航天飞机大幅面相机摄影术与资源管理

1984年10月,挑战者号航天飞机携带Itek大幅面相机对地球陆地、海洋和云层等拍摄了2134幅照片。这次实验使用了精密制图大幅面相机,在一条由4种不同乳剂制成的胶片上拍摄垂直航摄照片。由于北美和欧洲上空出现浓密云层天气,导致大多数主要摄影区模糊不清。所以多数照片是在次要摄影区拍摄的。参加实验的美国农业部、林务局在美国各地标注了许多摄影实验区。但在这次航天飞机执行任务时,所选的大多数国有林均因云层的覆盖而模糊不清。 林务局所感兴趣的是大幅面相机摄影术在资源管理方面的潜在作用。他们尽可能地评估国有林地区的照片。这些图像适用于一些管理活动,目前正在被采用。在评估过程中他们还鉴定了所拍摄到的全球范围的图像,并列出了一份潜在用途表。随着使用的不断增加,大幅面相机摄影术的应用领域也将进一步拓宽。     

粉浆浇铸熔硅天线罩的加工要求

美国乔治亚理工学院于1955年与美海军签订合同共同研究用熔硅制造天线罩的技术.1958～1959年间已获得了首批成果,并用熔硅浇铸了一批天线罩.1960年后继续研究并作了雨水滑撬试验.1963年与美空军签订合同为“开路先锋”(Trailblazer)导弹研制天线罩.意大利塞列尼亚公司曾和该学院合作进行了两年有关天线军的研究工作,获得了该项技术的“诀窍”,并运用于研制“阿斯派德”导弹的天线罩.乔治亚理工学院在研制陶瓷系列天线罩方面与美军方签订了多份合同,N00017—70—C—4438合同是其中之一.该合同共包括四篇技术报告,其目的在于开展研制工作和发展工艺,以便全面地挖掘将在高超音速导弹中作为结构元件用的陶瓷系统的潜力.本文是该合同的第二份技术报告,介绍了粉浆浇铸熔硅天线罩的加工技术规范及其理论基础,现译出供参考.     

论铷原子频标的信噪比和短期稳定度

本文给出了非自振型铷原子频标信噪比和短期频率稳定度的理论计算结果,同时还介绍了用分离高性能滤波器和集成高性能滤波器对系统进行的测试。最后的结论是由光检测器中的光谱灯造成的散弹噪声是观察到的限制频标短期稳定度的白噪声频谱的主要影响因素。     

VLSI processors for signal detection in SETI

The objective of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is to locate an artificially created signal coming from a distant star. This is done in two steps: (1) spectral analysis of an incoming radio frequency band, and (2) pattern detection for narrow-band signals. Both steps are computationally expensive and require the development of specially designed computer architectures. To reduce the size and cost of the SETI signal detection machine, two custom VLSI chips are under development. The first chip, the SETI DSP Engine, is used in the spectrum analyzer and is specially designed to compute Discrete Fourier Transforms (DFTs). It is a high-speed arithmetic processor that has two adders, one multiplier-accumulator, and three four-port memories. The second chip is a new type of Content-Addressable Memory. It is the heart of an associative processor that is used for pattern detection. Both chips incorporate many innovative circuits and architectural features.     

The evolution of complex life

In considering the probabilities that intelligent life might exist elsewhere in the Universe, it is important to ask questions about the factors governing the emergence of complex living organisms in the context of evolutionary biology, planetary environments and events in space. Two important problems arise. First, what can be learned about the general laws governing the evolution of complex life anywhere in space by studying its history on the Earth? Second, how is the evolution of complex life affected by events in space? To address these problems, a series of Science Workshops on the Evolution of Complex Life was held at the Ames Research Center. Included in this paper are highlights of those workshops, with particular emphasis on the first question, namely the evolution of complex extraterrestrial life.     

高固体漆的应用

根据环保要求,航空用油漆正在逐渐由传统型转变成环保型。本文介绍了高固体漆在飞机上应用的现状以及存在的问题。     

用直接最佳法设计最大推力喷管型面

本文介绍一种用直接最佳法来设计最大推力喷管型面的方法。用一个二次多项式来模仿具有固定初始膨胀表面的喷管型面。多项式的系数随确定最大推力喷管型面的直接最佳法而改变。考虑三种直接最佳法:多维线坐标研究、最速下降法和牛顿法。提出结果,以便图解说明三种直接法的特点,证明二项式型面产生的推力基本上与用变分法确定的喷管型面所产生的推力是相同的。     

Gender differences in leader and follower perceptions of social support in Antarctica

The purpose of this study was to methodologically explore the links among social support, gender, age, prior experience, leader/follower status, and leadership effectiveness noted in previous accounts from Antarctic stations. Data for this study were collected from volunteers involved in Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions conducted from 1996 to 2001. Multilevel analysis revealed that most of the variance in perceptions of social support was at the individual level (71%). Perceptions of social support had less variance at the group level (29%) and little variance at the weekly level. At the group level, the explanatory variables we examined included leadership effectiveness, gender similarity, and age similarity. At the individual level, the explanatory variables we examined included age, gender, prior experience, and leader/follower status. An interaction between gender and leader/follower status contributed to a significant model of variation in perceptions of social support.     

VISIOMETRICS OF 2D SHOCK-PLANAR S/F/S CURTAIN INTERACTIONS: VORTEX DOUBLE LAYERS, VORTEX PROJECTILES AND DECAYING STRATIFIED TURBULENCE

INTRODUCTIONVarious geometrical configurations havebeen used to obtain an understanding of phenom-ena in accelerated inhomogeneous flows( aifs) ,e.g. Richtmyer- Meshkov ( RM) and Rayleigh-Taylor( RT) flows,where visiometrics are beingemphasized more and more by the community[1] .The classical configuration,an acceleration orimpulse directed perpendicular to a planar inter-face between fluids of different density perturbedby a small- amplitude sinusoid has attracted muchattention for evo…