Properties and performance of extended target motion analysis

The problem of target motion analysis (TMA) has been the subject of an important literature. However, present methods use data estimated by a short time analysis (azimuths, Dopplers, etc.). For far sources, the nonstationarities of the array processing outputs, induced by the sources motion, may be simply modeled. This model leads one to consider directly a spatio-temporal TMA. Then new (spatio-temporal) data can be estimated. These estimates correspond to a long time analysis. Further, note that they are estimated independently of the (classical) bearings. In this general framework, the concept of source trajectory replaces the classical instantaneous bearings. Corresponding TMA algorithms are then studied. Then the study of statistical performance is carefully studied     

机场建设"一市多场"模式研究

随着“一市一场”模式下的单机场在修建若干跑道后仍不能满足城市对机场的要求,修建第2座机场势在必行。借鉴国外大都市“一市多场”建设的成功经验,结合国内机场建设的实际情况,提出了构建“一市多场”的基本标准,即地方经济指标、运量指标、容量分配指标和航空公司选择指标4项标准,基于这4项标准分析了在实行“一市多场”过程中可能出现的及要实现该模式下机场的最优化配置应注意的问题,并以上海“一市两场”的模式为案例进行实证分析。     

How Operational Oceanography Can Benefit from Dynamic Topography Estimates as Derived from Altimetry and Improved Geoid

With a precise geoid, GOCE will allow an estimation of absolute dynamic topography from altimetry. The projected benefits to operational oceanography and its applications are analyzed herein. After a brief overview of operational oceanography, we explain how the new geoids will be used in the future to improve real time altimeter products and to better constrain modelling and data assimilation systems. A significant impact is expected both for mesoscale (e.g. better estimations and forecasts of currents for pollution monitoring, marine safety, offshore industry) and climate (better initialization of coupled ocean/atmosphere models) applications. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Intrinsic time scale for reconnection on the dayside magnetopause

Recently much attention has been focused on the transient behavior of the magnetopause in response to pressure pulses and southward fluctuations of the interplanetary magnetic field. We examine the motion of the magnetopause behind the foreshock and conclude that this motion is affected by foreshock pressure variations but not by fluctuations in the direction of the magnetic field. Neither magnetopause erosion nor flux transfer event occurrence is controlled by the foreshock. On the contrary, flux transfer events occur at times of steady IMF and thier quasi-periodic behavior is controlled by the magnetopause or the magnetosphere and is not driven by the external boundary conditions. Since flux transfer events are clearly due to reconnection, this observation implies that the IMF must be southward some time perhaps as long as 7 minutes before flux transfer begins.     

石墨渗铜喉衬材料的微观结构与抗热震性能

采用粗粒级高强石墨加压渗铜工艺，制备了石墨渗铜(CIG：copper-impregnated graphite)喉衬材料。对其微观结构与抗热震性能的关系进行了研究。结果表明，由于渗铜提高了原石墨的热导率及整体增韧的综合效果，使石墨渗铜材料比通用的5种石墨材料具有更好的抗热震性能，更好地适应了小型高性能战术导弹、航天飞行器高压强大流量SRM对喉衬材料的要求。     

齿轮抗弯曲疲劳可靠度预测的方法

把齿轮弯曲疲劳失效处理成随机事件，以这个随机事件为研究对象，用齿轮抗弯曲疲劳的累积损伤强度ＫＷ和总疲劳损伤量ＤＷ来描述弯曲疲劳失效随机事件，得出用概率描述的弯曲疲劳的疲劳累积损伤模型。用这个计算模型，提出齿轮抗弯曲疲劳可靠度预测的方法。     

升降平台跌落对起落架过载的影响

建立了升降平台跌落时起落架动力学模型,给出了描述缓冲支柱和轮胎力性能的数学公式,使之适用于起落架严重受载的情况;通过数值仿真研究了升降平台跌落时的直升机起落架过载。分析了升降平台跌落时起落架产生大过载的力学机理。升降平台从不同高度自由跌落时,机轮系留引起的起落架正过载相对增加量不超过10%,而系留情况下起落架回弹行程中的负过载比压缩行程中的正过载高得多。     

Tracking multiple objects with particle filtering

We address the problem of multitarget tracking (MTT) encountered in many situations in signal or image processing. We consider stochastic dynamic systems detected by observation processes. The difficulty lies in the fact that the estimation of the states requires the assignment of the observations to the multiple targets. We propose an extension of the classical particle filter where the stochastic vector of assignment is estimated by a Gibbs sampler. This algorithm is used to estimate the trajectories of multiple targets from their noisy bearings, thus showing its ability to solve the data association problem. Moreover this algorithm is easily extended to multireceiver observations where the receivers can produce measurements of various nature with different frequencies.     

Discrete-time observability and estimability analysis for bearings-only target motion analysis

Observability in the context of bearings-only tracking (BOT) is still the subject of important literature. Different from previous approaches, where continuous-time analysis was considered, our approach relies on discrete-time analysis. It is then shown that this allows us to use directly and efficiently the simple formalisms of linear algebra. Using the direct approach, observability analysis is essentially reduced to basic considerations about subspace dimensions. Even if this approach is conceptually quite direct, it becomes more and more complex as the source-encounter scenario complexity increases. For complex scenarios, the dual approach may present some advantages essentially due to the direct use of multilinear algebra. New results about BOT observability for maneuvering sources are thus obtained. Observability analysis is then extended to unknown instants of source velocity changes. Even if observability analysis provides thorough insights about the algebraic structure of the BOT problem, the optimization of the observer maneuvers is essentially a control problem. Basic algebraic considerations prove that a relevant cost functional for this control problem is the determinant of the Fisher information matrix (FIM). So, a large part of this work is devoted to the analysis of this cost functional. Using multilinear algebra, general approximations of this functional are given. In order to involve only directly estimable parameters, the source bearing-rates are examined. Using these approximations, a general framework for optimizing the observer trajectory is derived which allow us to approximate the optimal sequence of controls. It is worth stressing that our approach does not require the knowledge of the source trajectory parameters and is still valid for a maneuvering source.