A bistatic SAR mission for earth observation based on a small satellite

The authors present a new scientific space mission consisting of a satellite carrying a receiving- only SAR which receives the signal transmitted by the ENVISAT-1 SAR. The integration of ENVISAT-1 SAR and bistatic radar data offers an improved potentiality of surface classification, three-dimensional observation, and the opportunity of advanced scientific experiments in the field of bistatic scattering. The small satellite nominal orbit and the attitude manoeuvres are designed in order to maintain an adequate overlap between the two radar swaths along the whole orbit, taking into account the ENVISAT-1 attitude and pointing. A preliminary satellite design (2-year lifetime) is then performed to evaluate the orbit decay and to determine the appropriate orbit manoeuvres (every 4 days) to control the satellites relative phase. The numerical simulation shows that a spacecraft of about 584kg is able to meet the mission requirements.     

GPS based onboard and onground orbit operations for small satellites

In extension to common applications such as groundtrack displays and antenna steering, the SGP4 orbit model is proposed for operational orbit determination in small satellite missions. SGP4 is an analytical orbit model for Low-Earth orbiting satellites that is widely used for the propagation of NORAD twoline elements. Twoline elements may hence be generated completely independent of NORAD. Their use as exclusive source of orbital information simplifies the operations concept and reduces mission costs through the extensive use of existing low-cost mission support software. Due to small computer resource requirements of 8–10kByte, the SGP4 model may also be applied for onboard orbit computations making use of e.g. a 80186 processor, thus ensuring full compatibility of ground-based and onboard operations. The proposed approach is particularly suited in combination with a space-borne GPS receiver, were the C/A-code navigation solutions are treated as measurements that are adjusted in a least-squares sense using the SGP4 model. As consequence, inherent drawbacks of the pure navigation solutions such as data gaps and scatter as well as limited velocity accuracy are avoided, while the operational navigation activities are kept at a minimum. The feasibility of the concept is illustrated based on real GPS navigation data from the TOPEX/Poseidon and the MIR space station with an inherent data quality of 50–100 m. It is shown that 3 hours of data within a 4 day period are sufficient to keep the position error within 4 km, that is considered sufficient for most applications.     

Molecular alterations in tumorigenic human bronchial and breast epithelial cells induced by high LET radiation.

Carcinogenesis is a multi-stage process with sequence of genetic events governing the phenotypic expression of a series of transformation steps leading to the development of metastatic cancer. In the present study, immortalized human bronchial (BEP2D) and breast (MCF-10F) cells were irradiated with graded doses of either 150 keV/micrometer alpha particles or 1 GeV/nucleon 56Fe ions. Transformed cells developed through a series of successive steps before becoming tumorigenic in nude mice. Cell fusion studies indicated that radiation-induced tumorigenic phenotype in BEP2D cells could be completely suppressed by fusion with non-tumorigenic BEP2D cells. The differential expressions of known genes between tumorigenic bronchial and breast cells induced by alpha particles and their respective control cultures were compared using cDNA expression array. Among the 11 genes identified to be differentially expressed in BEP2D cells, three (DCC, DNA-PK and p21(CIP1)) were shown to be consistently down-regulated by 2 to 4 fold in all the 5 tumor cell lines examined. In contrast, their expressions in the fusion cell lines were comparable to control BEP2D cells. Similarly, expression levels of a series of genes were found to be altered in a step-wise manner among tumorigenic MCF-10F cells. The results are highly suggestive that functional alterations of these genes may be causally related to the carcinogenic process.     

激光外差干涉仪光电信号处理方法及特点

叙述和分析了外差激光干涉光电信号处理主其特点，指出了它们各自的应用范围，同时介绍了一处新型的光电信号处理方法，它不仅使外差干涉仪用于动态测量，而且可以同时实现高分辩率测量 。     

k-ε-g紊流燃烧模型数值研究

本文对k-ε-g紊流燃烧模型中模型系数C_R,C_(g1),C_(g2)的选定和计算浓度脉动均方值g的不同方法进行数值研究。计算结果表明模型系数值的选定直接与化学反应速率有关,而其中C_R影响最大。g的计算虽然可有不同方法,而其中微分方程求解最佳。并用实验数据来验证计算结果。     

改进的次时间最优控制

本文在[1][2]基础上进一步探讨了次时间最优控制的改进问题,深入地阐明了次时间最优控制的某些特性后,提出了一个新的改进的设计方法。按照这种方法设计控制系统,不但实用而且可以大幅度提高次时间最优控制的最优性。并用实例比较了各种方法,证明了本文提出的方法的优越性。本文提出的方法应用于工程设计,对于提高系统的最优性是非常有效的。     

提高压电式直线电机推力新技术

介绍了蠕动式、脉冲式、行波式及表面波式等几种压电直线电机的改进措施和进展情况，其中微脊式蠕动直线电机和表面波直线电机极有可能成为今后压电直线电机的商品化市场的新产品方向。     

滚珠丝杠螺距误差补偿法提高数控机床定位精度的研究

在详细论述、对比了实现数控机床滚珠丝杠螺距误差补偿的硬件、软件方法的原理基础上,对滚珠丝杠螺距误差软件补偿法可有效提高数控机床的定位精度进行了试验验证。     

VO2薄膜制备工艺及电阻开关特性研究

用溶胶－凝胶法在非晶玻璃上制备VO2薄膜，经过熔融、涂膜、烘干和热处理等工艺最后得到电阻相变2－3个量级的VO2薄膜。对烘干温度、熔融温度、膜厚和热处理温度对薄膜电阻开关特性的影响进行了研究。通过XRD（X－ray diffraction)和XPS（X－ray photoelectron spectroscopy）对薄膜的结构和价态进行分析，表明用溶胶－凝胶法制图VO2膜工艺简单，重复性好。     

8mm衰减标准装置

对8mm衰减标准装置的工作原理、系统设计、主要技术特点、误差分析等进行了详细介绍,并附有测试和分析数据。该装置达到了80dB的量程、全频段和±0.003dB/10dB的准确度。