Progress in space weather predictions and applications

The methods of today’s predictions of space weather and effects are so much more advanced and yesterday’s statistical methods are now replaced by integrated knowledge-based neuro-computing models and MHD methods. Within the ESA Space Weather Programme Study a real-time forecast service has been developed for space weather and effects. This prototype is now being implemented for specific users. Today’s applications are not only so many more but also so much more advanced and user-oriented. A scientist needs real-time predictions of a global index as input for an MHD model calculating the radiation dose for EVAs. A power company system operator needs a prediction of the local value of a geomagnetically induced current. A science tourist needs to know whether or not aurora will occur. Soon we might even be able to predict the tropospheric climate changes and weather caused by the space weather.     

MMAE-Based Control with Space-Time Point Process Observations

A multiple model adaptive estimator (MMAE) has been formulated to estimate the state of a dynamic system modeled by a linear stochastic differential equation, from which measurements, described as a noise-corrupted space-time point process functionally related to that state, are extracted. Assumed certainty equivalence is used to combine such an estimator with the LQ full-state feedback controller to synthesize a practical, implementable controller. Performance of the estimator and resultant controller characteristics are investigated via simulation as a function of approximation method used to limit the full-scale estimator to finite dimensionality and also as a function of important parameters defining the dynamics and observation processes.     

Appearance of neutron stars in the state of subsonic propeller

The state of subsonic propeller is intermediate between the states of supersonic propeller and accretor in the evolutionary tracks of magnetized compact stars. The rotational rate of a star at this stage decelerates due to the interaction between its magnetosphere and the surrounding hot, quasi-static plasma envelope. The magnetospheric radius is smaller than the corotation radius and the boundary of the magnetosphere is stable with respect to interchange instabilities. The rate of the mass flux from the inner radius of the envelope to the stellar surface is limited by the rate of plasma diffusion into the magnetic field of the star. As a result, the subsonic propeller would appear as a low-luminosity accretion-powered pulsar with a soft X-ray spectrum.     

Generating requirements for complex embedded systems using State Analysis

It has become clear that spacecraft system complexity is reaching a threshold where customary methods of control are no longer affordable or sufficiently reliable. At the heart of this problem are the conventional approaches to systems and software engineering based on subsystem-level functional decomposition, which fail to scale in the tangled web of interactions typically encountered in complex spacecraft designs. Furthermore, there is a fundamental gap between the requirements on software specified by systems engineers and the implementation of these requirements by software engineers. Software engineers must perform the translation of requirements into software code, hoping to accurately capture the systems engineer's understanding of the system behavior, which is not always explicitly specified. This gap opens up the possibility for misinterpretation of the systems engineer's intent, potentially leading to software errors. This problem is addressed by a systems engineering methodology called State Analysis, which provides a process for capturing system and software requirements in the form of explicit models. This paper describes how requirements for complex aerospace systems can be developed using State Analysis, using representative spacecraft examples.     

载人航天可靠性与空间环境试验

文章通过对国外载人航天事故统计,分析各种空间环境条件对航天器及航天员的影响,阐述了空间环境试验对提高载人航天可靠性的重要意义,提出为了提高载人航天的可靠性,应进行充分和严格的空间环境模拟试验。     

振动对空间光通信系统误码率影响的分析

在空间光通信系统中，由于卫星平台的振动，使得光发射机发生振动，从而对通信系统的误码率产生影响，本文针对光射光束为高斯光束时，振动对误码率的影响问题进行研究。结果表明，在振动时不仅振幅影响着误码率，而且波长也对误码率有影响，但通信距离对误码率的影响不大，一般可以忽略。     

磁粉探伤机周向电流单片微机控制器的研制

本文介绍一种新型磁粉探伤机周向电流的单片计算机控制器，文中详细介绍控制器的控制原理，结构，控制程序。该控制器对周向电流采用闭环控制，直接设定磁化电流，可保证电流稳定，电流设定值和实际电流值相差小于１０％，控制器还具有了出错检测，自动退磁功能。     

空天飞机的计算流体力学分析

本文分析了空天飞机空气动力学的特点和计算流体力学在发展空天飞机中的作用,讨论了发展空天飞机对计算流体力学的要求。强调了计算流体力学、地面试验和飞行试验应该相互结合成一个整体。在这基础上,探讨了利用地面试验对计算程序进行“确认”、“校准”和“鉴定”以及鉴定计算程序对地面试验的要求。本文还从计算方法、外流、进气道流动、喷管流动、燃烧室流动等方面,综述了空天飞机计算流体力学分析的最近进展和尚待解决的问题。最后对发展我国空天飞机计算流体力学提出了建议。