Psychomotor performance during a 28 day head-down tilt with and without lower body negative pressure

Several factors may affect psychomotor performance in space: sensory-motor changes, sleep disturbances, psychological modifications induced by the social isolation and confinement. However, psychomotor performance is difficult to assess. A battery of standardized and computerized tests, so-called "Automated Portable Test System" (APTS) was devised to ascertain the cognitive, perceptive and motor abilities and their possible fluctuations according to environmental effects. Antiorthostatic bedrest, often used to simulate weightlessness, (particularly cardiovascular modifications) also constitutes a situation of social confinement and isolation. During two bedrest experiments (with head-down tilt of -6 degrees) of 28 days each, we intended to assess psychomotor performance of 6 males so as to determine whether: on the one hand, it could be altered by remaining in decubitus; on the other, the Lower Body Negative Pressure sessions, designed to prevent orthostatic intolerance back on Earth, could improve the performance. To accomplish this, part of the APTS tests as well as an automated perceptive attention test were performed. No downgrading of psychomotor performance was observed. On the contrary, the tasks were more accurately performed over time. In order to assess the experimental conditions on the acquisition phase, the learning curves were modelled. A beneficial effect of the LBNP sessions on simple tests involving the visual-motor coordination and attention faculties can only be regarded as a mere trend. Methods used in this experiment are also discussed.     

BTT导弹自动驾驶仪多变量频域设计方法

本文用多变量频域理论中的逆奈奎斯特阵列法设计某型ＢＴＴ导弹自动驾驶仪，首先建立ＢＴＴ导弹控制系统模型，并在某特征点设计驾驶仪的预补偿器、主控制器和反馈增益阵，而后在最严峻的激励作用下，对设计的驾驶仪进行非线性仿真，结果表明：导弹跟踪性能良好；补偿后俯仰一偏航通道间的耦合作用明显降低。设计方法物理概念清晰，易于工程实现。     

飞行器再入段最优自适应积分滑模姿态控制

针对飞行器再入段的姿态跟踪控制问题,提出了一种最优自适应积分滑模控制(Optimal Adaptive Integral Sliding Mode Control, OAISMC)方法。首先针对飞行器的标称模型设计了基于状态相依黎卡提方程(State Dependent Riccati Equation, SDRE)的姿态控制器,使标称系统的性能满足提出的最优指标。然后,考虑系统的不确定性和外部干扰,在SDRE标称控制器的基础上设计积分滑模姿态控制方法,使系统在满足性能指标要求的同时,对不确定性和干扰具有鲁棒性。进一步采用自适应方法调整切换增益,避免了对复合干扰上界的先验要求,并引入滑模干扰观测器提高系统的性能。最后,仿真结果表明,在考虑外部干扰以及气动系数和大气密度摄动的情况下,本文设计的控制方法不仅能够实现姿态跟踪、满足设计的性能指标,而且具有较好的鲁棒性。     

Research on Biolab, a multi-user facility for APM

A study carried out by a team of seven scientists appointed by ESA resulted in the design of a biological laboratory "Biolab" for Columbus APM. The basis for the study were four pre-Phase A studies performed by industry on the assumption that 15 racks would be available to biology and biotechnology in the APM. Due to the constraints newly imposed by the Columbus project, only five racks are now allocated. The tasks of the Biolab scientific team were: (i) to define the scientific objectives of biological research in Columbus; (ii) to review the requirements of the industrial studies; and (iii) to design a multi-purpose facility compatible with the present constraints and satisfying the requirements of the biological investigations considered in the four studies. The Biolab team was able to define a facility capable of accommodating in five racks the following biological objects: small plants (up to 40 cm), insects like drosophila, frog eggs, single cells from animals, bacteria, slime molds and protozoa, as well as human physiology, but restricted to general diagnostic needs. The Biolab facility includes instruments and devices providing the capacity of holding and/or growing the organisms as well as to perform basic experimentation and a minimum essential diagnostic inflight. Within the growth unit the growth chambers/incubators are exchangeable, permitting the use of growth chambers of different sizes. The temperature will be adjustable to the requirements of the objects under investigation, i.e. either 20 or 37 degrees C. Thus a considerable level of flexibility will permit to investigate a broad spectrum of living systems.     

深空机动对运载火箭发射火星探测轨道研究

为解决长征(LM)运载火箭发射火星探测器转移轨道时，因低温入轨级最长允许滑行时间及测控限制，有效发射日期窗口亟需拓展的问题，采用主矢量理论结合序列二次规划算法(SQP)，研究了探测器深空机动(DSM)对优化运载火箭发射火星转移轨道的作用。在发射直接转移火星探测轨道算法基础上，重点研究了包含引力影响球(SOI)内近地及近火飞行段后，采用主矢量获取深空机动最优猜测初值的分析算法，通过直接使用探测器近火点目标轨道参数优化运载火箭发射轨道，研究对比不同优化目标及设计约束下深空机动的分析结果，证实深空机动对降低转移轨道总发射能量需求、拓展发射日期窗口的高效性；该算法已应用于工程设计。     

Effects of long-duration space flight on target acquisition

The purpose of the study was to explore the effects of long-duration space flight on the acquisition of specific visual targets in the horizontal plane. Seven cosmonauts (4 high performance pilots and 3 non-pilots) who had flown between 186–198 days on Mir served as subjects. Baseline testing was performed 4 times prior to launch and 4 times following landing at different intervals totrack recovery. During testing the subjects were required to acquire targets that were randomly presented with both a head and eye movement using a time optimal strategy. Prior to flight two unique head movement strategies, related primarily to piloting experience, were used for target acquisition. Non-pilots employed a Type-I strategy consisting of high velocity head movements with large peak amplitudes, while high performance pilots used primarily low velocity, small amplitude head movements (Type-II) to acquire the targets (p<0.02). For both strategies peak head velocities increased as the angular distance to the target increased (p<0.01) resulting in greater discrimination between strategies for the 60° targets. While preflight eye velocity between strategies did not reach statistical significance, postflight testing revealed a decrease in eye velocity for Type-I compared with their preflight performance (p<0.02) for the 60° targets. Postflight, the Type-I group showed a decrease in head velocity (p<0.20) while the Type-II group compensated by increasing head velocity (p<0.02). Variability for both of the head and eye parameters tended to increase postflight for both types of strategies.     

An information fusion algorithm for integrated autonomous orbit determination of navigation satellites

This paper focuses on the information fusion problem of integrated autonomous orbit determination using the observations from inter-satellite-link (ISL), X-ray pulsars and star sensors. A step Kalman filter structure is proposed to solve the information fusion problem of multiple subsystems that have greatly different filtering precision. The subsystems are grouped according to their measurement accuracy and the state parameters and covariance matrix of a group can be calculated using the federated filter structure and propagated to the next group step-by-step. Simulation results show that the mean user range error (URE) of the constellation will be less than 1.5 m in 60 days using the step Kalman filter structure for information fusion. And it has better performance than the federated structure in dealing with information fusion of the astronomical observations and the ISL ranging measurements in integrated autonomous orbit determination.     

燃气蒸汽式发射系统内弹道若干问题研究

通过对燃气蒸汽式发射动力系统的研究，总结出影响内弹道计算精度的若干因素，并就其中几个影响较大的问题进行了详细的分析，开发研制出了一套用于预估内弹道性能的系统化程序。通过实验数据的比较，验证了适用于内弹道计算的数学物理模型，为燃气蒸汽式发射系统设计提供参考依据。     

Motion and transport of solar cosmic rays in heliospheric traps: The event on January 28–31, 2001

The results of studying the enhancement of solar cosmic ray fluxes on January 28?C31, 2001 in a wide energy range are presented using the ACE spacecraft data. A comparative analysis of temporal variations of the fluxes of charged particles and of the interplanetary medium parameters (interplanetary magnetic field and solar wind) has been performed on the basis of the ??reflection?? model of motion, accumulation, and modulation of cosmic rays. It is shown that a magnetic trap for solar cosmic rays was created by a plasma stream and flare ejection from an active region in the western part of the solar disk. Particles of low energies (<10 MeV) were captured inside the trap; the dispersion of distribution of particles with different energies inside the trap being determined by its complicated magnetic structure. The power-low dependence of the time of maximum for the flux of particles on their energy is found, and softer energy spectrum inside the trap is explained.     

基于拉格朗日方法的通气云状空泡三维非定常脱落特性研究

采用均相流模型并结合FBM湍流模型,对绕轴对称回转体通气云状空泡流动特性进行了三维数值模拟,基于实验结果对数值方法进行验证,同时利用基于拉格朗日体系的有限时间李雅普诺夫指数(FTLE)、拉格朗日拟序结构(LCS)和粒子追踪方法分析了其三维非定常脱落特性。研究结果表明:纵截面上空泡覆盖区域的拉格朗日拟序结构整体呈椭球状分布,内部为不规律的复杂拟序结构;不同横截面上拟序结构分布存在很大差异。空泡内部的非对称流动结构和周向流动导致空泡呈现很强的三维运动特性。反向射流在周向上推进的不同步性,是造成空泡呈现不规则断裂和大尺度U型空泡团脱落的主要原因。     

基于ProE的航天器三维屏蔽与辐射剂量评估方法研究

为准确评估结构异常复杂的航天器内部遭遇的辐射剂量,本文将直线近似原理和ProE工程软件相结合,自主开发了一种新型的航天器三维屏蔽与辐射剂量评估方法。利用本方法对立方体、球、平板等简单几何体内部的屏蔽厚度和辐射剂量进行了分析计算,计算结果表明基于ProE的三维屏蔽与辐射剂量计算方法是可靠的。结构复杂程度相当于中等规模航天器的模型计算结果表明,本方法能够较高效的分析评估复杂航天器内部遭遇的屏蔽厚度和辐射剂量。
     

Experimental and theoretical burning of solid rocket propellants near the pressure deflagration limit

Burning of composite solid rocket propellants near the pressure deflagration limit (PDL) was studied experimentally in two different test chambers. The propellant tested was a nonmetallized ammonium perchlorate-based composite propellant (AP 84/CTPB 16). Measurements were taken of the regression rate, oscillations frequency and flame luminosity. Self-sustained oscillations were detected near the PDL that matched reasonably well the predictions of the analytical nonlinear stability theory and of the numerically solved nonlinear mathematical model. Both experimental and numerical results show the burning rate oscillations near the PDL due to statically unstable burning, that is the only combustion regime possible below a certain pressure. When pressure is further reduced the amplitude of the oscillations increases and their frequency decreases, until extinction follows abruptly below a pressure that corresponds to the PDL.     

一种高超声速稀薄流激波干扰气动热测量技术

针对高超声速稀薄来流条件下的激波干扰气动热测量问题,设计了一种适用长时间、中低热流量值(5~500 kW/m2)的带封装结构的量热计,采用空气隔热设计方式降低其侧向传热,实现了有效一维传热,延长了测试时间;并通过热流传感器标定试验,实现了热流高精度测量。为验证量热计的测量性能,开展了地面标定实验和基于双锥模型的高超声速低密度风洞激波/边界层干扰实验(M10和M12),量热计与同轴热电偶的测量结果进行对比分析。研究结果表明,本文所设计的量热计适用于稀薄来流条件下激波干扰引起的复杂气动热问题的热流测量。相比于同轴热电偶,量热计响应时间较慢,但对于较大热流,由于极大减轻了侧向传热的影响,测量精度较高。同轴热电偶对低量值热流(5~20 kW/m2)的测量性能较好,信噪比(SNR)较高。研究成果为开展高超声速低密度风洞稀薄流激波干扰气动热试验研究提供支撑。     

Eigen Ultra-Low-Frequency Magnetosonic Oscillations of the Near Plasma Sheet

A critical analysis of existing theories of the magnetospheric resonator for fast magnetosonic waves is performed. A new variant of the theory is suggested, according to which the near-Earth part of the plasma sheet plays the role of the resonator. It is shown that the magnetosonic wave is locked inside this region over its entire boundaries. The eigen frequencies of resonator modes are in a good agreement with observed values (0.8, 1.3, 1.9, 2.6, 3.4, ... MHz), both when estimated in the order of magnitude and when calculated exactly in the context of a simple model.     

馈源杯圆度误差对螺旋天线电性能的影响分析

馈源阵作为星载天线的核心部件，其馈源辐射杯圆度误差显著影响天线的馈电性能，因此，探究馈源单元电性能与圆度误差的关联性极为重要。以某卫星天线馈源阵三维单馈源为例，基于几何绕射理论，将圆度误差引入方向图函数，建立了电磁耦合模型；基于FEKO电磁软件，分析了圆度误差对馈源单体最大增益、波束宽度等主要馈电性能指标的影响规律。研究结果表明，频率越大，增益与波束宽度对圆度误差越敏感。当馈源杯直径存在尺寸误差时，圆度误差导致的电性能变化与尺寸误差之间为振荡关系。文章研究工作可为探求天线制造误差与电性能的关联性提供一定的借鉴与指引。     

诱导轮对高速离心泵性能的影响分析

基于Navier-Stokes方程组和标准κ-ε湍流模型,对高速离心泵不同工况下进行了全流道数值模拟.为了验证诱导轮对高速泵性能的影响,设计两个不同的模型进行模拟,分析了泵内的压力场和速度场的变化规律,并预测出其性能曲线.分析表明,在相同流量下,诱导轮使高速泵具有更好的流动特性,可以提高泵扬程、效率.采用数值计算方法可...     

顾及不确定性分析的多数投票 SAR 影像变化检测

合成孔径雷达（Synthetic Aperture Radar，SAR）影像变化检测是遥感领域的一个重要研究方向。文章以投票法（Majority Voting，MV）为基础，提出一种全新的顾及不确定性分析的SAR影像变化检测方法（Uncertainty Analysis-based MV，UAMV）。首先选取三组典型的差分影像生成算法，生成三组互补的差分影像。然后使用模糊C均值聚类估算每组差分影像的关于变化类和未变化类的模糊隶属度函数。最后用模糊集合和信息熵理论优化MV，构建顾及不确定性分析的多数投票法，并用所构建方法融合三组差分影像的模糊隶属度函数，生成变化检测图。为验证文章方法的有效性，通过三组真实SAR影像数据进行实验分析。实验结果表明：1）通过用信息熵分析MV融合过程中的不确定性，能够显著提高MV的变化检测性能；2）与7种现有相关算法相比，UAMV方法能够取得更优的变化检测结果。该研究为SAR影像变化检测提供一种新的思路和方法。     

An inexpensive apparatus for growing photosynthetic microorganisms in exotic atmospheres

Given the need for a light source, cyanobacteria and other photosynthetic microorganisms can be difficult and expensive to grow in large quantities. Lighted growth chambers and incubators typically cost 50-100% more than standard microbiological incubators. Self-shading of cells in liquid cultures prevents the growth of dense suspensions. Growing liquid cultures on a shaker table or lighted shaker incubator achieves greater cell densities, but adds considerably to the cost. For experiments in which gases other than air are required, the cost for conventional incubators increases even more. We describe an apparatus for growing photosynthetic organisms in exotic atmospheres that can be built relatively inexpensively (approximately 100 dollars U.S.) using parts available from typical hardware or department stores (e.g., Wal-mart or K-mart). The apparatus uses microfiltered air (or other gases) to aerate, agitate, and mix liquid cultures, thus achieving very high cell densities (A750 > 3). Because gases are delivered to individual culture tubes, a variety of gas mixes can be used without the need for enclosed chambers. The apparatus works with liquid cultures of unicellular and filamentous species, and also works with agar slants.     

Effect of weightlessness on sympathetic-adrenomedullary activity of rats.

Three cosmic experiments were performed in which rats spent 18-20 days in space on board the biosatellites "COSMOS 782", "COSMOS 936" and "COSMOS 1129". The following indicators of the sympathetic-adrenomedullary system (SAS) activity were measured: tissue and plasma catecholamines (CA), CA-synthesizing enzymes--tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH), phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PNMT)--as well as CA-degrading enzymes-monoamine oxidase (MAO) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). Adrenal epinephrine (EPI) and norepinephrine (NE) as well as CA-synthesizing and degrading enzymes were not significantly changed in the animals after flight on COSMOS 782. On the other hand, a significant increase was found in heart CA, the indicator which is usually decreased after stress. 26 days after landing all values were at control levels. The results obtained, compared to our previous stress experiments on Earth, suggest that prolonged weightlessness does not appear to be a pronounced stressful stimulus for the SAS. Heart and plasma CA, mainly NE, were increased both in the group living in the state of weightlessness and the group living in a centrifuge and exposed to artificial gravitation 1 g (COSMOS 936), suggesting again that prolonged weightlessness is not an intensive stressful stimulus for the SAS. The animals exposed after space flight on COSMOS 1129 to repeated immobilization stress on Earth showed a significant decrease of adrenal EPI and an expressive increase of adrenal TH activity compared to stressed animals which were not in space. Thus, the results corroborate that prolonged state of weightlessness during space flight though not representing by itself an intensive stressful stimulus for the sympathetic-adrenomedullary system, was found to potentiate the response of "cosmic rats" to stress exposure after return to Earth.