Development and performance evaluation of tropospheric scintillation model on Ku-band satellite link over Akure,Nigeria

Existing amplitude scintillation prediction models often perform less satisfactorily when deployed outside the regions where they were formulated. This necessitates the need to evaluate the performance of scintillation models developed in one region using data data from other regions while documenting their relative errors. Due to its variation with elevation angle, frequency, other link parameters and meteorological factors, we employed three years (January 2016 to December 2018) of concurrently measured satellite radio beacons and tropospheric weather parameters to develop a location-based amplitude scintillation prediction model over the Earth-space path of Akure (7.17^oN, 5.18^oE), South-western Nigeria. The satellite beacon measurement used Tektronix Y400 NetTek Analyzer at 1 s integration time while meteorological parameters, namely; temperature, pressure and relative humidity were measured using Davis Vantage Vue weather station at 1 min integration time. Comparative study of the model’s performance with nine (9) existing scintillation prediction models indicates that the best and worst performing models, in terms of root mean square error (RMSE), are the Statistical Temperature and Refractivity (STN) and direct physical and statistical prediction (DPSP) models with values 11.48 and 51.03 respectively. Also, worst month analysis indicates that April, with respective enhancement and fade values of 0.88 and 0.90 dB for 0.01% exceedance, is the overall worst calendar month for amplitude scintillation.     

Excavation of artificial caverns inside asteroids by leveraging rotational self-energy

Future space ventures will likely require exploitation of near-Earth asteroid resources. Moreover, it can be envisaged that asteroids may host habitats in their interiors. In fact, a cavern inside an asteroid would be a natural radiation shield against cosmic radiation and may also serve as a confined environment for storage of mined material such as water ice or other processed volatiles such as propellants. To this end, this paper proposes to leverage the asteroid rotational self-energy to remove material from the asteroid interiors and create a spherical cavern, by means of the orbital siphon concept. The siphon is a chain of tether-connected payload masses (the asteroid material), which exploits the rotation of the asteroid for the delivery of mass from the asteroid to escape. Under certain conditions the siphon can be initiated to ensure self-sustained flow of mass from the asteroid to escape. A net orbital siphon effect is generated by connecting new payloads at the bottom of the chain while releasing the upper payloads. Key parameters are discussed, such as the required siphon dimension and the maximum size of the internal cavity that can be excavated, as a function of the asteroid rotational period. Moreover, assuming elastic material behaviour, a closed-form expression for the stress tensor is found and a failure criterion is used to identify regions in the asteroid interiors subjected to the larger stresses. It is shown that the conditions for failure are relaxed as the radius of the internal void increases.     

任意波发生器静态特性的评价

介绍了任意波发生器的主要静态特性指标、校准方法及实现过程。通过一组实验．获得了实际校准结果，并对校准中需要注意的问题进行了讨论。所述方法涉及的静态特性内容比较全面。具有足够的测量准确度、分辨力和稳定性。可用于任意波发生器的静态指标评价和计量。     

对策论在雷达电子战效能评估中的应用

介绍了对策论的基本内容和分析方法,包括对策论所涉及问题的要素和分类.指出了对策论在雷达电子战效能评估中应用的可行性和必要性.分析了电子对抗博弈双方采取不同对抗技术措施的得益矩阵,并在此得益矩阵的基础上,重点研究了对策论在电子对抗效能评估过程中的应用.     

飞机选型的模糊评判

本文把模糊数学的模糊变换原理用于购买新机型的评判。给出了各评判指标的定义和隶属度:并按 Saatz 的二元对比标度确定各指标的重要度;以及模糊变换的计算方法和应用举例。     

历经十年寿命试验的消旋天线机构轴承的可靠性分析

解决了一个计算可靠性问题的特例。分析了消旋天线机构轴承历经10年寿命试验的可靠性问题。并给出了轴承在不同可靠寿命要求下的可靠度(对应不同置信度)。     

变轨发动机不等量截尾试验可靠度评估

对于可靠度要求极高和任务时间以小时计的变轨发动机来说，目前广泛采用以铌合金为材料并喷涂以抗高温氧化涂层方案的推力室，这一类发动机在方案试验阶段结束后的研制试验中往往只出现截尾试验的结果。给出了不等量截尾试验结果的可靠度评估方案。     

数字人感系统的研究

随着飞机模拟器技术的发展,电机伺服系统在人感系统中也得到了广泛的应用。本文着重讨论 了以DSP芯片为核心的数字人感系统组成和工作原理,并分析了系统的特点及功能。     

SAR图像斑点噪声抑制技术的定量评估研究

合成孔径雷达SAR得到广泛的应用和研究,因此SAR斑点噪声抑制技术也受到了普遍关注。各种斑点滤波器的技术途径各不相同,对斑点噪声的抑制效果也就各不相同。文中在研究SAR图像基本特性和国内外现有的斑点滤波器的基础上,参照相关SAR图像质量指标,提出定量评估SAR图像斑点抑制技术的指标体系,给出各指标在实际应用中的测量方法。计算机仿真结果证明了指标的有效性。     

信号源失真对波形记录仪动态有效位数评价的影响(英文)

波形记录仪和数据采集系统等设备的动态有效位数评价中,大都假定所用正弦波信号源无任何失真.当信号源具有噪声或谐波失真时,给评价结果将带来多大的影响,尚无确切的结论,这使得对有效位数评价结果无法进行量值溯源.本文从能量守衡角度,阐述了信号源噪声失真对波形记录仪动态有效位数评价结果的影响,同时给出了由输入信号源噪声和谐波失真带来影响的修正关系式,以及在给定误差限度下,信号源失真度选择原则的关系式。