复合材料结构健康主动监测中激励信号的优化

利用L am b波频散方程及其数值求解得到的频散曲线,对L am b波模式及激励信号中心频率范围进行预测。建立了试验测试系统,利用集成在复合材料层合板上的PZT压电陶瓷片作为驱动器和传感器,激励并接收结构中激发的L am b波信号。对具有不同函数形式、中心频率和波峰数的信号激励,结构中传播的L am b波模式进行试验研究,为激励信号的选择与优化提供依据。利用H ilbert-Huang变换及H ilbert谱提取传感器信号特征,提出了L am b波信号在结构中传播时的能量衰减率和损伤敏感度两个考察指标,并据此对激励信号进行优化。实验结果表明,优化后的激励信号在结构中能激发出单一模式的L am b波(S0模式),有效地抑制了多模式现象的出现。同时,激发出的L am b波具有最低的能量衰减和最高的损伤灵敏度,响应信号特征明显,便于损伤识别。     

Venus lightning

Although it is not unanimously accepted, many independent observations lead to the conclusion that lightning is prevalent on Venus. The electromagnetic signals detected by all 4 Venera landers are most readily explained as generation by lightning. The Venera 9 spectrometer appears to have observed a lightning storm on one occasion. The Pioneer Venus plasma wave instrument detects waves both below the electron gyrofrequency that may be due to lightning and signals above the electron gyrofrequency but at very low altitudes that may be due to the near field of the lightning. The VLF observations suggest that Venus lightning must be an intra-cloud phenomenon which is most frequent in the afternoon and evening sector. The occurrence rate is likely to be greater than on Earth.     

Comet nucleus sample return: Plans and capabilities

ROSETTA — the Comet Nucleus Sample Return mission — is one of the four Cornerstone missions to which ESA has committed itself in its approved Long-Term Programme Horizon 2000. The mission is currently being studied in collaboration with NASA. The comet-nucleus samples that ROSETTA is to provide will allow us to study some of the most primitive material in the solar system and the physical and chemical processes that marked the beginning of the system 4.6 billion years ago. For ESA, ROSETTA is a new type of mission: one which will return a sample at cryogenic temperature, and where as much effort has to be spent on preparing the laboratory analysis on-ground as has to be invested in preparing the space segment with the sample acquisition and in situ documentation. As part of the preparation for this mission, ESA is now starting to consider Planetary Protection issues.     

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     

有限平板绕流Monte—Carlo方法仿真

本文采用直接仿真Monte-Carlo方法求解有限长平板绕流等问题。本方法是通过计算机跟踪仿真分子的运动来实现数值模拟的。仿真分子间的碰撞计算由统计抽样确定。碰撞模型分别选用了硬球分子模型和负幂律分子模型。仿真分子与固壁作用采用由完全扩散反射和镜面反射按比例混合组成的模型。为了检验方法的可靠性,还计算了激波结构和Rayleigh问题等一维流动,二维计算采用同步并行程序。数值结果表明直接仿真Monte-Carlo方法能够较好地模拟稀薄气体力学中的一些问题。对于二维计算,所花费的机时和所需的内存均在国内机器所允许的范围内。     

K—ε两方程模型的改进及其应用

本文对标准的k-ε两方程模型进行了改进。摒弃了v_t=C_μ(k~2/ε)的假定,而从雷诺应力方程和Rodi的简化假设出发,得出了计算v_t的新表达式(10)。算例表明,它对时均速度u的计算结果比标准k-ε模型更精确。     

Cross Sections and Radar Equation for Nonlinear Scatterers

The nonlinear system concepts of nonlinear transfer functions are extended to nonlinear cross sections which may be used to quantitatively describe the characteristics of a nonlinear scatter. The concept of nonlinear cross sections is used to generalize the radar equation for nonlinear scattering objects.     

Radar Performance Review in Clear and Jamming Environments

The performance of electronically scanned radar systems is evaluated for clear and barrage jamming environments. Radar figures of merit in jamming are derived for search and track modes and are directly related to antenna pattern relative sidelobe levels. A random sidelobe model is analyzed with various numbers of independent jammers. Probability distributions of detection probability are derived to determine detection performance versus average jamming level and number of jammers.     

Study of rapid variability in Cygnus X-1

The EXOSAT Medium Energy instrument has been used with the new HER6 mode to study the rapid variability of Cygnus X-1. It was found that the fluctuations in the higher energy band (5–14 keV) lagged behind those in the lower band (2–5 keV) by about 6 milliseconds. This confirms predictions of the inverse Compton model and gives an upper limit to the scale-size of the hot gas clouds.     

Landmark Navigation Rule, a New Navigation Device

Two new methods of landmark navigation were recently presented. The landmarks are assumed to be within sight of the navigator but with unknown positions. Both methods require computations which are time consuming when a computer is not available. This correspondence presents the concept of a new navigation device called ?landmark navigation rule? which eliminates all the computation effort required in both new methods. The device is simple in construction, lightweight, and consumes no power.