Patents by Inventor Zhentao NIE

Zhentao NIE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11286065
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for designing a reentry trajectory based on flight path angle planning, including the following steps: S1. extracting an actual operating parameter of an aircraft, setting a maximum dynamic pressure qmax a maximum stagnation point heat flux {dot over (Q)}max, and a maximum overload nmax according to a mission requirement, and solving for a velocity-height boundary of a reentry trajectory; S2. solving for a reentry trajectory in an initial descent stage according to differential equations of reentry motion, and setting up a flight-path-angle lower limit ?min(V) according to the reentry trajectory in the initial descent stage, the velocity-height boundary, and a target point in a velocity-height phase plane; and S3. planning, based on the flight-path-angle lower limit ?min(V), a flight path angle satisfying terminal constraints, and calculating a corresponding bank angle to obtain a reentry trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenya Zhou, Yutao Wang, Hongtu Ma, Hongbo Chen, Zhentao Nie, Yongyuan Li
  • Patent number: 11079239
    Abstract: A method for directly planning a reentry trajectory in a height-velocity profile includes the following steps: S1, extracting an actual working parameter of an aircraft, setting the maximum value {dot over (Q)}max of a stagnation point heat flux, the maximum value qmax of dynamic pressure, and the maximum value nmax of overload according to the mission requirement, and solving the height-velocity boundary of the reentry trajectory, that is, a lower boundary of the reentry trajectory in the height-velocity profile; S2, solving a reentry trajectory of an initial descent stage according to differential equations of reentry motion, and determining a starting point of a trajectory of a gliding stage according to the trajectory of the initial descent stage; and S3, planning a trajectory in the height-velocity profile satisfying terminal constraints based on the lower boundary in the height-velocity profile, and calculating a corresponding bank angle, to obtain the reentry trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenya Zhou, Zhentao Nie, Feng Yang, Kai Liu, Guanjun Wang, Zhe Li, Honggang Xu, Feixiong Gao
  • Publication number: 20210164783
    Abstract: A method for directly planning a reentry trajectory in a height-velocity profile includes the following steps: S1, extracting an actual working parameter of an aircraft, setting the maximum value {dot over (Q)}max of a stagnation point heat flux, the maximum value qmax of dynamic pressure, and the maximum value nmax of overload according to the mission requirement, and solving the height-velocity boundary of the reentry trajectory, that is, a lower boundary of the reentry trajectory in the height-velocity profile; S2, solving a reentry trajectory of an initial descent stage according to differential equations of reentry motion, and determining a starting point of a trajectory of a gliding stage according to the trajectory of the initial descent stage; and S3, planning a trajectory in the height-velocity profile satisfying terminal constraints based on the lower boundary in the height-velocity profile, and calculating a corresponding bank angle, to obtain the reentry trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenya ZHOU, Zhentao NIE, Feng YANG, Kai LIU, Guanjun WANG, Zhe LI, Honggang XU, Feixiong GAO
  • Publication number: 20210086921
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for designing a reentry trajectory based on flight path angle planning, including the following steps: S1. extracting an actual operating parameter of an aircraft, setting a maximum dynamic pressure nmax a maximum stagnation point heat flux {dot over (Q)}max, and a maximum overload nmax according to a mission requirement, and solving for a velocity-height boundary of a reentry trajectory; S2. solving for a reentry trajectory in an initial descent stage according to differential equations of reentry motion, and setting up a flight-path-angle lower limit ?min(V) according to the reentry trajectory in the initial descent stage, the velocity-height boundary, and a target point in a velocity-height phase plane; and S3. planning, based on the flight-path-angle lower limit ?min(V), a flight path angle satisfying terminal constraints, and calculating a corresponding bank angle to obtain a reentry trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wenya ZHOU, Yutao WANG, Hongtu MA, Hongbo CHEN, Zhentao NIE, Yongyuan LI