An innovative approach for distributed and integrated resources planning for the Space Station Freedom

The widely distributed nature of the Space Station Freedom program, plus continuous multi-year operations will force program planners to develop innovative planning concepts. The traditional centralized planning operation will not be adequate. It will be replaced by multiple small planning centers working within guidelines issued by a central planning authority. Plans will not be optimized; rather, operating efficiency and user flexibility will be blended to satisfy program goals. The key to this new approach is the application of new planning methodologies and system development technologies to accommodate distributed resources that must be integrated. Resources will be distributed to the multiple planning entities in such a way that, when the several plans are built and then integrated, they will fit together with minimal modification. The plan itself will be an envelope schedule containing resource limits and constraint boundaries within which users will be free to make choices of the specific activities they will execute, up to the time of execution. Some level of margin within program guidelines will be built in to allow for variation and unforeseen change. This paper presents the authors' recommended planning approach and cites two NASA systems being developed that will utilize these resource distribution/integration planning concepts, methodologies and development technologies.     

印刷电路板缺陷焊点的自动检测

本文首先从国内外的发展现状,概述了印刷电路板缺陷焊点的几种检测手段。并着重介绍了作者与其同事们正在研制的激光全息印刷电路板焊点缺陷自动检测系统。     

控制系统故障诊断的模糊神经网络方法研究

控制系统的不确定故障诊断是目前尚未解决的问题。传统的神经网络方法和模糊推理方法为解决这一类故障诊断问题提出了一些算法。然而上述两种方法难以提高不确定故障诊断的性能。为此本文结合模糊理论的推理能力和神经网络学习的能力提出模糊神经网络故障检测方法。该算法同时具备模糊理论的处理不确定和不准确信息的能力和神经网络的自学习能力。本文结果应用到某运载火箭控制系统的故障诊断,仿真结果表明,本算法有效,较好地解决了控制系统不确定故障诊断问题。     

DS1620数字温度计／温度调节器及其应用

DS1620芯片是一种新型的测量温度和调节温度的器件。它本身就是一个数字温度计，能够输出9位二进制的温度值；同时，借助其三个温度报警输出和控制信号，DS1620也可作为温度调节器使用。本文详细阐述了DS1620数字温度计／温度调节器的特点、结构和原理，并结合具体例子介绍了DS1620的应用。文中给出了相关电路和程序框图。     

航天器结构材料的应用和发展

文章首先说明航天器结构材料的定义及其性能要求，然后简要介绍航天器结构材料的主要类型及其基本性能，并且综述航天器结构材料的应用概况，最后指出航天器结构材料的发展趋势。     

尺寸参数对气动液阀启动特性的影响

为气动液阀的启动过程建立了数学模型，分析了尺寸参数对该阀启动特性的影响。计算结果表明：在保证必要的工作寿命的前提下，适当地增大控制腔气孔的直径或增大靠近控制腔的活塞端面直径有利于提高该阀的响应能力。本文所得的结论有利于此类阀门的设计。     

Raman imagery: a new approach to assess the geochemical maturity and biogenicity of permineralized precambrian fossils

Laser-Raman imagery is a non-intrusive, non-destructive analytical technique, recently introduced to Precambrian paleobiology, that can be used to demonstrate a one-to-one spatial correlation between the optically discernible morphology and kerogenous composition of permineralized fossil microorganisms. Made possible by the submicron-scale resolution of the technique and its high sensitivity to the Raman signal of carbonaceous matter, such analyses can be used to determine the chemical-structural characteristics of organic-walled microfossils and associated sapropelic carbonaceous matter in acid-resistant residues and petrographic thin sections. Here we use this technique to analyze kerogenous microscopic fossils and associated carbonaceous sapropel permineralized in 22 unmetamorphosed or little-metamorphosed fine-grained chert units ranging from approximately 400 to approximately 2,100 Ma old. The lineshapes of the Raman spectra acquired vary systematically with five indices of organic geochemical maturation: (1) the mineral-based metamorphic grade of the fossil-bearing units; (2) the fidelity of preservation of the fossils studied; (3) the color of the organic matter analyzed; and both the (4) H/C and (5) N/C ratios measured in particulate kerogens isolated from bulk samples of the fossil-bearing cherts. Deconvolution of relevant spectra shows that those of relatively well-preserved permineralized kerogens analyzed in situ exhibit a distinctive set of Raman bands that are identifiable also in hydrated organic-walled microfossils and particulate carbonaceous matter freed from the cherts by acid maceration. These distinctive Raman bands, however, become indeterminate upon dehydration of such specimens. To compare quantitatively the variations observed among the spectra measured, we introduce the Raman Index of Preservation, an approximate measure of the geochemical maturity of the kerogens studied that is consistent both with the five indices of organic geochemical alteration and with spectra acquired from fossils experimentally heated under controlled laboratory conditions. The results reported provide new insight into the chemical-structural characteristics of ancient carbonaceous matter, the physicochemical changes that accompany organic geochemical maturation, and a new criterion to be added to the suite of evidence by which to evaluate the origin of minute fossil-like objects of possible but uncertain biogenicity.     

On the breakdown of wave fronts of characteristics in an ideal dissociating gas

Using the method of characteristics, the problem of breaking or non-breaking of waves is studied in a plane cylindrically or spherically symmetric flow of an ideal dissociating gas. It is investigated as to how the effects of dissociation and that of the wave front curvature influence the breaking or non-breaking of waves. In a symmetrical converging gas motion a remarkable difference between the behaviours of cylindrical and spherical waves is discovered.     

Economy of modular low-technology launch vehicles

The paper comprises an assessment of the design and the economics of so-called “low-cost” simple modular launch vehicles. It is shown that the performance is very marginal and that the cost per launch cannot compete with technically more advanced fully reusable vehicles. Especially a private-funded development cannot be amortized economically in case of an expendable launch vehicle.     

红外隐身材料的研究进展

红外探测器的高度发展已使用于目标表面的热红外隐身材料成为飞行器隐身技术中的一个重要组成部分。但对这种材料的发展情况,以往的文献一向较少涉及。本文概括了这种材料的一般性能要求,较全面地评述了十余年来红外隐身材料研究中各主要方面的发展情况,并分析了一些重要材料品种的特点、性能水平、技术影响因素、存在的问题和发展趋势。