Susan: A New Doppler Radionavigation System

SUSAN is a novel electronic Doppler navigation system which can be used with moving vehicles including aircraft, missiles, satellites, and ships. The system uses a technique of time delays and frequency multiplication to determine the rates of change of the Doppler frequency component present on a signal received from a moving vehicle. From this information the range and velocity of the vehicle can be determined with respect to a transmitting station whose position or ephemeris is known.     

Bipolar nickel-metal hydride batteries for aerospace applications

Electro Energy Inc. (EEI) is developing high power, long life, bipolar nickel-metal hydride batteries for aerospace applications. Bipolar nickel-metal hydride designs allow for high energy and high power designs with a 25 percent reduction in both weight and volume as compared to prismatic and/or cylindrical Ni-MH designs. Utilizing a sealed wafer cell design EEI has demonstrated a 1.2 kW/kg power capability. Prototype designs have achieved 70 Wh/kg. Designs studies show 80 Wh/kg are achievable with EEI's state-of-the-art technology. The sealed wafer cell is the building block for EEI's high power and high voltage bipolar batteries making the assembly easy and significantly lower in cost. Satellite and aircraft batteries are being developed which provide high power and long life. Sealed cells now show excellent rate capability and life. Cells tested in a low earth orbit (LEO) cycle have reached 9000 cycles and continue on test. High power, bipolar battery designs are ideal in applications where using conventional aerospace battery technology would require excessive capacity; weight and volume, thereby reducing usable payload on the vehicle     

ERA-experiment "Space Biochemistry".

The general goal of the experiment was to study the response of anhydrobiotic (metabolically dormant) microorganisms (spores of Bacillus subtilis, cells of Deinococcus radiodurans, conidia of Aspergillus species) and cellular constituents (plasmid DNA, proteins, purple membranes, amino acids, urea) to the extremely dehydrating conditions of open space, in some cases in combination with irradiation by solar UV-light. Methods of investigation included viability tests, analysis of DNA damages (strand breaks, DNA-protein cross-links) and analysis of chemical effects by spectroscopic, electrophoretic and chromatographic methods. The decrease in viability of the microorganisms was as expected from simulation experiments in the laboratory. Accordingly, it could be correlated with the increase in DNA damages. The purple membranes, amino acids and urea were not measurably effected by the dehydrating condition of open space (in the dark). Plasmid DNA, however, suffered a significant amount of strand breaks under these conditions. The response of these biomolecules to high fluences of short wavelength solar UV-light is very complex. Only a brief survey can be given in this paper. The data on the relatively good survival of some of the microorganisms call for strict observance of COSPAR Planetary Protection Regulations during interplanetary space missions.     

增材制造异形波导管内腔的磨粒流抛光方法研究

针对磨粒流抛光异形波导管内球面欠抛的问题,通过设置仿形芯模引导磨料流经内球面,完成内球面的抛光.利用Fluent对不同仿形芯模与波导管内腔形成的流道模型进行流体仿真,对比分析等效壁面的流速、压力以及壁面剪切应力.仿真结果表明,芯模球径越大,越有利于改善内球面的加工质量.采用球径9mm的仿形芯模进行磨粒流抛光试验,波导管...     

风-雨耦合环境超高层三塔连体建筑雨压分布研究

以中国东南沿海某超高层三塔连体建筑为研究对象，以风-雨双向耦合算法为核心，基于计算流体动力学技术采用连续相和离散相模型进行风场和雨场的迭代模拟。首先基于9种风雨组合工况进行三塔连体建筑非定常脉动风场模拟，探讨超高层三塔连体建筑平均风压分布、表面速度流线和流场干扰机理。然后对比研究不同风雨组合工况下主塔表面雨滴附着数量、雨滴冲击力和雨压系数的分布规律，揭示风-雨耦合场中结构表面速度流线、雨滴运行轨迹和最终速度的作用机理。最后提炼出超高层三塔连体建筑最不利风-雨组合工况，并给出对应的雨压系数取值建议。研究表明：风-雨耦合环境下超高层连体建筑迎风面雨荷载作用最为显著，此时雨荷载与风荷载最大比值可达23.81%，局部测点最大雨压系数达到0.301，100 a重现期风速和强大暴雨组合为风-雨耦合作用的最不利组合工况。     

月面巡视器太阳能帆板功率衰减特性研究

太阳能帆板的功率衰减特性分析,对地外天体表面探测器的功率平衡、电源系统健康管理以及长寿命在轨管理有重要意义。通过对月面巡视器在轨运行第2到11月昼的电流遥测进行研究,提出了一种基于有限遥测的太阳能帆板功率衰减特性分析方法。首先利用一种滞环的方法对大量的电流遥测进行数据处理;然后进行日月距离和太阳入射角的归一化,通过数据拟合计算,得出落月第一年太阳能帆板功率衰减约为2.5%,并利用巡视器历次月昼唤醒时刻的太阳入射角变化情况验证了该方法的有效性,对地外天体的太阳能帆板功率衰减特性计算提供一定参考。     

基于虚拟安全域的多级安全访问控制

虚拟化技术作为云计算的核心技术,相对于传统技术具有节约开销、易于管理、灵活制定等优势,成为业界应用的热点技术。文章研究了传统的BLP多级安全模型,并改进了该模型应用于虚拟化系统访问控制,结合虚拟安全域的概念,设计实现了虚拟化系统访问控制模型,主要结合分级分域原则对虚拟机之间的通信控制和虚拟机对虚拟磁盘的访问控制进行约束。     

低空无人机交通管理概览与建议综述

大量无序飞行的低空无人机运行会对地面设施、公共安全、空中载人飞行器等带来危害。然而,目前民航空中交通管理不能适应未来数以百万架的无人机。为了应对该挑战,世界各国针对低空无人机空中交通管理开发了新框架。低空无人机空中交通管理属于近几年出来的新事物。藉此聚焦于低空无人机交通管理,从4个方面进行概览：低空无人机相关的空中交通基本概念及现状、低空无人机交通管理介绍、低空无人机交通管理的关键技术和低空无人机交通管理相关科学问题,以期望对无人机产业健康发展有一定的建议意义。     

高动态环境下GPS信号捕获研究

高动态环境信号的捕获是GPS接收机的关键技术,接收机处于高速运动的状态使GPS信号产生相位延迟和多普勒频移,增加了信号的捕获难度。分析了滑动相关捕获和基于FFT捕获两种算法,给出了基于FFT捕获算法的FPGA实现架构,并采用GPS信号仿真器对该设计的可行性进行了捕获验证。结果表明：在导航星相对载体的速度为1 000m/s,加速度为5g的情况下,基于FFT捕获算法可以实现信号的可靠捕获。     

基于伪相关函数的BOC无模糊跟踪性能分析

BOC(Binary-Offset-Carrier)调制广泛应用于全球导航卫星系统中,但由于BOC自相关函数的多峰导致传统码跟踪环路存在模糊性。伪相关函数(Pseudo Correlation Function, PCF)方法在本地采用两个特殊的参考信号和非线性处理以获得无模糊的相关函数。根据一种PCF方法本地参考波形设计的充分条件,推导了其无模糊函数的数学形式,并着重分析了其跟踪和抗多径性能与本地参考波形的关系。仿真结果表明：该PCF方法解决了跟踪模糊问题,且随着参考信号的宽度因子增加,其跟踪精度逐步改善;该PCF方法对于中长延迟多径干扰抑制能力较好,宽度因子为0.5或1时,其多径误差最小。