Excavation of artificial caverns inside asteroids by leveraging rotational self-energy

Future space ventures will likely require exploitation of near-Earth asteroid resources. Moreover, it can be envisaged that asteroids may host habitats in their interiors. In fact, a cavern inside an asteroid would be a natural radiation shield against cosmic radiation and may also serve as a confined environment for storage of mined material such as water ice or other processed volatiles such as propellants. To this end, this paper proposes to leverage the asteroid rotational self-energy to remove material from the asteroid interiors and create a spherical cavern, by means of the orbital siphon concept. The siphon is a chain of tether-connected payload masses (the asteroid material), which exploits the rotation of the asteroid for the delivery of mass from the asteroid to escape. Under certain conditions the siphon can be initiated to ensure self-sustained flow of mass from the asteroid to escape. A net orbital siphon effect is generated by connecting new payloads at the bottom of the chain while releasing the upper payloads. Key parameters are discussed, such as the required siphon dimension and the maximum size of the internal cavity that can be excavated, as a function of the asteroid rotational period. Moreover, assuming elastic material behaviour, a closed-form expression for the stress tensor is found and a failure criterion is used to identify regions in the asteroid interiors subjected to the larger stresses. It is shown that the conditions for failure are relaxed as the radius of the internal void increases.     

Topology optimization in lightweight design of a 3D-printed flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle

Topology optimization is an effective method to obtain a lightweight structure that meets the requirements of structural strength. Whether the optimization results meet the actual needs mainly depends on the accuracy of the material properties and the boundary conditions, especially for a tiny Flapping-wing Micro Aerial Vehicle (FMAV) transmission system manufactured by 3D printing. In this paper, experimental and numerical computation efforts were undertaken to gain a reliable topology optimization method for the bottom of the transmission system. First, the constitutive behavior of the ultraviolet (UV) curable resin used in fabrication was evaluated. Second, a numerical computation model describing further verified via experiments. Topology optimization modeling considering nonlinear factors, e.g. contact, friction and collision, was presented, and the optimization results were verified by both dynamic simulation and experiments. Finally, detailed discussions on different load cases and constraints were presented to clarify their effect on the optimization. Our methods and results presented in this paper may shed light on the lightweight design of a FMAV.     

Orbital stability close to asteroid 624 Hektor using the polyhedral model

We investigate the orbital stability close to the unique L4-point Jupiter binary Trojan asteroid 624 Hektor. The gravitational potential of 624 Hektor is calculated using the polyhedron model with observational data of 2038 faces and 1021 vertexes. Previous studies have presented three different density values for 624 Hektor. The equilibrium points in the gravitational potential of 624 Hektor with different density values have been studied in detail. There are five equilibrium points in the gravitational potential of 624 Hektor no matter the density value. The positions, Jacobian, eigenvalues, topological cases, stability, as well as the Hessian matrix of the equilibrium points are investigated. For the three different density values the number, topological cases, and the stability of the equilibrium points with different density values are the same. However, the positions of the equilibrium points vary with the density value of the asteroid 624 Hektor. The outer equilibrium points move away from the asteroid’s mass center when the density increases, and the inner equilibrium point moves close to the asteroid’s mass center when the density increases. There exist unstable periodic orbits near the surface of 624 Hektor. We calculated an orbit near the primary’s equatorial plane of this binary Trojan asteroid; the results indicate that the orbit remains stable after 28.8375?d.     

某型制导雷达部分元器件失效模式的分析

对某型号制导雷达部分元器件进行了失效分析，找出了导致元器件失效的原因，指出设计是提高可靠性的关键，并根据有关元器件情况对生产方与使用方提出了建议。着重讨论了设计师应注意的问题和应该遵循的设计原则。针对失效情况，提出了一些具体的设计构想。     

表贴式永磁电机的两种充磁方式

研究了表贴式永磁电机的两种充磁方式。首先利用已有文献电机参数验证了有限元模型的正确性,对比分析了两种充磁方式下电机磁密和磁钢磁势的分布特点,研究表明内转子结构平行充磁方式具有提供更大的气隙磁通潜力,而外转子结构则相反。接着研究了两种充磁方式,不同气隙下气隙总磁通随极对数和磁钢厚度的变化规律。同时明确了两种充磁方式各自使用场合,给出了最佳磁钢厚度的取值范围。本文工作有助于正确选择表贴式永磁电机的充磁方式和磁钢厚度,以发挥磁钢潜力,改善电机性能。     

考虑胶层蠕变行为的胶接结构有限元分析

本文考虑胶层材料的蠕变行为，采用模拟岩层纹理单元的有限元法，分析工程中使用的典型胶接结构的应力场和位移场。数值结果表明，胶层蠕变行为对胶接结构位移和应力场均有较大影响     

精密机械零件的统计尺寸公差

精密机械产品的发展要求具有高性能、高可靠性和高质量。如果用设计时减小公关的方法来保证精度，则将难以解决加工和装配中产生的问题。因此需要在采用尽可能大的公差值的民政部下满足精度一文将讨论一些实例，寻找借助于统计尺寸公差降低加工精度要求的办法。     

CFG桩复合地基应力比数值分析

本文采用有限元ANSYS程序对CFG桩复合地基的单桩桩体荷载传递规律、应力比及影响因素进行了分析,得出了减小应力比的方法和措施,对工程可起借鉴的作用。     

层合复合材料的损伤刚度分析

渐近均匀化方法是一种便于同时求解复合材料细观与宏观性能的有效方法。本文在均匀化方法的基础上，通过层合结构的均匀化基元，建立相应有有限元方法，对层合板进行损伤刚度分析。与其它方法和实验结果的比较显示其具有良好的精度和直观方便的优点。最后应用上述方法对固体发动机壳体材料ＡＰＭＯＣ纤维复合材料的损伤刚度性能进行了分析。     

三角面元灰度图象三维重建算法研究

三角面元SFS算法是结合三角面元模型和线性反射图来阐述SFS问题的,该算法的基本思想是用三角面元素来近似光滑表面,并用一系列基于节点的线性方程组合来表达该表面。本文在此算法的基础上,求解时通过加权平均迭代,提高了恢复的准确性和迭代的收敛速度。