewritten approximated variable is:
When p=2, the hyperparameter convex model is degraded into an ordinary elliptical convex model. When p→∞, the hyperparameter convex model can accurately describe the standard interval variable Y∈[−1, 1]. When 2<p<∞, the hyperparameter convex model expresses a rounded square, and when a value of p is larger, the model can more accurately describe the standard interval variable Y∈[−1,1].
Therefore, a calculation formula corresponding to the displacement constraint condition is:
Step 3: Perform a Lagrangian transformation on the displacement constraint condition G (U, Y), calculate a maximum probability failure point of a displacement constraint condition after the Lagrangian transformation under a preset condition by using an iterative operation, and calculate an optimal solution of the back frame lightweight reliability model according to the calculated maximum probability failure point, to determine a phased array radar antenna lightweight reliability parameter. The preset condition is one of a first condition and a second condition:
In the formula, ∥ ∥2 is the second norm of the vector, ∥·∥p is the p norm operation of the vector, and (U*, Y*) is a maximum probability failure point.
Step 31: Calculate initial design parameter(s) of the back frame of phased array radar antenna in a certainty parameter.
Specifically, seeking the solution of the displacement constraint condition G (U, Y) is to obtain a maximum probability failure point of a design point. However, at the very start, there is no corresponding design point. Therefore, the maximum probability failure point is not obtained. Therefore, at this time, the maximum probability failure point is set to a 0 vector, and then an optimization model is solved to obtain an initial design parameter [d(0), μX(0)].
Step 32: When the preset condition is the first condition, determine a first KKT condition corresponding maximum probability failure point according to the first condition and a displacement constraint condition after the Lagrangian transformation, and perform an equivalence transformation on the back frame lightweight reliability model according to the first KKT condition, to calculate the maximum probability failure point. A calculation formula of a maximum probability failure point that meets the first condition is:
Specifically, the foregoing Lagrangian function is:
When the first condition is met, a maximum probability failure point (U*, Y*) needs to meet the following first KKT condition:
That is, the first KKT condition may be rewritten as:
A second norm operation is performed on the foregoing two space gradients to obtain the first Lagrangian multiplier 11, and a corresponding calculation formula is:
According to the calculated first Lagrangian multiplier λ1, a first conversion KKT condition that a maximum probability failure point needs to meet in a solving process of the displacement constraint condition G (U, Y) is obtained, and a corresponding calculation formula is:
An equivalent single cycle model obtained by performing the equivalence transformation on the back frame lightweight reliability model may be calculated according to the first conversion KKT condition, and a corresponding calculation formula is:
A continuously updated maximum probability failure point may be obtained through calculation, and a corresponding calculation formula is:
Step 33: When the preset condition is the second condition, determine a second KKT condition corresponding to a maximum probability failure point according to the second condition and the displacement constraint condition after the Lagrangian transformation, and perform the equivalence transformation on the back frame lightweight reliability model according to the second KKT condition, to calculate maximum probability failure point.
Specifically, for the foregoing maximum probability failure point (U*, Y*) corresponding to the first condition, a necessary and sufficient condition for enabling a second coordinate Y* to be a minimum value in the standard interval variable Y is that a Hessian matrix ∇Y2G(U*, Y*) is a positive definite matrix.
Therefore, when the first condition is not met but the second condition is met, a maximum probability failure point (U*, Y*) needs to meet the following second KKT condition:
That is, the second KKT condition may be rewritten as:
It needs to be noted that, values of the first Lagrangian multiplier λ1 and the second Lagrangian multiplier λ2 in this embodiment are greater than or equal to 0.
Therefore, a second norm operation is performed to obtain the first Lagrangian multiplier λ1, and a corresponding calculation formula is:
The second Lagrangian multiplier may be calculated based on the second KKT condition and the obtained first Lagrangian multiplier λ1, and a corresponding calculation formula is:
Absolute values and pth/(p−1)th powers are calculated on two sides of the foregoing formula to obtain:
A calculation formula is:
Therefore, the second Lagrangian multiplier 12 may be calculated:
In this case, a second conversion KKT condition corresponding to the second KKT condition is:
An equivalent single cycle model obtained by performing the equivalence transformation on the back frame lightweight reliability model may be calculated according to the second conversion KKT condition, and a corresponding calculation formula is:
A continuously updated maximum probability failure point may be obtained through calculation, and a corresponding calculation formula is:
Step 34: Calculate a solution of a certainty model part in the back frame lightweight reliability model according to the calculated maximum probability failure point, wherein the solution is denoted as the optimal solution of the back frame lightweight reliability model. A calculation formula of the certainty model part in the back frame lightweight reliability model is:
Further, said step 3 further includes:
To verify the foregoing lightweight method in this embodiment, as shown in
Uncertainties (for example, a shell thickness, an installation error, a wind load direction, and an environmental temperature) are measured for existing sample data, to obtain a cumulative distribution density function corresponding to the sample data, as shown in Table 1.
It is set that: model parameter Rt=0.99, the displacement threshold 80=2.5, and the corresponding back frame lightweight reliability model is:
Subsequently, a single cycle method provided in the present application is used to solve the foregoing lightweight model and finally obtain a group of optimal solutions. As shown in
The technical solution of the present application is described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The present application provides a lightweight method for a back frame of phased array radar antenna, including: step 1: establishing a lightweight reliability model of back frame of phased array radar antenna based on measured parameters of a back frame of phased array radar antenna and by using an interval-probability uncertainty measurement model; step 2: calculating, based on an equivalence model principle and according to a displacement function of the back frame of antenna in the lightweight reliability model of back frame of phased array radar antenna, a reliability that a displacement amount maximum value of the back frame of antenna does not exceed a displacement threshold, and performing a conversion operation on the reliability based on a reliability lower boundary to calculate a displacement constraint condition; and step 3: performing a Lagrangian transformation on the displacement constraint condition, calculating a maximum probability failure point of a displacement constraint condition after the Lagrangian transformation under a preset condition by using an iterative operation, and calculating an optimal solution of the back frame lightweight reliability model according to the maximum probability failure point, to determine a phased array radar antenna lightweight reliability parameter. Through the technical solution in the present application, structural reliability of a back frame of phased array radar antenna is measured and optimized by using an interval-probability uncertainty measurement model, using a minimum total weight of a back frame as a target function, and using limited samples. The problem that it is difficult to obtain an accurate probability model of a back frame of phased array radar antenna is resolved, thereby greatly reducing a calculation amount in a reliability optimization process.
According to an actual requirement, the steps in the present application may be rearranged, combined or deleted.
According to an actual requirement, the units of the apparatus in the present application may be combined, divided or deleted.
Although the present application is disclosed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that these descriptions are merely exemplary but are not intended to limit the application of the present application. The protection scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims, and may include various variations, modifications, and equivalent solutions made to the invention without departing from the protection scope and spirit of the present application.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202110831603.6 | Jul 2021 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/088417 | 4/22/2022 | WO |