500 m口径球面射电望远镜(Five-hundred meter aperture spherical radio telescope,FAST)馈源舱主要用于实现馈源的精调定位,馈源舱的精度控制机构即其内部的Stewart平台,根据控制方案可将馈源舱的精度分析研究简化为该Stewart平台的精度分析研究。根据馈源舱实际工况及控制方案,提出三类馈源舱定位精度主要影响因素,基于索驱动控制误差分析及舱索耦合情况,分析得到为避免舱索耦合而形成的馈源舱控制残差;考虑馈源舱的低刚度性,基于Stewart平台控制方案及结构变形分析参数,采用蒙特卡洛与区间分析方法得到结构变形造成的馈源舱定位误差;分析馈源舱实际测量手段得到测量误差,最终得到三类影响因素下馈源舱定位精度综合评估值。通过建立半物理仿真模型,使用仿真软件模拟实际工况及舱索耦合特性,以实际的馈源舱内机构为试验对象,试验验证了馈源舱精度分析的准确性,并为馈源舱后续调试及应用提供了必要的控制参数和参考。
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope(FAST) was completed with its main structure installed on September 25, 2016, after which it entered the commissioning phase. This paper aims to introduce the commissioning progress of the FAST over the past two years. To improve its operational reliability and ensure effective observation time, FAST has been equipped with a real-time information system for the active reflector system and hierarchical commissioning scheme for the feed support system, which ultimately achieves safe operation of the two systems. For meeting the high-performance indices, a highprecision measurement system was set up based on the effective control methods that were implemented for the active reflector system and feed support system. Since the commissioning of the FAST, a low-frequency ultra-wideband receiver and 19-beam1.05-1.45 GHz receiver have been mainly used. Telescope efficiency, pointing accuracy, and system noise temperature were completely tested and ultimately achieved the acceptance indices of the telescope. The FAST has been in the process of national acceptance preparations and has begun to search for pulsars. In the future, it will still strive to improve its capabilities and expand its application prospects.
A Stewart platform is introduced in thc 500 m aperture spherical radio telescope（FAST） as an accuracy adjustable mechanism for teed receivers. Accuracy analysis is the basis of accuracy design. However, a rapid and effective accuracy analysis method for parallel manipulator is still needed. In order to enhance solution efficiency, an interval analysis method（lA method） is introduced to solve the terminal error bound of the Stewart platform with detailed solution path. Taking a terminal pose of the Stewart platform in FAST as an example, the terminal error is solved by the Monte Carlo method（MC method） by 4 980 s, the stochastic mathematical method（SM method） by 0.078 s, and the IA method by 2.203 s. Compared with MC method, the terminal error by SM method leads a 20% underestimate while the IA method can envelop the real error bound of the Stewart platform. This indicates that the IA method outperforms the other two methods by providing quick calculations and enveloping the real error bound of the Stewart platform. According to the given structural error of the dimension parameters of the Stewart platform, the IA method gives a maximum position error of 19.91 mm and maximum orientation error of 0.534°, which suggests that the IA method can be used for accuracy design of the Stewart platfbnn in FAST. The 1A method presented is a rapid and effective accuracy analysis method for Stewart platform.
