Three-dimensional model of a dispersed-film flow in a cylindrical channel

A mathematical model of the dispersed-film two-phase flow with phase slip in the vertical cylindrical channel is described.     

An Overview of the Instrument Suite for the Deep Impact Mission

A suite of three optical instruments has been developed to observe Comet 9P/Tempel 1, the impact of a dedicated impactor spacecraft, and the resulting crater formation for the Deep Impact mission. The high-resolution instrument (HRI) consists of an f/35 telescope with 10.5 m focal length, and a combined filtered CCD camera and IR spectrometer. The medium-resolution instrument (MRI) consists of an f/17.5 telescope with a 2.1 m focal length feeding a filtered CCD camera. The HRI and MRI are mounted on an instrument platform on the flyby spacecraft, along with the spacecraft star trackers and inertial reference unit. The third instrument is a simple unfiltered CCD camera with the same telescope as MRI, mounted within the impactor spacecraft. All three instruments use a Fairchild split-frame-transfer CCD with 1,024× 1,024 active pixels. The IR spectrometer is a two-prism (CaF₂ and ZnSe) imaging spectrometer imaged on a Rockwell HAWAII-1R HgCdTe MWIR array. The CCDs and IR FPA are read out and digitized to 14 bits by a set of dedicated instrument electronics, one set per instrument. Each electronics box is controlled by a radiation-hard TSC695F microprocessor. Software running on the microprocessor executes imaging commands from a sequence engine on the spacecraft. Commands and telemetry are transmitted via a MIL-STD-1553 interface, while image data are transmitted to the spacecraft via a low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) interface standard. The instruments are used as the science instruments and are used for the optical navigation of both spacecraft. This paper presents an overview of the instrument suite designs, functionality, calibration and operational considerations.     

The Tanaka-Enome criterion and solar activity in October–November 2003 as observed by the Large Pulkovo Radio Telescope

We present the results of spectral and polarization observations of two large sunspot groups, NOAA 0484 and NOAA 0486 + 0488, which determine high solar activity in October–November 2003. The observations are made with the Large Pulkovo Radio Telescope (LPRT) in the range 2.7–20 cm, the one-dimensional (E-W) resolution of observations being 1–6 arc min, respectively. The main characteristics of the corona radio emission above these active regions are measured, allowing us to follow their dynamics during the entire period of their existence on the solar disk with a period of one day. The analysis of the obtained results is presented from the point of view of the well-known Tanaka-Enome criterion [1–2] (on the basis of this criterion one can predict strong flares from characteristics of radio emission of an active region in quasi-quiet state). Using the activity in October–November 2003 as an example, we demonstrate the capabilities of a new method for estimating the level of solar activity. It was developed on the basis of long-term observations of the Sun by LPRT [3].Translated from Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, Vol. 42, No. 6, 2004, pp. 585–594.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Borisevich, Ilin, Korzhavin, Peterova, Topchilo, Shpitalnaya.     

The Long-Term Evolution of the Atmosphere of Venus: Processes and Feedback Mechanisms

Space Science Reviews - The BepiColombo Environment Radiation Monitor (BERM) on board the European Space Agency’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), is designed to measure the radiation...     

Cooperative processing of measurements in multilateral radial–range difference system of passive radiolocation

A study is made to define a procedure of cooperative processing of goniometric and range difference measurements in multilateral system of passive radiolocation. As a result, we worked out the computational algorithms, which implement this procedure. The accuracy characteristics are estimated.     

Control of flight vehicles with the adjustable center of mass

We resolve a problem how to control the longitudinal angular motion of flight vehicles (FV) having a system to displace the center of mass in the transverse direction. A structure is determined and a control law is established to start up and shutdown the engines. Formulas to determine the control parameters are obtained.     

基于Gauss平均引数的RNAV进近程序航迹引导参数计算

为准确计算基于WGS-84坐标的RNAV进近程序航路点坐标和航迹引导参数,提供精密RNAV导航数据,降低RNAV进近系统误差,提出了实测跑道入口WGS-84坐标,然后沿跑道中线外推各航路点WGS-84坐标的计算方法。采用Gauss平均引数法对各航段的航线角及航段距离进行了反算,以验证外推航路点坐标的计算精度。通过西南地区某机场＂T＂型RNAV进近程序的设计及飞行验证,该方法可推广到其他机场的RNAV进近程序设计。     

Efficiency of a gas screen in the supersonic dispersed flow under conditions of inertial deposition of particles on a protected surface

The results of numerical studying the influence of inertially deposited particles of the condensed phase on the efficiency of a gas screen in a supersonic dispersed flow are presented. The possibility of realizing the Leont’ev paradox on the adiabatic surface region streamlined by a supersonic dispersed flow, involved in attaining the temperature of the surface being protected smaller than the coolant temperature on the permeable section of screen formation is specified.     

Analytical synthesis of functional observers

A technique for constructing the observers to evaluate a linear combination of state variables is considered. We propose an algorithm for analytical synthesis of the minimum-order functional observers based on the nondegenerate transformation of the object model in the state space using the matrix canonization technology. The applicability limits of the technique and the conditions of problem solvability are defined.