The comprehensive aerospace index (CASI): Tracking the economic performance of the aerospace industry

In this paper, we described the Comprehensive AeroSpace Index (CASI), a financial index aimed at representing the economic performance of the aerospace industry. CASI is build upon a data set of approximately 20 years of daily close prices set, from January 1987 to June 2007, from a comprehensive sample of leading aerospace-related companies with stocks negotiated on the New York Exchange (NYSE) and on the over-the-counter (OTC) markets. We also introduced the sub-indices CASI-AERO, for aeronautical segment, and CASI-SAT, for satellite segment, and considered the relation between them. These three indices are compared to others aerospace indices and to more traditional general financial indices like DJIA, S&P500 and Nasdaq. Our results have shown that the CASI is an index that describes very well the aerospace sector behavior, since it is able to reflect the aeronautical segment comportment as well as the satellite one. Therefore, in this sense, it can be considered as a representative index of the aerospace sector. Moreover, the creation of two sub-indices, the CASI-AERO and the CASI-SAT, allows to elucidate capital movements within the aerospace sector, particularly those of speculative nature, like the dot.com bubble and crash of 1998–2001.     

United Nations Human Space Technology Initiative (HSTI)

The Human Space Technology Initiative was launched in 2010 within the framework of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications implemented by the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the United Nations. It aims to involve more countries in activities related to human spaceflight and space exploration and to increase the benefits from the outcome of such activities through international cooperation, to make space exploration a truly international effort.     

用于航天器贮箱的复合材料层合板低速冲击损伤及其渗漏规律研究

得益于优异的力学性能和减质优势,贮箱复合材料化已成为新一代航天器的重要特征之一,而复合材料贮箱的冲击后渗漏问题须要重点关注。针对一种用于航天器贮箱的含表层机织布复合材料层合板,通过依次开展低速冲击试验、C扫描损伤检测和氦质谱渗漏检测,获取不同能量冲击后层合板的内部分层损伤和渗漏率,并对比分析了机织布分别置于冲击侧和背侧时层合板的渗漏规律。结果表明,将机织布层置于冲击背侧时,层合板的冲击渗漏门槛值显著提高,且发生渗漏时出现目视可见损伤。     

Modeling novel methodologies for unmanned aerial systems–Applications to the UAS-S4 Ehecatl and the UAS-S45 Bálaam

The rising demand for Unmanned Aerial Systems(UASs) to perform tasks in hostile environments has emphasized the need for their simulation models for the preliminary evaluations of their missions. The efficiency of the UAS model is directly related to its capacity to estimate its flight dynamics with minimum computational resources. The literature describes several techniques to estimate accurate aircraft flight dynamics. Most of them are based on system identification. This paper presents an alternative methodology to obtain complete model of the S4 and S45 unmanned aerial systems. The UAS-S4 and the UAS-S45 models were divided into four sub-models, each corresponding to a specific discipline: aerodynamics, propulsion, mass and inertia, and actuator. The‘‘aerodynamic\" sub-model was built using the Fderivatives in-house code, which is an improvement of the classical DATCOM procedure. The ‘‘propulsion\" sub-model was obtained by coupling a two-stroke engine model based on the ideal Otto cycle and a Blade Element Theory(BET) analysis of the propeller. The ‘‘mass and the inertia\" sub-model was designed utilizing the Raymer and DATCOM methodologies. A sub-model of an actuator using servomotor characteristics was employed to complete the model. The total model was then checked by validation of each submodel with numerical and experimental data. The results indicate that the obtained model was accurate and could be used to design a flight simulator.     

基于预防性维修的APU性能评估建模与监控方法

当前民航领域对于辅助动力装置(APU)的维护方式主要有反应式维修和预防维修两种,但这两者都不能满足当前航空公司既要提升运行可靠性,又要节约维护成本的期望.本文将着重介绍APU的性能评估建模及监控方法.通过分析ACARS采样数据获得运行参数,应用统计分析获得关键参数以及参数修正数学模型.经过长期的数据分析获得关键参数阈值,从而评估APU性能.     

空间相机中与大口径透镜有关的结构设计分析

某空间相机镜头在光学设计时,因透过率、吸收率等原因,为了满足光学系统要求,经过各方面平衡后,其中有一片透镜比正常径厚比设计的偏薄些。在镜头总体结构设计时,单独对该镜片及与之相配的结构件进行了有限元分析和实验检测,发现不同的结构形式对镜片面形影响不同。为了解决这一问题,在实验中进行了探讨,以保证整个相机系统满足空间相机的实用要求。     

纤维金属层板的开发和应用现状

随着我国航空航天领域器械的飞速发展,对该领域中结构件所用材料的综合性能及轻量化提出了新的要求。在过去几十年里,大型客机的市场需求不断扩大,刺激了新型材料的兴起,使材料向着高性能,轻质量发展。纤维金属层板是由铝合金与纤维预浸料交替铺层固化而成的层间混杂复合材料。纤维金属层板结合了金属与复合材料的优良特性,具有密度小、损伤容限优良、抗冲击和疲劳性能,越来越受到航天航空和轨道交通领域的关注。目前用于商业生产的金属纤维层压板(FMLs)多以基于芳纶纤维(ARALL)与基于高强玻璃纤维(GLARE)的层板为主。概括了纤维金属层板的制备前表面处理工艺,对其弯曲测试、拉伸测试、冲击测试和疲劳测试等力学性能的测试方法进行综述,同时对未来新型纤维金属层板的开发进行探究,为纤维金属层板的开发提供参考信息。     

飞行器变质心控制及性能分析

在合理简化基础上,推导了滑块运动与飞行器姿态角运动之间的关系,分析了配平攻角产生机理及条件;同时还深入分析了轴向位置、横向偏移量、质量比等滑块结构参数对配平攻角的影响;以及不同配平条件下弹道落点偏差情况。结果表明,气动阻力与系统质心偏移弹体纵轴是产生配平攻角两个必要因素,系统静稳定是产生配平攻角的前提条件;轴向位置决定了系统静稳定裕度,与配平攻角呈反比关系;横向偏移量改变控制力矩的力臂,与配平攻角呈正比关系;质量比对力臂和系统静稳定裕度均有影响,与配平攻角呈线性或非线性正比关系;变质心控制能力主要体现在低空段。