A high-performance ground-based prototype of horn-type sequential vegetable production facility for life support system in space

Vegetable cultivation plays a crucial role in dietary supplements and psychosocial benefits of the crew during manned space flight. Here we developed a ground-based prototype of horn-type sequential vegetable production facility, named Horn-type Producer (HTP), which was capable of simulating the microgravity effect and the continuous cultivation of leaf–vegetables on root modules. The growth chamber of the facility had a volume of 0.12 m³, characterized by a three-stage space expansion with plant growth. The planting surface of 0.154 m² was comprised of six ring-shaped root modules with a fibrous ion-exchange resin substrate. Root modules were fastened to a central porous tube supplying water, and moved forward with plant growth. The total illuminated crop area of 0.567 m² was provided by a combination of red and white light emitting diodes on the internal surfaces. In tests with a 24-h photoperiod, the productivity of the HTP at 0.3 kW for lettuce achieved 254.3 g eatable biomass per week. Long-term operation of the HTP did not alter vegetable nutrition composition to any great extent. Furthermore, the efficiency of the HTP, based on the Q-criterion, was 7 × 10⁻⁴ g² m⁻³ J⁻¹. These results show that the HTP exhibited high productivity, stable quality, and good efficiency in the process of planting lettuce, indicative of an interesting design for space vegetable production.     

机翼结构布局优化的并行子空间方法

机翼内部构件的布局优劣在很大程度上影响着机翼结构质量,因此进行布局优化设计尤为重要。采用并行子空间方法求解机翼结构布局优化的问题,将机翼结构布局设计问题分为梁站位优化、桁条优化和厚度优化三个并行的子空间,设计变量在各自的子空间内单独优化;各子空间优化结束后,在系统级中协调三个子空间的设计变量,保持最小质量的子空间的优化变量不变;采用近似一维搜索的方法协调其他子空间的设计变量,然后进行变量迭代直至收敛。结果表明:该方法具有较高的优化效率,能够取得较好的优化结果,具有实际工程应用价值。     

用激光干涉技术测量转速的研究

叙述了一种新型转速激光干涉测量方法,详细分析了这种方法的工作原理,确定了本测量方法的转速测量范围,给出了实验结果。     

先进的宇航试验舱温控系统

介绍了中国新一代宇航试验舱的温控系统。该温控系统设计思想先进、结构新颖。在直径２．３ｍ,长２ｍ的封闭舱体控温面上,实现了０℃～５０℃的任意温度定点控制及９０ｍｉｎ内的正弦波、梯形波、三角波的周期变化;在整个控温面上温度非均匀性（均方根偏差）小于０．３℃,远远超过了非均匀度±１℃、控制精度±２℃的原设计指标。     

APPLICATION OF HOT PRESS SINTERING TECHNIQUE TO EXPLOSIVE CHARGE LINER OF PETROLEUM PERFORATION BULLET

介绍了一种制备石油射孔弹的药形罩的新方法,采用粉末冶金技术,热压烧结工艺制备石油射孔弹的药形罩,并对药形罩的烧结工艺进行了研究。实验结果表明,采用该工艺制备的石油射孔弹药形罩可以满足要求。     

民用支线飞机失速特性优化中关于机翼上表面涡流发生器的研究

飞机在飞行过程中迎角超过临界值后,机翼上表面原本附着的气流开始发生大面积分离,此时升力系数随着迎角的增大反而下降,这种现象称作失速。当飞机失速时,操控会受到很大的影响,是一种危险的飞行状态。某民用支线飞机在试飞中发现失速特性主要受滚转失速的影响,在达到最大升力系数之前就出现了不可接受的失速特性,失速进入过程中,副翼操纵效率降低较快,快接近失速时飞机出现急剧的滚转。涡流发生器在民机中有广泛的应用,可以改善机翼的流动分离从而提高失速特性,并且有改动小、可行性高等优点。拟通过在机翼上表面安装涡流发生器的方法来改善某民用支线飞机的失速特性。利用数值计算等方法设计出涡流发生器的位置、高度、偏角以及数量等参数。通过低速高雷诺数风洞试验来验证涡流发生器的实际效果,最后得出几种效果可观的涡流发生器方案。     

GRACE gravity field modeling with an investigation on correlation between nuisance parameters and gravity field coefficients

The GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment) monthly gravity models have been independently produced and published by several research institutions, such as Center for Space Research (CSR), GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and Delft Institute of Earth Observation and Space Systems (DEOS). According to their processing standards, above institutions use the traditional variational approach except that the DEOS exploits the acceleration approach. The background force models employed are rather similar. The produced gravity field models generally agree with one another in the spatial pattern. However, there are some discrepancies in the gravity signal amplitude between solutions produced by different institutions. In particular, 10%–30% signal amplitude differences in some river basins can be observed. In this paper, we implemented a variant of the traditional variational approach and computed two sets of monthly gravity field solutions using the data from January 2005 to December 2006. The input data are K-band range-rates (KBRR) and kinematic orbits of GRACE satellites. The main difference in the production of our two types of models is how to deal with nuisance parameters. This type of parameters is necessary to absorb low-frequency errors in the data, which are mainly the aliasing and instrument errors. One way is to remove the nuisance parameters before estimating the geopotential coefficients, called NPARB approach in the paper. The other way is to estimate the nuisance parameters and geopotential coefficients simultaneously, called NPESS approach. These two types of solutions mainly differ in geopotential coefficients from degree 2 to 5. This can be explained by the fact that the nuisance parameters and the gravity field coefficients are highly correlated, particularly at low degrees. We compare these solutions with the official and published ones by means of spectral analysis. It is found that our solutions are, in general, consistent with others in the spatial pattern. The water storage variations of the Amazon, Chari and Ganges river basins have also been computed. The variations computed with the NPARB approach are closer to those produced by JPL and DEOS solutions, while the variations produced with the NPESS approach are in good agreement with those produced by the CSR and GFZ solutions. A simulation study is implemented with considering realistic noise and low-frequency error. The two approaches are used to recover the true model. The NPESS solution appears closer to the true one. Therefore we are inclined to estimate the nuisance parameters simultaneously with the geopential coefficients.     

Conceptual design of a bioregenerative life support system containing crops and silkworms

This article summarizes a conceptual design of a bioregenerative life support system for permanent lunar base or planetary exploration. The system consists of seven compartments – higher plants cultivation, animal rearing, human habitation, water recovery, waste treatment, atmosphere management, and storages. Fifteen kinds of crops, such as wheat, rice, soybean, lettuce, and mulberry, were selected as main life support contributors to provide the crew with air, water, and vegetable food. Silkworms fed by crop leaves were designated to produce partial animal nutrition for the crew. Various physical-chemical and biological methods were combined to reclaim wastewater and solid waste. Condensate collected from atmosphere was recycled into potable water through granular activated carbon adsorption, iodine sterilization, and trace element supplementation. All grey water was also purified though multifiltration and ultraviolet sterilization. Plant residue, human excrement, silkworm feces, etc. were decomposed into inorganic substances which were finally absorbed by higher plants. Some meat, ingredients, as well as nitrogen fertilizer were prestored and resupplied periodically. Meanwhile, the same amount and chemical composition of organic waste was dumped to maintain the steady state of the system. A nutritional balanced diet was developed by means of the linear programming method. It could provide 2721 kcal of energy, 375.5 g of carbohydrate, 99.47 g of protein, and 91.19 g of fat per capita per day. Silkworm powder covered 12.54% of total animal protein intakes. The balance of material flows between compartments was described by the system of stoichiometric equations. Basic life support requirements for crews including oxygen, food, potable and hygiene water summed up to 29.68 kg per capita per day. The coefficient of system material closure reached 99.40%.     

插入式机翼下壁板对接附加弯矩研究

插入式机翼下壁板对接具有双剪传力稳定、疲劳性能好的优点,但其结构中心线在对接区变化明显,会带来附加弯矩。为尽量减小对接区的附加弯矩,提出了在建立飞机骨架模型时即优化中央翼下翼面外形面相对外翼下翼面的位置方法。基于插入式机翼下壁板对接结构的特点,阐述了对接结构偏心的来源和附加弯矩的形成;针对某A型飞机的对接结构计算了偏心值,并利用力法对附加弯矩在对接区的分布进行了计算分析。以某A型飞机的对接结构为基础,建立了4组插入式下壁板对接结构的模型,每组模型的中央翼下翼面位置相对外翼的不同;分别用力法和有限元法对附加弯矩进行了计算。结果表明：可以通过优化中央翼下翼面外形面的相对位置达到减小对接区附加弯矩的目的。描述了另外两种下壁板对接形式的附加弯矩情况,并和插入式的进行了简单比较。最后,总结了为减小区域附加弯矩及其不利影响在对接结构设计上需要注意的点。