Optimization of beamforming and path planning for UAV-assisted wireless relay networks

Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles （UAVs） acting as relay platforms have attracted considerable attention due to the advantages of extending coverage and improving connectivity for long-range communications. Specifically, in the scenario where the access point （AP） is mobile, a UAV needs to find an efficient path to guarantee the connectivity of the relay link. Motivated by this fact, this paper proposes an optimal design for beamforming （BF） and UAV path planning. First of all, we study a dual-hop amplify-and-forward （AF） wireless relay network, in which a UAV is used as relay between a mobile AP and a fixed base station （BS）. In the network, both of the AP and the BS are equipped with multiple antennas, whereas the UAV has a single antenna. Then, we obtain the output signal~to-noise ratio （SNR） of the dual-hop relay network. Based on the criterion of maximizing the output SNR, we develop an optimal design to obtain the solution of the optimal BF weight vector and the UAV heading angle. Next, we derive the closed-form outage probability （OP） expression to investigate the performance of the dual-hop relay network conveniently. Finally, computer simulations show that the proposed approach can obtain nearly optimal flying path and OP performance, indicating the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. Furthermore, we find that increasing the antenna number at the BS or the maximal heading angle can significantly improve the performance of the considered relay network.     

大膨胀比跨声速涡轮流动结构及损失的数值研究

为了揭示跨声速大膨胀比涡轮损失的主要特点和两种不同尾缘冷却方式对损失的影响,以典型大膨胀比跨声速涡轮和跨声速叶栅为研究对象开展了数值研究。研究发现大膨胀比跨声速涡轮的主要损失是叶型损失,占到总损失的65%左右,尾缘激波损失是叶型损失的主要来源。尾缘全劈缝冷气入射通过提高尾缘基压区基压来减少尾缘膨胀波对气流的加速程度,从而降低最高马赫数和激波损失,尾缘压力面劈缝冷气入射通过改变叶片尾缘压力面激波波系结构,使原来的一道激波变成两道或者两道以上的弱激波,从而减少激波损失。两种尾缘冷气方式都有利于降低大膨胀比跨声速涡轮激波损失,但压力面劈缝冷气入射方式效果更为明显。     

一种用于液晶曝光中的激光检测系统

介绍了一种非接触式激光检测系统，可用于检测液晶曝光中液晶模板与基板之间的间隙，给出了该种系统的测量原理、硬件系统、信号处理方法、测量结果、分辨力和误差分析，并指出了这种测量系统的应用。     

积木式方法与试验金字塔的历史沿革与发展趋势

采用积木式方法构建试验金字塔是目前已经被广泛接受的用来完成大型飞机结构强度验证的基本手段。本文概述了积木式方法和试验金字塔的发展历程和趋势，介绍了不同型号的美军机在研制过程中所建立的强度验证试验金字塔的统计结果，并且从试验层级、对象、目的和类型等四个方面比较了试验内容的数量与经费占比，由此来说明基础层级试验验证工作在强度验证试验金字塔中重要性和经济性。通过对虚拟试验在强度验证工作中的发展趋势、应用和限制的介绍，为顺利完成相关的全尺寸部件和整机的强度验证提供可靠的保障手段。     

1. Transport of Mass,Momentum and Energy in Planetary Magnetodisc Regions

The rapid rotation of the gas giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn, leads to the formation of magnetodisc regions in their magnetospheric environments. In these regions, relatively cold plasma is confined towards the equatorial regions, and the magnetic field generated by the azimuthal (ring) current adds to the planetary dipole, forming radially distended field lines near the equatorial plane. The ensuing force balance in the equatorial magnetodisc is strongly influenced by centrifugal stress and by the thermal pressure of hot ion populations, whose thermal energy is large compared to the magnitude of their centrifugal potential energy. The sources of plasma for the Jovian and Kronian magnetospheres are the respective satellites Io (a volcanic moon) and Enceladus (an icy moon). The plasma produced by these sources is globally transported outwards through the respective magnetosphere, and ultimately lost from the system. One of the most studied mechanisms for this transport is flux tube interchange, a plasma instability which displaces mass but does not displace magnetic flux—an important observational constraint for any transport process. Pressure anisotropy is likely to play a role in the loss of plasma from these magnetospheres. This is especially the case for the Jovian system, which can harbour strong parallel pressures at the equatorial segments of rotating, expanding flux tubes, leading to these regions becoming unstable, blowing open and releasing their plasma. Plasma mass loss is also associated with magnetic reconnection events in the magnetotail regions. In this overview, we summarise some important observational and theoretical concepts associated with the production and transport of plasma in giant planet magnetodiscs. We begin by considering aspects of force balance in these systems, and their coupling with the ionospheres of their parent planets. We then describe the role of the interaction between neutral and ionized species, and how it determines the rate at which plasma mass and momentum are added to the magnetodisc. Following this, we describe the observational properties of plasma injections, and the consequent implications for the nature of global plasma transport and magnetodisc stability. The theory of the flux tube interchange instability is reviewed, and the influences of gravity and magnetic curvature on the instability are described. The interaction between simulated interchange plasma structures and Saturn’s moon Titan is discussed, and its relationship to observed periodic phenomena at Saturn is described. Finally, the observation, generation and evolution of plasma waves associated with mass loading in the magnetodisc regions is reviewed.     

Filament Thread-like Structures and Their?Small-amplitude Oscillations

Thanks to gradually improving observational capabilities, both from space and ground-based observatories, it is now generally accepted that thin threads (width ??200 km) constitute the building blocks of solar filaments and prominences. At ultra-small scales, high quality image sequences show a non-static picture of filaments and reveal that their oscillatory behavior is an important dynamic feature of these structures. Filament seismology sheds light on the internal magnetic structures of filaments and their interactions with surrounding solar regions. Understanding the overall magnetic topology of solar filaments and prominences including their small-scale thread-like structures is essential in interpretation and understanding of their oscillations. For this reason we aim here to present an update of the dynamic and spatial structures of prominences and filaments as inferred from high resolution observations in the past decennia. Some constraints in high resolution observations are addressed. Our review focuses mainly on the observational aspects and aims to summarize recent oscillation studies of individual filament threads and groups of threads. Finally, some theoretical interpretations of oscillations of filament threads and the inferred physical conditions of filament plasma are also discussed.     

Energy Release and Particle Acceleration in Flares: Summary and Future Prospects

RHESSI measurements relevant to the fundamental processes of energy release and particle acceleration in flares are summarized. RHESSI??s precise measurements of hard X-ray continuum spectra enable model-independent deconvolution to obtain the parent electron spectrum. Taking into account the effects of albedo, these show that the low energy cut-off to the electron power-law spectrum is typically ?tens of keV, confirming that the accelerated electrons contain a large fraction of the energy released in flares. RHESSI has detected a high coronal hard X-ray source that is filled with accelerated electrons whose energy density is comparable to the magnetic-field energy density. This suggests an efficient conversion of energy, previously stored in the magnetic field, into the bulk acceleration of electrons. A new, collisionless (Hall) magnetic reconnection process has been identified through theory and simulations, and directly observed in space and in the laboratory; it should occur in the solar corona as well, with a reconnection rate fast enough for the energy release in flares. The reconnection process could result in the formation of multiple elongated magnetic islands, that then collapse to bulk-accelerate the electrons, rapidly enough to produce the observed hard X-ray emissions. RHESSI??s pioneering ??-ray line imaging of energetic ions, revealing footpoints straddling a flare loop arcade, has provided strong evidence that ion acceleration is also related to magnetic reconnection. Flare particle acceleration is shown to have a close relationship to impulsive Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events observed in the interplanetary medium, and also to both fast coronal mass ejections and gradual SEP events. New instrumentation to provide the high sensitivity and wide dynamic range hard X-ray and ??-ray measurements, plus energetic neutral atom (ENA) imaging of SEPs above ??2 R_??, will enable the next great leap forward in understanding particle acceleration and energy release is large solar eruptions??solar flares and associated fast coronal mass ejections (CMEs).     

英语学习策略与大学英语四级通过情况的相关性研究——以桂林航天工业高等专科学校为例

论文通过对桂林航天工业高等专科学校部分学生的英语学习策略调查问卷及相关数据进行SPSS数据分析,分析通过大学英语四级的学生英语学习策略使用情况,及通过分析调查对象的英语学习策略使用情况,是否知道学习策略对于学习策略的选择的影响,各学习策略之间的关系等提出,指导学生,提高大学英语四级通过率。     

Exact multisensor dynamic bias estimation with local tracks

An exact solution is provided for the multiple sensor bias estimation problem based on local tracks. It is shown that the sensor bias estimates can be obtained dynamically using the outputs of the local (biased) state estimators. This is accomplished by manipulating the local state estimates such that they yield pseudomeasurements of the sensor biases with additive noises that are zero-mean, white, and with easily calculated covariances. These results allow evaluation of the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) on the covariance of the sensor bias estimates, i.e., a quantification of the available information about the sensor biases in any scenario. Monte Carlo simulations show that this method has significant improvement in performance with reduced rms errors of 70% compared with commonly used decoupled Kalman filter. Furthermore, the new method is shown to be statistically efficient, i.e., it meets the CRLB. The extension of the new technique for dynamically varying sensor biases is also presented.