Research on Real-time Monitoring of Launch Vehicle Deformation Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor

Abstract

To solve the problem that the curvature information of the large flexible rocket body affects the attitude control of the rocket body, a shape reconstruction method based on optical fiber strain sensing is proposed in this paper, which can measure the bow deformation and vibration state of the rocket in real time as the input data for adjusting the attitude control of the rocket. In this scheme, the dynamics of flexible rocket can be solved stably and quickly. In order to verify the reconstruction method, the beam model was used as the experimental analysis object, and the vibration information such as deformation of the beam model was identified through the strain value measured by fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors. The results show that the deformation reconstruction method can well restore the deformation and rotation angle of the beam system and has good stability and real-time performance. This method can provide a theoretical basis for the real-time deformation calculation and high-precision attitude control of future flexible launch vehicle.