Advances in bistatic radar (Willis, N.J. and Griffiths, H.D., Eds.; 2007) [Book Review]

The editors have collected a comprehensive set of monographs that provide insight into the more recent history of bistatic radar design and implementation. This volume combines improved details of the environment along with novel system applications. Each chapter is authored by radar experts who had the vision and motivation to tackle a daunting development problem, and share their view of the successes and remaining implementation challenges. The book is divided into two parts: Bistatic/Multistatic Systems and Bistatic Clutter and Signal Processing. The book is an essential addition to the modern radar engineer's library.     

Radar Handbook, 3rd Edition (M.I. Skolnik, Ed; 2008) [Book Review]

Thirty eight radar experts contribute to this edition, which includes six completely new chapters on the following topics: ground penetrating radar; remote sensing with radar on satellites; multifunctional radar systems for fighter aircraft (MFAR); digital signal processing for radar; civil marine radar; and propagation. Each chapter contains references, ranging from 10 to 197, with a median of 71. The index runs 18 pages printed in double columns, but is not necessarily complete. Some topics, such as MIMO radar and long range radars to track satellites and ballistic missiles, will have to wait for a 4th edition. This text is the most authoritative, broadest, and deepest single volume on radar. The emphasis is on real world performance and real hardware that has been tested and works successfully in the real world, and the physics relevant to radar systems, as well as radar system engineering cost tradeoffs.     

奋进中的"黎明"--访沈阳黎明航空发动机(集团)有限责任公司董事长兼总经理姜伟先生

在我国东北工业重镇沈阳的东郊 ,巍巍东塔脚下 ,亮丽的南运河畔 ,在绿树青草掩映之中 ,有一座占地面积 2 37万m2 的花园式工厂 ,它就是沈阳黎明航空发动机 (集团 )有限责任公司。日前 ,本刊记者采访了该公司的董事长兼总经理姜伟先生。他详细地介绍了“黎明公司”在发展过程中各方面的情况 ,包括改革体制、人才培训和新的管理办法等     

Motor drive technologies for the power-by-wire (PBW) program:options, trends and tradeoffs. I. Motors and controllers

The Power-By-Wire (PEW) program involves the replacement of hydraulic and pneumatic systems currently used in aircraft with an all-electric secondary power system. One of the largest loads of the all-electric secondary power system will be the motor loads which include pumps, compressors and Electrical Actuators (EAs). Issues of improved reliability, reduced maintenance and efficiency, among other advantages, are the motivation for replacing the existing aircraft actuators with electrical actuators. The EA system contains the motor, the power electronic converters, the actuator and the control system, including the sensors. This paper and a companion paper give a comparative literature review in motor drive technologies, with a focus on the trends and tradeoffs involved in the selection of a particular motor drive technology. The reported research comprises the induction motor (IM), the brushless dc motor (BLDCM) and the switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive technologies. Each of the three drives has the potential for application in the PEW program. Many issues remain to be investigated and compared between the three motor drives, using actual mechanical loads expected in the PBW program     

Motor drive technologies for the Power-By-Wire (PBW) program:options, trends and tradeoffs. II. Power electronic converters anddevices

For pt. I see ibid., vol. 10, pp. 37-41 (1995). This is the second of two papers on the motor drive technology options for the Power-By-Wire (PBW). The organization of this paper is based on the four components of the electrical actuator (EA) system and the options available to suit the PBW program as given in the PBW studies. The first paper discussed the options available for the motor and the controller parts of a drive. This paper discusses the power electronic converter and device options. The power converter options are divided into hard-, snubbered- and soft-switching converters. The power device options are the MOSFET, the Insulated Gate Transistor (IGT), the gate turn-off thyristor (GTO) and the MOS Controlled Thyristor (MCT)