Mineralogical biosignatures and the search for life on Mars

If life ever existed, or still exists, on Mars, its record is likely to be found in minerals formed by, or in association with, microorganisms. An important concept regarding interpretation of the mineralogical record for evidence of life is that, broadly defined, life perturbs disequilibria that arise due to kinetic barriers and can impart unexpected structure to an abiotic system. Many features of minerals and mineral assemblages may serve as biosignatures even if life does not have a familiar terrestrial chemical basis. Biological impacts on minerals and mineral assemblages may be direct or indirect. Crystalline or amorphous biominerals, an important category of mineralogical biosignatures, precipitate under direct cellular control as part of the life cycle of the organism (shells, tests, phytoliths) or indirectly when cell surface layers provide sites for heterogeneous nucleation. Biominerals also form indirectly as by-products of metabolism due to changing mineral solubility. Mineralogical biosignatures include distinctive mineral surface structures or chemistry that arise when dissolution and/or crystal growth kinetics are influenced by metabolic by-products. Mineral assemblages themselves may be diagnostic of the prior activity of organisms where barriers to precipitation or dissolution of specific phases have been overcome. Critical to resolving the question of whether life exists, or existed, on Mars is knowing how to distinguish biologically induced structure and organization patterns from inorganic phenomena and inorganic self-organization. This task assumes special significance when it is acknowledged that the majority of, and perhaps the only, material to be returned from Mars will be mineralogical.     

基于MATLAB的现代优化算法在飞行器气动外形设计中的应用

本文发展了MATLAB语言环境下的现代优化算法，包括遗传算法、模拟退火算法和基于分支联赛选择的多目标遗传算法，并用来求解高超声速飞行器气动外形参数优化问题。所研究的气动外形为带控制舵飞行器和可变弯体飞行器。在MATLAB环境下，求解了最大化升阻比的单目标优化问题和具体有两个冲突目标（最小化铰链力矩并且最大化平均操纵效率）的多目标优化问题。实际算例表明，在快速有效的气动力分析方法辅助之下，本文所发展的MATLAB现代优化算法可以在飞行器初始设计中发挥作用。本文所提供的现代优化算法是对MATLAB优化工具箱的一个有益的扩展。     

航天飞行器防热部件烧蚀行为的数值模拟

对航天飞行器防热部件在氧－煤油发动机火焰喷吹下的烧蚀行为进行了有限元数值模拟。利用“杀死”单元的方法建立防热部件瞬态温度场的有限元模型，实现了烧蚀边界的退缩，从而完成了对烧蚀尺寸变化的定量描述。烧蚀开始于4．59s，到12s时线烧蚀量为1．47mm。计算结果与试验的实测结果一致。     

LISA — a study of the ESA cornerstone mission for observing gravitational waves

The primary objective of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission is to detect and observe gravitational waves from massive black holes and galactic binaries in the frequency range 10⁻⁴ to 10⁻¹ Hz. This low-frequency range is inaccessible to ground-based interferometers because of the unshieldable background of local gravitational noise and because ground-based interferometers are limited in length to a few km. LISA is an ESA cornerstone mission and recently had a system study (Ref. 1) carried out by a consortium led by Astrium, which confirmed the basic configuration for the payload with only minor changes, and provided detailed concepts for the spacecraft and mission design. The study confirmed the need for a drag-free technology demonstration mission to develop the inertial sensors for LISA, before embarking on the build of the flight sensors. With a technology demonstration flight in 2005, it would be possible to carry out LISA as a joint ESA-NASA mission with a launch by 2010 subject to the funding programmatics. The baseline for LISA is three disc-like spacecraft each of which consist of a science module which carries the laser interferometer payload (two in each science module) and a propulsion module containing an ion drive and the hydrazine thrusters of the AOCS. The propulsion module is used for the transfer from earth escape trajectory provided by the Delta II launch to the operational orbit. Once there the propulsion module is jettisoned to reduce disturbances on the payload. Detailed analysis of thermal and gravitational disturbances, a model of the drag-free control and of the interferometer operation confirm that the strain sensitivity of the interferometer will be achieved.     

按降低轨迹灵敏度综合最优设计飞行控制系统

本文提出了一个按降低轨迹灵敏度综合最优设计飞行控制系统的方法。它能使系统具有满意的动态品质,同时对系统参数的变化及非线性产生的影响具有较强的鲁棒性。该设计方法具有通用性和程序化,系统实现简单。     

基于粒子滤波的被动多基站跟踪算法

针对被动多基站跟踪的实际应用，提出了基于粒子滤波的被动多基站跟踪方法。该方法首先利用两个基站的观测数据融合目标位置，并用第三个基站的观测数据对目标位置进行检验，消除了错误融合位置；然后，推导了被动多基站粒子滤波模型，并根据被动多基站跟踪的特点，提出了顺序重抽样方法，有效地解决了被动多基站跟踪中的高度非线性、非高斯的影响；最后，给出了算法的性能仿真比较。仿真结果表明提出的方法性能明显优于其他跟踪方法（如PMHT、IMM-PDA）。     

曲线合成孔径雷达最佳孔径研究

基于曲线合成孔径雷达原理与空间几何关系，讨论了曲线合成孔径雷达信号模型与成像方法，推导出目标的一维信号模型、二维信号模型，并将其扩展到了三维信号模型。考虑到不同的曲线孔径形状将对方位分辨率和高度分辨率有不同影响，详细研究了各种不同形状的曲线孔径，分析和对比了各种形状的孔径，给出了各自的优缺点和适用条件。结论是上下、左右对称的孔径形状较不对称的效果更优，L型孔径将导致很高的旁瓣。仿真实验可以对真实飞行航迹起指导作用。     

氨电弧喷射推力器实验和数值研究

为了证实氨电弧喷射推力器良好的工作性能，对其进行了系统的实验和数值研究。在实验研究中建立了高真空实验系统、先进的小推力测量系统和恒定电流控制系统，在数值研究中采用二阶精度无波动、无自由参数的耗散差分格式(NND格式)数值求解耦合电磁源项的扩展N-S方程组。通过实验获得了不同结构尺寸的推力器不同工作条件下的工作性能，通过数值模拟给出了推力器的流场结构，预计了其推力、比冲和推进效率。研究结果表明，氨电弧喷射推力器工作性能良好，能够担负一定的空间应用任务。     

Java Web开发的环境配置

Java Web开发让许多Web开发爱好者望而止步,其主要原因不只是Java语言的困扰,很大程度上是因为环境配置的麻烦打消了他们的激情。本文较详细地阐明了在Tomcat 5.5.*版本上开发JAVA WEB应用所涉及的前后台环境配置,其中包括主要技术有Tomcat服务器端配置,JAVA WEB开发工具的环境配置,MYSQL后台的搭建等。     

激波在狭缝中绕射过程研究

针对固体火箭发动机药柱存在裂纹的情况，对运动激波在狭缝中绕射传播的非定常流场进行了计算，得到了清晰的流场变化图谱，从流场图中可分辨出激波在狭缝中的传播过程。对不同深宽比的狭缝进行研究，发现流场结构存在明显差别，在深宽比较小时狭缝内压力波振荡较小，当深宽比超过一定值时狭缝内的压力波产生剧烈振荡。研究结果表明，该方法可很好地描述激波在狭缝中的传播过程。