VentureStar… reaping the benefits of the X-33 program

Major X-33 flight hardware has been delivered, and assembly of the vehicle is well underway in anticipation of its flight test program commencing in the summer of 1999. Attention has now turned to the operational VentureStar^TM, the first single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) reusable launch vehicle. Activities are grouped under two broad categories: (1) vehicle development and (2) market/business planning, each of which is discussed. The mission concept is presented for direct payload delivery to the International Space Station and to low Earth orbit, as well as payload delivery with an upper stage to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) and other high energy orbits. System requirements include flight segment and ground segment. Vehicle system sizing and design status is provided including the application of X-33 traceability and lessons learned. Technology applications to the VentureStar^TM are described including the structure, propellant tanks, thermal protection system, aerodynamics, subsystems, payload bay and propulsion. Developing a market driven low cost launch services system for the 21st Century requires traditional and non-traditional ways of being able to forecast the evolution of the potential market. The challenge is balancing both the technical and financial assumptions of the market. This involves the need to provide a capability to meet market segments that in some cases are very speculative, while at the same time providing the financial community with a credible revenue stream. Furthermore, the market derived requirements need to be assessed so as not to impose unnecessary requirements on the vehicle design that add unreasonable cost to the development of the system, yet provides the right capabilities for new markets that could be triggered by dramatically lower space transportation prices.     

KuaFu Mission

The KuaFu mission-Space Storms, Aurora and Space Weather Explorer-is an "L1+Polar" triple satellite project composed of three spacecraft: KuaFu-A will be located at L1 and have instruments to observe solar EUV and FUV emissions, and white-light Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), and to measure radio waves, the local plasma and magnetic field,and high-energy particles. KuaFuB1 and KuaFu- B2 will bein polar orbits chosen to facilitate continuous 24 hours a day observation of the north polar Aurora Oval. The KuaFu mission is designed to observe the complete chain of disturbances from the solar atmosphere to geospace, including solar flares, CMEs, interplanetary clouds, shock waves, and their geo-effects, such as magnetospheric sub-storms and magnetic storms, and auroral activities. The mission may start at the next solar maximum (launch in about 2012), and with an initial mission lifetime of two to three years. KuaFu data will be used for the scientific study of space weather phenomena, and will be used for space weather monitoring and forecast purposes. The overall mission design, instrument complement, and incorporation of recent technologies will target new fundamental science, advance our understanding of the physical processes underlying space weather, and raise the standard of end-to-end monitoring of the Sun-Earth system.     

空间飞行体远尾区内场和密度的非稳态非线性计算

对空间飞行体远尾区内等离子体与场之间非稳态非线性相互作用的耦合方程，在考虑了时间导数项后，进行了数值模拟计算．计算中考虑到场量具有轴对称的特点，利用二维三分量的初始条件，采用FTCS有限差分格式方法，得到了场和密度扰动的分布．结果表明，这种非线性相互作用也会引起场的塌缩并出现密度空洞，但塌缩的速度较快．通过对密度空洞变化的探测，可以对隐身飞行体进行跟踪探测．     

对流层特大暴雨天气对电离层变化的影响

研究气象活动对电离层变化的影响．利用时序叠加方法，通过对1958-1998年期间发生在武汉的5次特大暴雨天气事件对武汉上空电离层变化的影响进行分析，发现：(1)特大暴雨能够引起低电离层，fbEs和，f0Es参量较明显地减小；(2)特大暴雨对电离层F区寻常波描迹的最低虚高h′F和电离层等效峰高hpF的参量也有一定影响，且随着雨量的增大这种影响作用也会增加；(3)特大暴雨对电离层其他参量影响甚弱或没有影响．本文认为，特大暴雨天气事件对电离层的影响主要来自于动力过程，特别是特大暴雨激发的或相伴的大气重力波、潮汐波和行星波等长周期大尺度过程的作用．     

脉冲信号稳幅方法研究

主要介绍了连续波信号稳幅方法及脉冲信号稳幅方法,并根据对反馈控制电路的分析和电路仿真方法,进行了脉冲稳幅电路设计,最后给出了实验数据。     

太阳风质子束流的演化

太阳神飞船观测表明，太阳风高速流中质子束分量相对于核分量的密度随日心距离增加而增加．提出解释这一观测现象的机理并给出二维数值模拟结果．由于阿尔芬波速随日心距离增加而减少，第二支左旋波将与更多的质子共振，把部分原来属于核分布的质子拉到束分布中来．用数值模拟方程方法求解回旋波共振导致的准线性扩散方程，数值结果与观测结果相符合．     

一种新型的通用计数器的设计

介绍一种以大规模集成电路为核心组成的通用计数器的设计。该通用计数器具有输出标准信号、测量频率、测量周期、累加计数和自校等多种功能。     

星光对机动弹道导弹主动段的修正

 <正> 以惯性技术为主,并以星光、无线电等其它技术为辅的组合导航及制导技术是70年代以来发展较为迅速,并被认为是行之有效的技术手段。特别是对于大型航空航天飞行器。例如航天飞机、远程导弹等,只有采用精密的组合导航技术才能保证这类飞行任务的完成。任何单一的导航及制导技术都有其长处及弱点,将这些单一的技术手段组合起来扬长避短、相互补偿,毫无疑问是一种可行的途径。星光的引进将会使对     

基于冗余伪观测的自适应滤波算法

现有的二阶互差分(SOMD)算法能够给出与状态估计误差解耦的观测噪声协方差估计，但是需要满足冗余测量的条件，但这一条件往往难以满足。 针对这一问题，提出了一种利用状态预测值构造相邻2个时刻伪观测的方法，将原SOMD算法扩展到具有单测量的系统中。使用目标跟踪问题对该算法的有效性进行验证。仿真结果表明，当采样周期较小时，该算法能够忽略状态估计误差的影响并给出较准确的观测噪声方差，在精度和鲁棒性方面优于其他参考算法。     

GH169合金细晶锻造工艺研究

为了提高涡轮盘的强度和低周疲劳性能,要求锻件具有ASTM10级以上的细晶组织国外在大型压力机上采用低温大变形锻造和直接时效热处理以获得性能良好的细晶锻件,而我国则试图采用锻锤生产GH169合金涡轮盘锻件,因此,需要探索适合国情的GH169合金细晶锻造工艺。根据以往的研究,δ相对GH169合金的显微组织有明显影响,因而可