Enhancing the ATIC charge resolution

The Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter (ATIC) experiment is designed to investigate the charge composition and energy spectra of primary cosmic rays over the energy range from about 10¹¹ to 10¹⁴ eV during Long Duration Balloon (LDB) flights from McMurdo, Antarctica. Currently, analysis from the ATIC-1 test flight and ATIC-2 science flight is underway and preparation for a second science flight is in progress. Charge identification of the incident cosmic ray is accomplished, primarily, by a pixilated Silicon Matrix detector located at the very top of the instrument. While it has been shown that the Silicon Matrix detector provides good charge identification even in the presence of electromagnetic shower backscatter from the calorimeter, the detector only measures the charge once. In this paper, we examine use of the top scintillator hodoscope detector to provide a second measure of the cosmic ray charge and, thus, improve the ATIC charge identification.     

马赫数2.5超/亚声流流向涡掺混超燃室冷态实验

结合对应的数值计算,对一种带亚声速预燃室和流向涡掺混器的超声速燃烧模型燃烧室实验台,在其进口马赫数为2.5的来流条件下,进行了冷态流场的实验研究.实验测得其壁面静压分布和激波系结构与流场的CFD计算结果基本一致.实验结果表明,模型燃烧室全流场超声速,达到设计状态.马赫数2.5下的冷态实验数据和CFD计算数据为进行点火实验提供了依据.      

某脉宽调制数字快速电磁阀方案设计及仿真研究

脉宽调制数字快速电磁阀作为重要的电液转换元件，在燃油控制系统的作用日益突出。针对断电常开型快速电磁阀的需求，开展断电常开型脉宽调制数字快速电磁阀的方案设计及仿真研究，并通过工程验证使该脉宽调制数字快速电磁阀的设计方案得到优化。     

Gravity effects on membrane processes.

Application of the Gouy-Chapman-Debye-Hückel (GCDH) theory to a model membrane in contact with electrolytes of various concentrations and composition predict density variations within an interfacial layer. Assuming that on cellular dimensions hydrodynamics can be applied (the objections are briefly discussed) two types of gravity effects can be defined, 1. convection along the surface of vertically oriented membranes and 2. surface potential variations by layer deformations at horizontally oriented membranes. Both effects should affect transport across the layer to the membrane surface and across the membrane. According to the theoretical predictions first experiments with gramicidin channels incorporated into artificial phosphatidylserine bilayer membranes show a significant difference in single channel currents in vertical and horizontal membranes. The complexity of biological membrane functions requires investigation of isolated membrane surface reactions and transport systems to study the gravisensitivity for each process separately.     

Initial approach to comparative studies on the evolutionary potentials of space radiation effects in a plant system.

The role of cosmic ionizing radiation, including heavy ions (HZE-particles) in the induction of mutations at the molecule-, chromosome-, genome- and cell-level is discussed on the basis of different DNA organization in a pro- and eukaryotically compartmented plant system (Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.). Data recently obtained on the biological effects of ionizing radiation make it timely to discuss comparatively the evolutionary potentials of space radiation effects in the pro- and eukaryotic genomes (plasmon, plastidom, chondriom, and nucleom) during long duration exposure on space flights.     

Acceleration reactions of cells and tissues--their genetic-phylogenic implications.

This paper speculates about the interplay between adaptational modifications with mutation and selection. Gravity effects are supposed to be very well suited to prove the role of direct adaptations for phylogenic processes. The speculation is based on strong hints that the cell in general reacts to accelerations (besides other mechanical stimuli) in the order of 1g and near weightlessness. Several-generations experiments in space may contribute to solve this fundamental question of evolution.     

Gravity and positional homeostasis of the cell.

Normally bilateralization takes place in the presence of the Earth's gravity which produces torque, shear, tension and compression acting upon the naked aggregates of cytoplasm in the zygote which is only stabilized by a weak cytoskeleton. In an initial examination of the effects of these quantities on development, an expression is derived to describe the tendency of torque to rotate the egg and reorganize its constituents. This expression yields the net torque resulting from buoyancy and gravity acting upon a dumbbell shaped cell with heavy and light masses at either end and "floating" in a medium. Using crude values for the variables, torques of 2.5 x l0(-13) to 8.5 x 10(-1) dyne-cm are found to act upon cells ranging from 6.4 micrometers to 31 mm (chicken egg). By way of camparison six microtubules can exert a torque of 5 x 10(-9) dyne-cm. (1) Gravity imparts torque to cells; (2) torque is reduced to zero as gravity approaches zero; and (3) torque is sensitive to cell size and particulate distribution. Cells must expend energy to maintain positional homeostasis against gravity. Although not previously recognized, Skylab 3 results support this hypothesis: tissue cultures used 58% more glucose on Earth than in space. The implications for developmental biology, physiology, genetics, and evolution are considered. At the cellular and tissue level the concept of "gravity receptors" may be unnecessary.     

25-Year overview: Safety and rescue symposia—Have they made a difference?

The stepping stones are traced from the birth of the IAA Committee on Space Rescue to the present day, 25 years later. The scope of the symposium was extended, successively, from that of space rescue to safety and rescue, and from crew rescue and spacecraft retrieval following Earth-surface touchdown to worldwide distress and disaster response, with benchmarks made on bringing to fruition satellite-aided search and rescue responding to terrestrial distress (COSPAS/SARSAT) and to space applications for disaster response.

In later years, a symposium session addressing space activities' impact on environment was initiated, with a principal focus on man-made space debris.

In 1991, a subcommittee on quality and an Ad Hoc Expert Group on space debris were established.

Its twenty-fifth-year contributions and influence are evident in the committee's organizational involvement across the IAA/IAF/COSPAR sessions at the 1992 World Space Congress.