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.     

蜂窝状薄壁管拉伸时的内陷分析

蜂窝材料因具备广阔的结构设计空间,已广泛应用于航空航天等工业领域。探索蜂窝元胞的组织结构、组分性质与材料整体性能之间的关系有助于新型功能性材料的设计开发。本文从非平面Vertex模型的势能形式出发,结合蜂窝薄壁圆管拉伸时的轴对称特征,通过变分法得到了圆管拉伸时母线满足的控制方程,揭示了边界效应是蜂窝状薄壁圆管受拉时产生内陷的原因,并结合母线控制方程的若干特解,考察了非平面Vertex模型势能形式中包含的材料性质参数与圆管拉伸后内陷程度及范围的关系。研究还指出,蜂窝材料的材料性质包含在非平面Vertex模型的势能形式中,为蜂窝状材料整体性能的研究提供了一种新的思路。     

Numerical study of traveling ionosphere disturbances with vertical incidence data

High frequency ionosphere vertical sounding, as an important and representative application for detecting the ionosphere and studying the characteristics of radio propagation, can be utilized to monitor the ionosphere continuously variation and to acquire the ionosphere asymmetrical features of diverse scale above the ionosphere vertical sounding stations. This is a first article on real time application of numerical methods to obtain the parameters of traveling ionosphere disturbances (TIDs) using vertical incident ionograms. In this paper, the distribution of ionosphere electron density with TIDs is constructed using a background ionosphere model superimposed a perturbation theory model. The background ionosphere electron density is modelled by the inversion of vertical incident ionograms which are observed before the appearance of the disturbance. Based on the fourth order Adams-Bashforth-Moulton (the so-called ABM) predictor corrector method, instead of Runge-Kutta method, the fast digital ray tracing method is established. According to process of the disturbed trace simulation and parameters inversion, the characteristic parameters of ionosphere disturbance at different detection time can be obtained in real time. The numerical analysis of TIDs is then captured completely.     

基于变刚度变阻尼的柔性喷管动态模型

针对柔性接头动态迟滞曲线受控制系统控制位置精度和动态响应速度影响较大的问题,基于电液伺服机构和柔性接头变刚度变阻尼模型,构建了柔性喷管的电液伺服机构-变刚度变阻尼模型,将其和电液伺服机构-定刚度定阻尼模型进行了对比。分析了电液伺服机构主要参数、柔性接头工作参数等对电液伺服机构-柔性接头系统动态特性的影响。分析结果表明:电液伺服机构-变刚度变阻尼模型所构造的迟滞曲线可更准确地与实验结果相吻合,并符合迟滞曲线随频率变化的规律,反馈系数、放大器静态放大系数、电液伺服机构增益、滑阀流量增益等参数对系统动态特性的影响更为明显。该模型为固体火箭发动机电液伺服机构-柔性接头系统动态特性的调整提供理论依据。     

基于MapReduce的CME参数识别模型并行计算技术

日冕物质抛射（Coronal Mass Ejection，CME）参数识别模型是太阳风预报过程的重要组成部分.在空间环境预报业务中，为提高太阳风预报的准确率，需要提高CME参数识别的精度.模型以计算任务串行的方式运行，运算效率低导致模型运算时间长，不能满足这种需求.CME参数识别模型的物理运算过程相互不独立，其在单节点上的运行方式不能满足并行化要求.基于MapReduce的并行计算框架，改进了CME参数识别模型的计算流程，提出CDMR（CME detection under MapReduce）方法，实现了CME参数识别模型的并行计算，并对比分析CME参数识别模型在串行计算和MapReduce并行计算下的运行时间，提高了模型的识别精度和计算效率.      

Effect of curing condition on bonding quality of scarf-repaired composite laminates

Both single-face vacuum bag curing (SVC) and double-face vacuum bag curing (DVC) can be used in scarf repair of composite structures. But different curing conditions caused by the sealing state may affect the bonding quality of scarf-repaired structures. In this paper, the effect of curing condition on bonding quality of scarf-repaired laminates was experimentally investigated in terms of surface profiles, moisture absorption curves and section profiles. In order to further explore the moisture absorption mechanism, finite element model of the repaired laminates using DVC was established with moisture diffusion of both the adhesive and composite laminates considered. This model was verified by experimental results. Based on the model of DVC case, the model of SVC case was built by changing moisture absorption parameters of the adhesive. Results show that SVC reduces the bonding quality, mainly reflecting in more adhesive inner voids and patch-to-parent dislocation. And SVC increases moisture absorption rate and moisture equilibrium content of the adhesive, and its effect on the former is far greater than that on the latter.     

高超声速滑翔目标自适应跟踪方法

针对机动模式复杂多变的高超声速滑翔目标跟踪问题，提出了一种机动频率自适应跟踪方法。采用介于常速度和常加速度模型之间的Singer模型来表征目标气动力加速度的变化，从而建立跟踪系统的状态方程。根据地基雷达量测量获得系统的量测方程，鉴于距离和角度信息的量级相差较大将其由球形量测量转换为位置量测量。为了适应高超声速滑翔目标灵活多样的机动模式，基于正交性原理和无迹卡尔曼滤波算法实现了Singer模型中机动频率参数的自适应。利用滤波信息计算得到能够反映状态模型误差大小的调整因子，用于放大Singer模型中的机动频率，进而调整状态方程的过程噪声以降低模型误差。通过对2种典型机动轨迹的跟踪仿真，并与交互式多模型等方法进行比较，结果表明所提方法的跟踪精度高、计算量小，能够较好地适应阶跃机动和连续幅值变化的机动。     

Ionospheric electron density over Resolute Bay according to E-CHAIM model and RISR radar measurements

In this study, predictions of the E-CHAIM ionospheric model are compared with measurements by the incoherent scatter radars RISR at Resolute Bay, Canada, in the northern polar cap. Reasonable coverage was available for all seasons except winter for which no conclusions were drawn. It is shown that ratios of the model-to measured electron densities are close to unity in the central part of the F layer, around its peak. This is particularly evident for summer daytime. Distributions of the ratios are wider for other seasons indicating larger number of cases when the model underestimates or overestimates. E-CHAIM underestimates the electron density at ionospheric topside and bottomside by ～ 10–20 %. At the bottomside, the underestimations are strongest in summer and equinoctial nighttime. At the topside, the underestimations are strongest in autumn nighttime. Model overestimations are noticeable in the middle part of the F layer during dawn hours in autumn. Overall, the model tends to not predict highest-observed peak electron densities and the largest-observed heights of the peak.     

应用于控制力矩陀螺电源模块的线性-非线性协同控制器设计

本文对控制力矩陀螺电源的控制器进行研究,基于对线性控制器及非线性控制器的分析,设计了线性-非线性协同控制器并搭建硬件模型,在电源系统动态调整阶段采用非线性控制器,在稳态阶段采用线性控制器。该方案较单一线性控制器提升了电源系统的动态性能,并保证了系统的稳定性及可靠性。对该鲁棒控制器进行了仿真分析并搭建实物,通过实验验证了相较线性控制器,使用协同控制器的电源模块在控制状态切换时,下冲量与调节时间分别减少了45%及58%,证明了该协同控制器能够有效提升CMG电源系统的动态性能。