Metabolic assessments during extra-vehicular activity

Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) has a significant role during extended space flights. It demonstrates that humans can survive and perform useful work outside the Orbital Space Stations (OSS) while wearing protective space suits (SS). When the International Space Station 'Alpha' (ISSA) is fully operational, EVA assembly, installation, maintenance and repair operations will become an everyday repetitive work activity in space. It needs new ergonomic evaluation of the work/rest schedule for an increasing of the labor amount per EVA hour. The metabolism assessment is a helpful method to control the productivity of the EVA astronaut and to optimize the work/rest regime. Three following methods were used in Russia to estimate real-time metabolic rates during EVA: 1. Oxygen consumption, computed from the pressure drop in a high pressure bottle per unit time (with actual thermodynamic oxygen properties under high pressure and oxygen leakage taken into account). 2. Carbon dioxide production, computed from CO2 concentration at the contaminant control cartridge and gas flow rate in the life support subsystem closed loop (nominal mode) or gas leakage in the SS open loop (emergency mode). 3. Heat removal, computed from the difference between the temperatures of coolant water or gas and its flow rate in a unit of time (with assumed humidity and wet oxygen state taken into account). Comparison of heat removal values with metabolic rates enables us to determine the thermal balance during an operative medical control of EVA at "Salyut-6", "Salyut-7" and "Mir" OSS. Complex analysis of metabolism, body temperature and heat rate supports a differential diagnosis between emotional and thermal components of stress during EVA. It gives a prognosis of human homeostasis during EVA. Available information has been acquired into an EVA data base which is an effective tool for ergonomical optimization.     

先进发射系统使用的通用发动机概念及降低成本的途径

讨论通用发动机设计概念及其在运载火箭上的应用，对发动机计划成本和成本节约进行估算，并与助推级、芯级独立使用发动机的设计和研制相比较。     

超长薄壁带台阶筒体的旋压工艺

超长薄壁带台阶筒体在其加工上有较大难度 ,是适合用强力旋压加工完成的典型零件。通过工艺攻关 ,制作旋压工装 ,确定旋压方式、旋压方案、合理的旋压参数 ,旋压出了合格的筒体制件。该工艺方法已运用于正常的批量生产 ,制件精度良好 ,符合所有要求。     

FRP固体火箭发动机壳体的非线性FW线型分析

对纤维增强复合材料（FRP）固体火箭发动机壳体的纤维缠绕（FW）线型进行了简要地分析。鉴于封头曲面上FW线型稳定性对于线型参数变化十分敏感，分析封头FW线型时，本文仍从测地线方面来考虑。依此，两赤道圆处FW角必须以左右封头几何尺寸及测地线FW条件来确定。在对筒身段非测地线FW可行性讨论中，提出了筒身段实现非测地线FW的条件，同时推导出了筒身段非测定地线FW运动控制的一般数学模型。     

降低NEPE推进剂燃速的途径探讨

通过对NEPE推进剂燃烧表面的热平衡分析，指出了影响推进剂燃速的3个因素：“嘶嘶”区（fizz）的温度梯度、凝聚相反应热和燃面温度，提高了降低NEPE推进剂燃速的可能途径，研究了某些燃速降速剂的作用及其对推进剂能量的影响。用实验证明了降低燃速几个途径的可行性。     

下一代导航星—GPS ⅡF

本文概述了下一代全球定位系统（GPS）的空间和地面部分，详细介绍了GPS Block ⅡF项目，GPS ⅡF项目包括：购买33颗卫星，运行和对新一代GPS卫星的地面控制部分提供支持。该项目采用改进的捕获技术来发展和部署新的导航星，包括保障设备和软件，文章中介绍了GPS导生的信号功率，精度和民用服务等性能的改善，并结合GPS ⅡF系统的适应性，使系统性能得到提高。并对GPS ⅡF的构成进行详细描述。     

星光折射航天器自主定轨方案比较

当星光透射大气发生折射时 ,用星光折射角精确地反映星光在大气中离地球表面的高度 ,并建立高度、航天器与地球的几何关系。通过对折射角进行观测 ,间接测得地平 ,从而改善了用地平仪直接测地平所造成的航天器自主导航精度低的不足。本文提出了几种利用星光折射的航天器自主定轨方案 ,并作了细致的仿真实验 ,对直接和间接两种测量地平方法以及几种星光折射自主定轨方案进行了分析比较。     

动态测量系统的逆系统设计

为了从测量信号中恢复出原始的物理信息 ,需要设计动态测量系统的逆系统 ,以使整个系统的传递函数为 1。但对于非最小相位测量系统 ,简单的逆变换会引起系统不稳定 ,零相位误差算法的引入有效地解决了这个问题。文中以温度测量为例 ,对其进行反演 ,仿真表明结果真实可靠 ,方法具有一定的实用价值     

Remote sensing of planetary properties and biosignatures on extrasolar terrestrial planets

The major goals of NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) and the European Space Agency's Darwin missions are to detect terrestrial-sized extrasolar planets directly and to seek spectroscopic evidence of habitable conditions and life. Here we recommend wavelength ranges and spectral features for these missions. We assess known spectroscopic molecular band features of Earth, Venus, and Mars in the context of putative extrasolar analogs. The preferred wavelength ranges are 7-25 microns in the mid-IR and 0.5 to approximately 1.1 microns in the visible to near-IR. Detection of O2 or its photolytic product O3 merits highest priority. Liquid H2O is not a bioindicator, but it is considered essential to life. Substantial CO2 indicates an atmosphere and oxidation state typical of a terrestrial planet. Abundant CH4 might require a biological source, yet abundant CH4 also can arise from a crust and upper mantle more reduced than that of Earth. The range of characteristics of extrasolar rocky planets might far exceed that of the Solar System. Planetary size and mass are very important indicators of habitability and can be estimated in the mid-IR and potentially also in the visible to near-IR. Additional spectroscopic features merit study, for example, features created by other biosignature compounds in the atmosphere or on the surface and features due to Rayleigh scattering. In summary, we find that both the mid-IR and the visible to near-IR wavelength ranges offer valuable information regarding biosignatures and planetary properties; therefore both merit serious scientific consideration for TPF and Darwin.     

劳（Lao）喷管扩张段优化设计的数值方法研究

本文建立了火箭发动机喷管扩张段优化设计（Lao喷管）的型面曲线近似作图法的数学模型，将作图法转化为等价的优化问题，并给出了优化问题解的迭代方法，最后采用泛函网络的方法对离散的数值解进行了曲线拟合，以便于数控加工的编程。