Automated air defense system using knowledge-based system

The proposed KAAD (knowledge-based automated air defense) system demonstrates a man-machine environment for airspace defense systems. When the unknown aircraft is hostile, a threat rating and response methods are generated by the system. It serves as a double-check decision-making system for a war control center. In addition to this application, the KAAD system can also be a useful tool as a training program for the war controller. The capabilities of the system are limited due to the shortage of knowledge resources. It requires communications among war controllers and air fighter pilots to organize a practical knowledge base. It is shown that the KAAD system can be combined with an automated ATC (air traffic control) system to become a practical system for air defense applications     

Energetic Particles Investigation (EPI)

The Energetic Particles Investigation (EPI) instrument operates during the pre-entry phase of the Galileo Probe. The major science objective is to study the energetic particle population in the innermost regions of the Jovian magnetosphere — within 4 radii of the cloud tops — and into the upper atmosphere. To achieve these objectives the EPI instrument will make omnidirectional measurements of four different particle species — electrons, protons, alpha-particles, and heavy ions (Z > 2). Intensity profiles with a spatial resolution of about 0.02 Jupiter radii will be recorded. Three different energy range channels are allocated to both electrons and protons to provide a rough estimate of the spectral index of the energy spectra. In addition to the omnidirectional measurements, sectored data will be obtained for certain energy range electrons, protons, and alpha-particles to determine directional anisotropies and particle pitch angle distributions. The detector assembly is a two-element telescope using totally depleted, circular silicon surfacebarrier detectors surrounded by a cylindrical tungsten shielding with a wall thickness of 4.86 g cm^-2. The telescope axis is oriented normal to the spherical surface of the Probe's rear heat shield which is needed for heat protection of the scientific payload during the Probe's entry into the Jovian atmosphere. The material thickness of the heat shield determines the lower energy threshold of the particle species investigated during the Probe's pre-entry phase. The EPI instrument is combined with the Lightning and Radio Emission Detector (LRD) such that the EPI sensor is connected to the LRD/EPI electronic box. In this way, both instruments together only have one interface of the Probe's power, command, and data unit.     

The Magnetic Field of Mercury

The magnetic field strength of Mercury at the planet’s surface is approximately 1% that of Earth’s surface field. This comparatively low field strength presents a number of challenges, both theoretically to understand how it is generated and observationally to distinguish the internal field from that due to the solar wind interaction. Conversely, the small field also means that Mercury offers an important opportunity to advance our understanding both of planetary magnetic field generation and magnetosphere-solar wind interactions. The observations from the Mariner 10 magnetometer in 1974 and 1975, and the MESSENGER Magnetometer and plasma instruments during the probe’s first two flybys of Mercury on 14 January and 6 October 2008, provide the basis for our current knowledge of the internal field. The external field arising from the interaction of the magnetosphere with the solar wind is more prominent near Mercury than for any other magnetized planet in the Solar System, and particular attention is therefore paid to indications in the observations of deficiencies in our understanding of the external field. The second MESSENGER flyby occurred over the opposite hemisphere from the other flybys, and these newest data constrain the tilt of the planetary moment from the planet’s spin axis to be less than 5°. Considered as a dipole field, the moment is in the range 240 to 270 nT-R _M ³ , where R _M is Mercury’s radius. Multipole solutions for the planetary field yield a smaller dipole term, 180 to 220 nT-R _M ³ , and higher-order terms that together yield an equatorial surface field from 250 to 290 nT. From the spatial distribution of the fit residuals, the equatorial data are seen to reflect a weaker northward field and a strongly radial field, neither of which can be explained by a centered-dipole matched to the field measured near the pole by Mariner 10. This disparity is a major factor controlling the higher-order terms in the multipole solutions. The residuals are not largest close to the planet, and when considered in magnetospheric coordinates the residuals indicate the presence of a cross-tail current extending to within 0.5R _M altitude on the nightside. A near-tail current with a density of 0.1 μA/m² could account for the low field intensities recorded near the equator. In addition, the MESSENGER flybys include the first plasma observations from Mercury and demonstrate that solar wind plasma is present at low altitudes, below 500 km. Although we can be confident in the dipole-only moment estimates, the data in hand remain subject to ambiguities for distinguishing internal from external contributions. The anticipated observations from orbit at Mercury, first from MESSENGER beginning in March 2011 and later from the dual-spacecraft BepiColombo mission, will be essential to elucidate the higher-order structure in the magnetic field of Mercury that will reveal the telltale signatures of the physics responsible for its generation.     

旋转射流对含硼固体火箭冲压发动机二次燃烧的影响

为提高固体火箭冲压发动机二次燃烧效率,将旋转射流技术引入固体火箭冲压发动机设计,采用Re-alizable k-ε湍流模型、单步涡团耗散燃烧模型以及KING硼粒子点火和燃烧模型,利用Fluent软件开展了旋转进气和一次燃气旋转含硼固体火箭冲压发动机补燃室三维反应流场流数值分析。研究结果表明,当空气射流切向进入补燃室时,气流产生的旋转均使燃料与空气的混合更充分,燃烧效率更高。当气流切入角度增大时,补燃效率先升后降,对于具体发动机结构,存在一个使燃烧效率最大的切入角,针对研究的模型发动机结构,此值在20°附近;当一次燃气旋流数的增加,二次燃烧效率呈逐渐增高的趋势。     

粉末耐热钛合金组织性能及成形技术

采用热等静压技术及旋转电极粉,采用预合金粉粉末冶金工艺开展了粉末耐热钛合金TC11(Ti-6.5AJ-3.5Mo-1.5Zr-0.3Si)制备技术研究,研制出了全致密粉末TC11合金,通过热处理工艺研究优化粉末TC11材料的组织和性能.利用光学显微镜,对其组织进行了分析,用SEM观察了旋转电极粉末形貌,对室温及高温(550℃)拉伸性能及弹性模量等进行了测试分析.粉末TC11合金的组织和性能与同批次TC11锻棒材料进行了对比研究.利用特殊模具成形,开展了粉末TC11构件近净成形技术的研究,实现了整体大尺寸、带网格加强筋的薄壁粉末TC11合金航天飞行器舱体件近净成形,且未检测出内部缺陷.研究结果表明,粉末TC11合金具有与锻造材料相当的拉伸性能,而弹性模量更优,其金相组织均匀细致,形成了网篮组织,并有围绕其分布的等轴α.粉末TC11合金及合适的近净成形技术可在高性价比、高可靠性的轻质耐热航天飞行器构件制备中得到应用.     

空天飞行器返回滑翔段在线制导方法

针对空天往返飞行器的返回滑翔段在线制导问题,设计了一种新的滑翔段飞行剖面,实现了滑翔段终端交班高度、位置和倾角约束的自动满足,减少了在线制导算法中需处理的约束数量.推导了滑翔段运动状态、过程约束和性能指标的解析表达式,获得了剩余航程和终端速度间的函数关系.在此基础上,提出了一种双层在线制导方法:内层解析重构飞行剖面,同...     

空间卫星红外辐射灵敏度分析

考虑卫星本体表面包覆绝热材料的实际物理状态,根据数值传热学和有限容积法建立了目标表面温度场和红外辐射计算模型.建立卫星结构模型,基于热控涂层性能退化,提出红外辐射灵敏度概念,并建立了卫星红外辐射灵敏度计算模型.对在轨飞行卫星的瞬态温度场进行数值模拟,与遥测数据对比分析.最后,分析了空间卫星的红外辐射和红外辐射灵敏度.结...     

从太空作战演习看天战的最新发展

为取得军事航天竞争优势,美国不断探索航天技术,积极开展航天技术演示验证,多次进行太空作战演习.介绍美太空演习的背景,概括了6次演习的基本内容,讨论了天战的发展.     

卫星大型挠性天线弹性振动抑制的研究

论文从工程实践角度探讨了具有大尺寸（直径几米～几十米）和高精度（０．０５°）的挠性天线指向控制问题。在借鉴和改进有关抑制挠性天线弹性振动研究的基础上，初步设计了星—地回路的挠性天线指向控制方案。最后，通过分析数值仿真结果，给出了提高挠性天线指向精度的主要因素。     

INTESPACE试验中心为阿里安娜-V型火箭而进行的改造

文章介绍了法国宇航环境工程试验中心(INTESPACE)为满足阿里安娜-V的需要所准备进行的一系列改造.这些工作主要有:增建一个适合大型容器用的空气锁,保持厅内连续的10万级洁净度,建立一个紧凑试验区域,建造一面强效吸波墙,扩展振动设备能力以及改造原热真空设备.这些工作计划于2001年初全部完成.改造工作的完成将保证INTESPACE在独立的欧洲试验中心中继续处于领先地位.