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.     

Representing a stable environment by egocentric updating and invariant representations

To represent a stable environment despite the experience of changes during self movements, one can either develop an invariant allocentric representation, or update the egocentric representations as one moves. Using a disorientation paradigm, three sets of studies investigated these mechanisms in human navigation and scene recognition. Accuracy in the configuration of multiple object localization is impaired by disorientation, an effect not due to artifacts such as memory deterioration over time, intervening physical activities, uncertainty in self position and orientation, etc., suggesting one can locate objects primarily by updating their egocentric positions as she or he moves. Disorientation also impaired the judgment of changes to a scene after viewer movements, suggesting a similar egocentric updating process. On the contrary, representation of the shape of the surroundings is invariant and persists through disorientation. The coexistence of multiple mechanisms may increase the flexibility and robustness of the system.     

液体火箭发动机运动循环参数通用计算方法的研究

本文运用网络分析和图论的数学方法，建立起一个能计算各种动力循环方案参数的通用计算模型；同时，为了确保计算的准确、顺利进行，提出了控制参数的概念。最后编制了一个实用的通用计算软件，并用它对不同动力循环方案进行了计算     

红外多光谱扫描仪主体设计

文中简要介绍了中巴合作地球资源卫星(CBERS)红外多光谱扫描仪主体(简称扫描仪主体)的组成和工作原理。     

具L2有界不确定性扰动系统最优跟踪问题的时域解

本文对Ｌ２有界不确定性扰动下的一性系统在时域提出Ｍａｘｍｉｎ最优跟踪问题，给出了问题的时域状态反馈解，这一问题与相应的Ｈ∞问题具有某种一致性，因此，问题的求解方法可为解决领域不确定系统的Ｈ∞最优跟踪问题提供一种时域途径。     

斜切反喷管流场的数值模拟

为了在级间分离期间提供反推力，许多固体火箭发动机前端都装有一组斜切反喷管。由于反喷管的气动型面具有许多尖点，并且在超声速区有一个台阶，喷管内存在一系列激波，而且亚声速区和超声速区互相混杂。本文用时间相关法数值模拟了反喷管流场，控制议程用Ｍａｃ Ｃｏｒｍａｃｋ显格式求数值解，边界参数采用物理边界条件和从双特征线方法推导来的有效的特征方法为计算，为于固壁边界点，在不同的区域采用不同的方法对计算方程组求     

模型修正中一种特殊广义逆的性质与功能

本文对一种特殊的广义逆矩阵在模型修正中使用时可能具有的性质与功能给予了间接的论证,从而为这种广义逆的进一步应用给予了提示。该论证表明,这种广义逆不仅具有增补方程个数的作用,而且还具有对修正模型的参考基增补高阶理论模态信息的功能。通过本文论证,文[2][4]之解的唯一性问题明确解决了,即为一个实用完备模态空间中的确定解。     

正态模型结构可靠性贝叶斯下限的计算方法

本文对正态模型结构可靠度的贝叶斯精确下限的评估公式提供一种新的计算方法。该方法能达到任意给定的精度。计算复杂度可由O(n~2)降为O(n)。程序结构简单,使用方便。     

再入体激波层和近尾流热辐射实验研究

本文介绍了在弹道靶设备上对再入速度下模型的热辐射进行的实验研究工作。铝、高硅氧和聚碳酸酯三种材料的模型在速度为4.5～6.0(km/s),压力为600—8000Pa条件下做了实验,在258nm—1100nm光谱范围内完成了九个波段的辐射测量,给出了三种材料模型的辐射光谱分布曲线。结果表明辐射量除了受环境条件影响外,还强烈地依赖于模型材料;由烧蚀产物引起的辐射通量主要在可见光和近红外区(465nm以上)。估算了烧蚀产物引起的辐射加热率,对头部和近尾流辐射通量做了比较。     

捷联式定位定向系统中动力调谐陀螺误差实时补偿

恶劣的工作环境给进一步提高捷联系统的性能带来了较大的困难，究其所有误差源，系统中的动力调谐陀螺误差对系统的精度影响较大。为此，本文主要对“捷联式定位定向系统”中动力调谐陀螺的误差作分析与研究。本文结合“捷联式定位定向系统”的特点，对动力调谐陀螺的主要漂移误差进行了分析，接着根据推得的动力调谐陀螺的静态、动态误差模型，提出了相应的误差补偿算法，并设计了误差实时补偿软件。最后经仿真计算，证明其补偿效果较好。