Evaluation of Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142 as a candidate for inclusion in a CELSS.

Controlled ecological life support systems (CELSS) have been proposed to make long-duration manned space flights more cost-effective. Higher plants will presumably provide food and a breathable atmosphere for the crew. It has been suggested that imbalances between the CO2/O2 gas exchange ratios of the heterotrophic and autotrophic components of the system will inevitably lead to an unstable system, and the loss of O2 from the atmosphere. Ratio imbalances may be corrected by including a second autotroph with an appropriate CO2/O2 gas exchange ratio. Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142 is a large unicellular N2-fixing cyanobacterium, exhibiting high growth rates under diverse physiological conditions. A rat-feeding study showed the biomass to be edible. Furthermore, it may have a CO2/O2 gas exchange ratio that theoretically can compensate for ratio imbalances. It is suggested that Cyanothece spp. could fulfill several roles in a CELSS: supplementing atmosphere recycling, generating fixed N from the air, providing a balanced protein supplement, and protecting a CELSS in case of catastrophic crop failure.     

Dynamic considerations for control of closed life support systems

Reliability of closed life support systems will depend on their ability to continue supplying the crew's needs in the face of perturbations and equipment failures. These dynamic considerations interact with the basic static (equilibrium) design through the sizing of storages, the specification of excess capacities in processors, and the choice of system initial state (total mass in the system). This paper uses a very simple system flow model to examine the possibilities for system failures even when there is sufficient storage to buffer the immediate effects of the perturbation. Two control schemes are shown which have different dynamic consequences in response to component failures.     

Microlesions: theory and reality.

Efforts to assess radiation risk in space have been complicated by the considerable unknowns regarding the biological effects of the heavy ion component (HZE particles) of the cosmic rays. The attention has focused primarily on the assignation of a quality factor (Q) which would take into account the greater effectiveness of heavy ions vis-a-vis other forms of ionizing radiation. If however, as the so-called "Microlesion Theory" allows, the passage of HZE particles through living tissue produces unique biological damage, the traditional use of Q becomes meaningless. Therefore, it is critical to determine if microlesions, in fact, do exist. While the concept does not necessarily require detectable morphological damage, "tunnel-lesions" or holes in ocular tissues have been cited as evidence of microlesions. These data, however, are open to reinterpretation. On-going light, scanning and transmission electron microscopic studies of the corneas, lenses and retinas of rat eyes exposed to 450 MeV/amu 56Fe ions thus far have not revealed tunnel-lesion damage. The morphological effects of the heavy ions have been found to be qualitatively similar to the changes following other kinds of ionizing radiation.     

金属零件的一种快速成型制造方法

金属零件的快速制造是快速成型技术的最终目标之一,也是当今快速成型领域的一大研究热点。本文在介绍快速成型技术的一个重要分支－选区激光烧结的基础上,提出了一种基于小功率激光快速成型系统的金属零件成型工艺。这种方法首先烧结金属与有机粘结剂的混合粉末,生成“绿件”,而后除粘、熔渗金属,最终得到致密的金属件。最后,文中给出了加工实例,并对这种工艺的影响因素进行了详细的分析与讨论。     

飞机穿越微下击暴流风切变的智能控制

在应用模糊逻辑建模与辨识方法建立微下击暴流风切变模型的基础上，根据恒定俯仰姿态改出微下击暴流的飞行引导策略，提出了一种改出微下击暴流风切变的模糊反馈控制系统，并将遗传算法应用于该模糊逻辑控制器的设计。结果表明，本文提出的建模方法能够更真实地反映出飞机穿越微下击暴流风场的动态特性；采用模糊逻辑控制器，可使得飞机在穿越微下击暴流风场时具有较好的改出性能；另外，遗传算法的应用对已设计的模糊逻辑控制器进行了优化，进一步改善了飞机穿越微下击暴流的性能。     

基于批生产的逐段式车间作业调度算法

探讨了离散作业型（Job shop）车间中的作业调度的分阶段模型，并根据离散作业调度的阶段性提出了基于作业状态空间的逐段式车间作业调度算法，通过对一个实际车间作业调度仿真比较，此算法运算速度比最短加工时间（SPT）和最少工作量剩余（LWR）算法快，其调度结果在实际作业车间具有可执行性。     

一种新颖组合变换器拓扑研究与应用

基于电源模块并联和串联的思想，提出了一种新颖双管正激组合变换器拓扑，克服了双管正激变换器副边二极管电压应力过高，输出电压和电流脉动大，只能应用于输出中低压场合的缺点，具有副边二极管电压应力低，可靠性高，原边开关管电流应力低，输出电压和电流脉动小，磁芯元件体积小等优点，本文对该新颖组合变换器进行分析，仿真和实验，表明适合应用于输入中，高电压，输出高压，大电流场合，并成功应用于某型飞机6KVA逆变器前级变换器，各项技术指标均符合设计要求。     

弹道靶中超高速发射弹的流场及空气动力特性研究(英)

本文描述的是研究爆炸成型发射弹（ＥＦＰ）模型的流场及超高速空气动力特性所用的弹道试验设备;简要报导了记录全尺寸干涉图形的技术;对径向密度分布再现的方法进行了讨论;在零攻角实验时不同模型的空气动力阻力是采用简化方法来计算的;对各种不同ＥＦＰ型式的气动稳定性提出了定性估计的方法;并阐述了用于组合体超高速飞行特性研究的数值计算技术的基本原理     

含连续／离散变量结构优化中的神经网络与变尺度模拟退火方法

传统的优化方法难于有效地处理含有连续／离散混合变量优化问题，本文介绍了一种改进的变尺度模拟退火方法并与人工神经网络能量函数模型相结合，用于求解含连续／离散设计变量的工程结构优化问题，较好地解决了模拟退火技术用于工程结构优化时选取具有全局性的初始点困难及迭代次数较多的弱点。算例表明，该方法可以使模拟退火算法从局部最优的陷阱中跳出，最后求出整体最优解。     

SoftBase查询优化器的设计与实现

查询优化是数据库系统中一个必不可少的模块，本文在当前查询优化技术发展的基础上讨论了SoftBase数据库的查询优化器的设计和实现，给出了SAoftBase数据库查询优化处理的一般过程，并着重探讨了查询优化的两个主要模块，查询重写和基于代价评估的计划优化。在计划优化模块中，详细讨论了存取路径的选择和代价评估的计算方法，最后对测试结果进行了分析，结果表明优化后的SoftBase查询效率比原系统有了明显的提高。