Loran data modulation: extensions and examples

Loran has provided navigation service since 1958. Though not originally designed with data broadcast capabilities, Loran's versatility has enabled data to be broadcast with great benefits. Research in the last two decades has resulted in a tremendous increase in the data capacity of Loran thereby increasing its utility. Currently, a modernized Loran is being evaluated for its capability to backup GPS and data modulation is an integral part of this Loran design. This paper details some recent Loran modulation designs and ideas.     

适用于小型公司的 ISO 9000 质量管理系统(英文)

ＩＳＯ９０００质量管理系统往往存在一种神秘性。一般认为它只适用于大型公司，对小型公司而言，该系统实在是太昂贵了，本文澄清了这种错误的想法，并说明了ＩＳＯ９０００系统内在之属性事实上是灵活的，不论任何行业的小型公司均可适用。此外，它亦指出了认证审核员和质量管理顾问应对那些易犯的错误提高警觉。     

Innovations in mission architectures for exploration beyond low Earth orbit

Through the application of advanced technologies and mission concepts, architectures for missions beyond Earth orbit have been dramatically simplified. These concepts enable a stepping stone approach to science driven; technology enabled human and robotic exploration. Numbers and masses of vehicles required are greatly reduced, yet the pursuit of a broader range of science objectives is enabled. The scope of human missions considered range from the assembly and maintenance of large aperture telescopes for emplacement at the Sun-Earth libration point L2, to human missions to asteroids, the moon and Mars. The vehicle designs are developed for proof of concept, to validate mission approaches and understand the value of new technologies. The stepping stone approach employs an incremental buildup of capabilities, which allows for future decision points on exploration objectives. It enables testing of technologies to achieve greater reliability and understanding of costs for the next steps in exploration.     

Broadband passive acoustic technique for target motion parameterestimation

A nonlinear least-squares method is formulated to estimate the motion parameters of a target whose broadband acoustic energy emissions are received by a ground-based array of sensors. This passive technique is applied to real acoustic sensor data recorded during the passage of a variety of ground vehicles past a planar cross array and its effectiveness verified by comparing the results with the actual values of the target motion parameters. The technique cam also be applied to airborne targets     

Strategies of developing advanced lunar power systems

Electric and thermal power have to be available at the base site on the lunar surface before the first lunar crew arrives. Unlimited solar energy is available during the lunar day, but this must be stored for use during the lunar night unless nuclear energy systems are available. State-of-the-art candidate systems are reviewed and the production of solar cells on the moon is discussed. Various options for developing a lunar power plant are proposed. These must be simulated and optimized in a real life-cycle systems scenario to provide operations and cost data essential for choosing a strategy.     

底部燃烧减阻风洞实验技术研究

本文介绍使用氢和碳氢化合物进行底部燃烧减阻及尾迹燃烧流场研究的实验技术,并给出若干典型结果。     

Aircraft flight parameter estimation using acoustic multipath delays

The signal emitted by an airborne acoustic source arrives at a stationary sensor located above a flat ground via a direct path and a ground-reflected path. The difference in the times of arrival of the direct path and ground-reflected path signal components, referred to as the multipath delay, provides an instantaneous estimate of the elevation angle of the source. A model is developed to predict the variation with time of the multipath delay for a jet aircraft or other broadband acoustic source in level flight with constant velocity over a hard ground. Based on this model, two methods are formulated to estimate the speed and altitude of the aircraft Both methods require the estimation of the multipath delay as a function of time. The methods differ only in the way the multipath delay is estimated; the first method uses the autocorrelation function, and the second uses the cepstrum, of the sensor output over a short time interval. The performances of both methods are evaluated and compared using real acoustic data. The second method provides the most precise aircraft speed and altitude estimates as compared with the first and two other existing methods.     

Sliding-mode controller design for spacecraft attitude trackingmaneuvers

A robust sliding-mode control law that deals with spacecraft attitude tracking problems is presented. Two important natural properties related to the spacecraft model of motion are discussed. It is shown that by using these properties and the second method of Lyapunov theory, the system stability in the sliding mode can be easily achieved. The success of the sliding-mode controller and its robustness relating to uncertainties are illustrated by an example of multiaxial attitude tracking maneuvers     

固体燃料底部排气空气动力研究

本文介绍固体燃料底部排气燃烧空气动力理论及实验研究的若干结果。给出喷射参数、来流M数、模型船尾角、船尾长、排气口直径、模型转速等参数对底排减阻率的影响。提出了一种可用于固体燃料底排条件下的底压解析计算方法。