航天飞机纤维缠绕壳体的抗压强度研究:第一部分—试验

航天飞机起飞的瞬间,其主发动机的点火给予固体火箭助推发动机的纤维缠绕壳体一个很大的弯矩,使复合材料壳体的尾部受到了很大的压缩载荷。由于连接的需要,复合壳体尾部具有很复杂的设计,涉及到嵌入的布带和螺旋层减薄问题。为了研究发射瞬间加载状态下的纤维缠绕壳体性能,开始了试验和分析的综合研究。本文将叙述试验计划的研究结果,包括几台全尺寸和300多台缩比壳体的试验。该计划从短期研制工作开始,其目的是要确定适合的缩比试验样品,以便测定材料的抗压强度。一旦缩比样品确定之后,就开始实施更全面的试验计划来确定缠绕壳体的工艺和设计参数变化对强度的影响。为了验证分析预测的有效性,在模拟发射瞬间的弯曲状态中进行了全尺寸壳体试验。在所有的试验中特别注意观察壳体破坏的顺序,即载荷从螺旋层薄弱部位传递到坚固布带终止部位的复杂过程。     

一种用于火星研究的成像光谱仪

成像光谱仪在未来的一系列行星无人探测活动中将发挥重要作用。光谱成像技术的科学目的在于,通过测量行星表面物质反射和发射的可见光与红外辐射光谱特性的强度与分布来弄清行星的结构组成情况。作为美国国家航宇局主持制定的“行星探测仪器确定与开发计划”的一部分,美国喷气推进实验室目前正研制一种适于多种行星探测任务的标准成像光谱仪。在“伽利略号”探测木星时使用过的近红外成像光谱仪(NIMS)的基础上,美国喷气推进实验室又研制出了Ⅰ型可见光—红外成像光谱仪(VIMS)。这台仪器已为美国航宇局初步选中,用于最近批准将要实施的“火星观察者号”航天器的探测任务中。     

采用ZCS辅助电路的ZVT BOOST变换器

文章提出了一种采用零电流开关（ZCS）作辅助开关而主开关为零电压转换（ZVT）的软开关BOOST变换器；介绍并分析了变换器的工作区间；讨论了设计思路；演示了一个采用绝缘栅双极晶体管（IGBT）的600W10KHz380V输出、交流-直流的BOOST变换器构成的功率因素校正器所获得的实验结果的设计例子。结果表明，在整个规定的线路和负载条件下，辅助开关维持ZCS的同时主开关保持ZVT。     

再入制导和弹道跟踪误差分析

新一代可重复使用运载器对再入制导提出了更高地要求。目前的空间运输系统证明基于阻力加速度的制导方法是行之有效的。其基本概念是跟踪基准阻力加速度包线，在飞行过程中可根据需要更新这个包线。跟踪适当的阻力加速度包线保证了飞行器可以飞行准确的距离达到目标，同时满足弹道约束。在横向上，我们可采用类似于美国航天飞机的倾斜反转逻辑或航向角跟踪技术。本文推导出了基于反馈线性化的控制算法，并将其应用于可重复使用运载器纵向和横向的制导。最后，我们分析了阻力加速度跟踪的误差。     

固体火箭发动机的加速度效应

本文研究旋转固体火箭发动机在加速度载菏下的性能变化。根据至今己提出的4种重要模式:力学模式、热力学模式、应力模式、气动力学模式,得出了每种模式的简化模型,并附加了一个内弹道计算机程序。分析结果表明,应力模式对圆孔药柱并不重要。其它模式对固体发动机性能都有影响。分析结果与发动机数据比较表明,侵蚀燃烧效应是旋转速度的函数。     

Changes in organ perfusion and weight ratios in post-simulated microgravity recovery

Head-down tilt models have been used as ground-based simulations of microgravity. Our previous animal research has demonstrated that there are significant changes in fluid distribution within 2 h after placement in a 45 degrees head-down tilt (45HDT) position and these changes in fluid distribution were still present after 14 days of 45HDT. Consequently, we investigated changes in fluid distribution during recovery from 16 days of 45HDT. Changes in radioactive tracer distribution and organ/body weight ratio were examined in rats randomly assigned to a 45HDT or prone control group. The 45HDT rats were suspended for 16 days and then allowed to recover at the prone position 0, 77, 101, or 125 h post-suspension. Animals were injected with technetium-labeled diethylenetriamine pentaacetate (99mTcDTPA, MW=492 amu, physical half-life of 6.02 h) and then killed 30 min post-injection. Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, and brain were harvested, weighed, and measured for radioactive counts. Statistical analyses included two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) that compared 45HDT versus controls at the four experimental time points. The organ weight divided by the body weight ratio for the brain, heart, kidneys and liver in the 45HDT rats was significantly different than the control rats, regardless of time (treatment). There was no difference between the different time points (time). The average 99mTcDTPA count divided by the organ weight ratio values for the heart, liver, and spleen were significantly higher in the 45HDT group than the control group. The average counts for the heart and spleen were significantly higher at 77, 101, and 125 h than at time zero. We conclude that the major organs have different recovery patterns after 45HDT for 16 days in the rat.     

Choroidal responses in microgravity. (SLS-1, SLS-2 and hindlimb-suspension experiments)

Fluid and electrolyte shifts occuring during human spaceflight have been reported and investigated at the level of blood, cardio-vascular and renal responses. Very few data were available concerning the cerebral fluid and electrolyte adaptation to microgravity, even in animal models. It is the reason why we developed several studies focused on the effects of spaceflight (SLS-1 and SLS-2 programs, carried on NASA STS 40 and 56 missions, which were 9- and 14-day flights, respectively), on structural and functional features of choroid plexuses, organs which secrete 70–90 % of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and which are involved in brain homeostasis. Rats flown aboard space shuttles were sacrificed either in space (SLS-2 experiment, on flight day 13) or 4–8 hours after landing (SLS-1 and SLS-2 experiments). Quantitative autoradiography performed by microdensitometry and image analysis, showed that lateral and third ventricle choroid plexuses from rats flown for SLS-1 experiment demonstrated an increased number (about x 2) of binding sites to natriuretic peptides (which are known to be involved in mechanisms regulating CSF production). Using electron microscopy and immunocytochemistry, we studied the cellular response of choroid plexuses, which produce cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in brain lateral, third and fourth ventricles. We demonstrated that spaceflight (SLS-2 experiment, inflight samples) induces changes in the choroidal cell structure (apical microvilli, kinocilia organization, vesicle accumulation) and protein distribution or expression (carbonic anhydrase II, water channels,…). These observations suggested a loss of choroidal cell polarity and a decrease in CSF secretion. Hindlimb-suspended rats displayed similar choroidal changes. All together, these results support the hypothesis of a modified CSF production in rats during long-term (9, 13 or 14 days) adaptations to microgravity.     

一种少烟固体火箭发动机的结构使用寿命估计

少烟幼畜(Maverich)固体火箭发动机的结构使用寿命估计是以解剖发动机的推进剂性能数据为基础进行的。为了在两年的时间里模拟五年的使用寿命,这些发动机经历了实验室加速化学和力学老化。用经验老化模型来推测发动机推进剂的性能和药柱横截面上的性能梯度,建立了有限元计算机模型来计算这些性能梯度,并确定发动机安全裕度与时间的函数关系。根据分析,预计这种发动机的使用寿命在10年之上。     

星30/CE和星37FM——改进性能的顶级固体火箭发动机

本文介绍了星30C、30E和37FM三种火箭发动机的设计结构,给出了各种分析结果,并报导了鉴定试验的累积数据。     

用现成微处理机完成复杂的遥测预处理

本文介绍一个以微处理机为主机的系统,用以对复杂的高速遥测数据进行预处理。所用的微机是最新式的Motoroloa68020系列计算机。本文全面介绍系统的硬件和软件,并对所用的复杂算法和有关的数据处理作了说明。着重报道涉及参数容量和数据吞吐率的测试结果。对系统的体系结构采用多种通用的折衷法进行了分析,本系统把兆字极的遥测数据(如废点剔除、相位对齐和参数推导等)预处理技术推向新的高度。