VentureStar… reaping the benefits of the X-33 program

Major X-33 flight hardware has been delivered, and assembly of the vehicle is well underway in anticipation of its flight test program commencing in the summer of 1999. Attention has now turned to the operational VentureStar^TM, the first single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) reusable launch vehicle. Activities are grouped under two broad categories: (1) vehicle development and (2) market/business planning, each of which is discussed. The mission concept is presented for direct payload delivery to the International Space Station and to low Earth orbit, as well as payload delivery with an upper stage to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) and other high energy orbits. System requirements include flight segment and ground segment. Vehicle system sizing and design status is provided including the application of X-33 traceability and lessons learned. Technology applications to the VentureStar^TM are described including the structure, propellant tanks, thermal protection system, aerodynamics, subsystems, payload bay and propulsion. Developing a market driven low cost launch services system for the 21st Century requires traditional and non-traditional ways of being able to forecast the evolution of the potential market. The challenge is balancing both the technical and financial assumptions of the market. This involves the need to provide a capability to meet market segments that in some cases are very speculative, while at the same time providing the financial community with a credible revenue stream. Furthermore, the market derived requirements need to be assessed so as not to impose unnecessary requirements on the vehicle design that add unreasonable cost to the development of the system, yet provides the right capabilities for new markets that could be triggered by dramatically lower space transportation prices.     

带充液腔的自旋卫星稳定性问题

本文应用Pfeiffer的思想讨论带轴对称充液腔的卫星系统自旋稳定性。本方法的基本思想为将轴对称腔内的液体旋度平均化,使之与空间位置无关,由此将液体的无限自由度问题离散化为有限自由度问题,从而用线性理论讨论系统的自旋稳定性。用这方法,本文讨论了带充液腔的非轴对称卫星系统、带充液腔的双自旋卫星系统的自旋稳定性,给出了它们的自旋稳定性判据。此外,本文还给出了一些带有不同形状腔体的卫星系统自旋稳定域图,为实际工程设计人员提供理论参考。     

空间微重力条件下碲镉汞晶体的布里支曼生长

在中国返回式卫星上进行了一台双温区空间晶体生长炉的搭载试验，成功地实现了空间微重力条件下碲镉汞晶体的布里支曼生长，取得了一些有意义的结果。文章介绍了这种晶体炉的设计和空间试验的过程；分析了回收样品的主要测试结果；并对空间材料加工装置的设计和一些相关工艺问题进行了讨论     

经纬仪水平测角误差的谱分析

分析了经纬仪水平测角时的误差组成，为了更精细地分离各误差成份提出了 谱分析法，并对引起测角误差的主要分量进行了误差修正。实际测量数据的分析表明，该方 法与传统的一次水平测角极限误差相比，可以获取更详细的误差，并可大大减小经纬仪使用时的测量不确定度。     

Prompt effects of solar wind variations on the inner magnetosphere and midlatitude ionosphere

It is well known that the solar wind can significantly affect high-latitude ionospheric dynamics. However, the effects of the solar wind on the middle- and low-latitude ionosphere are much less studied. In this paper, we report observations that large perturbations in the middle- and low-latitude ionosphere are well correlated with solar wind variations. In one event, a significant (20–30%) decrease of the midlatitude ionospheric electron density over a large latitudinal range was related to a sudden drop in the solar wind pressure and a northward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field, and the density decrease became larger at lower latitudes. In another event, periodic perturbations in the dayside equatorial ionospheric E × B drift and electrojet were closely associated with variations in the interplanetary electric field. Since the solar wind is always changing with time, it can be a very important and common source of ionospheric perturbations at middle- and low-latitudes. The relationship between solar wind variations and significant ionospheric perturbations has important applications in space weather.     

扭叶片型面在线检测的研究

以汽轮机700mm扭叶片为对象,在XK5040数控机床上,进行了型面误差在线检测的研究。     

悬索桥的风致振动分析

系统分析悬索桥的颤振稳定性，抖振响应和涡激共振，以Ｓｃａｎｌａｎ Ｒ Ｈ提出的分离流三维颤抖振理论和半经验非线性涡激力假设为基础，分别用频域和时域方法，建立气动弹性模型。频域中用Ｖ－ｇ法和统计方法求解颤抖振。时域中用根轨迹法确定颤振，用求解Ｌｙａｐｕｎｏｖ矩阵方程的方法确定抖振响应，通过对实际悬索桥的分析，两种方法得到了比较一致的结果。     

地中式混凝土油罐的数值模拟

对正在开展的战略石油储备,提出用地中预应力混凝土罐进行石油储存.应用结构分析软件ANSYS对巨型混凝土单壁罐和双壁罐进行弹性分析,指出罐壁环向应力几乎全部由温度荷载造成,罐壁温度场和温度应力具有明显时间性,储油初期罐壁温差最大,96?h后罐壁顶部拉应力达到最大;设置中间保温层后,内罐应力减小,外罐应力增大,应对内、外罐连接支墩做特殊设计,以满足罐壁温度变形.     

离散事件动态系统的GSMP模型及扰动分析

对离散事件动态系统（ＤＥＤＳ）的仿真过程建立了包含中断事件集和驱动事件集的广义半马尔可夫过程（ＧＳＭＰ）模型，对参数的无穷小扰动所引起的系统状态转移时刻进行了扰动分析，最后，讨论了扰动分析所需要的可变换条件和样本性能函数的关系，并提出值得进一步研究的问题。