Small step or giant leap? Human locomotion on Mars

Human locomotion on Mars will be considerably different from on Earth. Optimum walking speeds will be approximately 30% lower and transitioning from a walk to a run will occur at a speed 25% slower. Peak vertical forces will be reduced by as much as 50%, and although ground contact time will remain constant with locomotion in 1 g, stride length and stride time will increase. During running on Mars airborne time will increase by approximately 80% in comparison to running on the Earth. On Mars, half as much energy will be required to travel the equivalent distance on Earth and it will be 65% more economical to run rather than to walk. Crews will, therefore, find themselves using a loping gait--a running-like action, with a slight upper body lean and an extended aerial phase, an unfamiliar gait in terrestrial locomotion.     

纤维织物超高速碰撞热-力学模型与分析

A new thermo mechanical model for fiber fabric of hypervelocity impact is established by using the Johnson Cook model, the Gruneisen equation of state and the FEM SPH coupling algorithm, while some new factors are taken into account such as the heat generation, strain rate strengthening and high temperature softening of materials. Mechanical and thermal information could be obtained with the model, such as penetration, fragmentation, stress and strain, heat generation and temperature field of fiber fabric. The analysis results are in good agreement with the experimental results.     

用于飞机健康监控的传感器技术不断升级

得益于数据处理和存储技术的进步，从飞机上获取的数据量呈爆发式增长，可对飞机实施预测性维修的机会也越来越多。其中，不断进步的传感器技术是支撑飞机健康监控技术发展的关键因素。     

反压条件下离心喷嘴动态特性实验

喷嘴动态特性的好坏,对液体火箭发动机燃烧稳定性具有重要意义。但由于缺乏高效的外部周期性脉动流量发生器,特别是在高反压环境下,引起管路来流较强振幅的压力、流量脉动变得更加困难。为解决上述问题,研制了利用惯性驱动可在高反压环境下产生强正弦信号的脉动流量发生器,在高反压环境下可激起高达15%以上的压力振幅;通过采用电导法测量离心喷嘴液膜厚度,从而获得脉动流量,分别在反压为0.5、1.0和1.5 MPa的环境下对其不同脉动频率下的动态特性进行实验研究,研究表明：反压的增加对离心喷嘴流量脉动具有抑制作用。对连续的喷雾图像进行互相关处理得到其不同反压环境下的脉动速度场,结果表明：随着环境压力的升高,其喷雾场速度传递函数振幅呈下降趋势,与反压对喷嘴传递函数的影响规律一致。     

THE STUDY OF AIRPORTTERRAIN EFFECTS ON AUTOLAND FOR ANY AIRPLANE

<正> The terrain profile at several airports has caused some difficulty with autolands on the DC-10 and MD-80. Some operators have reported that the pilot had to disconnect the flight guidance system during flare and land manually. At present, the autoland guidance system is not uniquely designed to handle the variations of terrain. Since there is no accurate substitute for radio altitude(h_(rad)) the only variable left to improve is radio altitude rate (h_(rad)).     

21世纪士兵的新装备——微型无人飞行器

由于高能量储备和微型精确飞行控制技术的突破性进展,一种供士兵用的比鸟还小的微型侦察无人机已被列入美国国防研制计划     

钝尾物体底部压力计算

 提出了一种简便可靠的计算钝尾物体表面压力分布及底部压力的方法。将钝尾物体绕流流场分为无粘区、边界层区和分离区。无粘区和边界层区分别用位流理论和边界层理论计算。分离区由根据尾流函数等建立的替代模型模拟。利用奇点法解出整个模型的压力分布。计算釆用迭代法进行。对Vanwagenen模型和鲁尔大学模型进行了计算,结果表明该方法是成功的。     

评定运载火箭成本的TRANSCOST模型及其应用

首先介绍评定运载火箭的研制和发射成本的解析模型的结构,着重讨论评定使用成本的新方法,并引入众多参数来修正模型.尔后以“阿里安”4后继型为例,讨论用于未来系统分析和成本比较的模型,分析了采用10种不同方案的可贮低温燃料两级火箭的研制和发射成本.欧洲未来运载火箭系统的关键是要最佳解决有限的研制费用与期望的最低发射成本之间的矛盾.多次使用系统能使发射成本大为降低,但研制费用较大.基于实际参数的成本解析模型能为选择运载火箭方案提供重要的信息.     

Magnetic Field Fluctuations in the Solar Wind, Foreshock and Magnetosheath： Cluster Data Analysis

46 magnetosheath crossing events from the two years (2001.2-2003.1) of Cluster magnetic field measurements are identified and used to investigate the characters of the magnetic field fluctuations in the regions of undisturbed solar wind, foreshock, magnetosheath. The preliminary results indicate the properties of the plasma turbulence in the magnetosheath are strongly controlled by IMF orientation with respect to the bow shock normal. The amplitude of the magnetic field magnitude and direction variations behind quasi-parallel bow shock are larger than those behind quasi-perpendicular bow shock. Almost purely compressional waves are found in quasi-perpendicular magnetosheath.