导电盒上单极天线的方向图

系统地研究安装于接地平面上的立方体导电盒顶面上的单极天线的方向图的确定方法.对单极天线位置和导电盒电尺寸的影响与在平直接地平面上测量得到的类似方向图作了比较.还将试验结果同用矩插入码方法得到的数字预测值进行了比较.     

Novel laboratory approaches to multi-purpose aquatic bioregenerative closed-loop food production systems

Based on the construction principle of the Closed Equilibrated Biological Aquatic System (C.E.B.A.S.) two novel combined animal-plant production systems were developed in laboratory scale the first of which is dedicated to mid-term operation in closed state up to two years. In principle both consist of the "classic" C.E.B.A.S. subcomponents: animal tank (Zoological Component), plant cultivators (Botanical Component), ammonia converting bacteria filter (Microbial Component) and data acquisition/control unit (Electronical Component). The innovative approach in the first system is the utilization of minimally three aquatic plant cultivators for different species. In this one the animal tank has a volume of about 160 liters and is constructed as an "endless-way system" surrounding a central unit containing the heat exchanger and the bacteria filter with volumes of about 1.5 liters each. A suspension plant cultivator (1 liter) for the edible duckweed Wolffia arrhiza is externally connected. The second plant cultivator is a meandric microalgal bioreactor for filamentous green algae. The third plant growth facility is a chamber with about 2.5 liters volume for cultivation of the "traditional" C.E.B.A.S. plant species, the rootless buoyant Ceratophyllum demersum. Both latter units are illuminated with 9 W fluorescent lamps. In the current experiment the animal tank contains the live-bearing teleost fish Xiphophorus helleri and the small pulmonate water snail Biomphalaria glabrata because their physiological adaptation to the closed system conditions is well known from many previous C.E.B.A.S. experiments. The water temperature is maintained at 25 degrees C and the oxygen level is regulated between 4 and 7 mg/l by switching on and off the plant cultivator illuminations according to a suitable pattern thus utilizing solely the oxygen produced by photosynthesis. The animals and the microorganisms of filter and biofilm provide the plants with a sufficient amount of carbon dioxide. Oxygen concentration, pH value, temperature and redox potential are on-line recorded. Ion concentrations and numbers of living germs in the system water are determined twice monthly in the laboratory from samples taken from a special "sample removal module"; the sample volume is automatically replaced from an reservoir container. A rotatory pump produces a water flow of about 38 l/min. For a similar smaller test system with approx. 10 l volume developed from the C.E.B.A.S.-MINI-MODULE a novel indirect solar energy supply is tested which has a buffer capacity to maintain the system for 7 days in darkness under central European climate conditions also in winter. It contains only a single plant cultivator which is operated with Wollfia arrhiza. This lemnacean plant is able to produce large amounts of plant biomass in a short time by vegetative reproduction via daughter fronds. This easy-to-handle apparatus is dedicated to be operative more than 4 month. The experimental animals and microorganisms are the same as in the large system. The paper provides detailed information on the system construction principles and the biological, physical and chemical data of the initial phase of the test runs of both systems with the main focus on the large one.     

Respiratory mechanics after 180 days space mission (EUROMIR'95)

The present study reports data on respiratory function of lung and chest wall following the 180 days long European - Russian EuroMir '95 space mission. Data reported refer to two subjects studied before the mission, on day 9 and 175 in flight and on days 1, 10, 12, 27 and 120 after return. In-flight vital capacity (VC) and expiratory reserve volume (ERV) were similar to those in supine posture, namely approximately 5% and approximately 30% less than in sitting posture. On day 1 after return, VC was reduced by approximately 30% in both postures. This reflected a decrease in ERV (approximately 0.5 L) and in IC (inspiratory capacity, approximately 1.7 L) that could be attributed to a marked weakening of the respiratory muscles. Regain of normal preflight values barely occurred 120 days after return. Post-flight pressure-volume curves of the lung, chest wall and total respiratory system are equal to preflight ones. The pressure-volume curve of the lung in supine posture is displaced to the right relative to sitting posture and shows a lower compliance. As far as the lung in-flight condition resembles that occurring in supine posture, this implies a lower compliance, a greater amount of blood in the pulmonary microvascular bed, a more homogeneous lung perfusion and therefore a greater microvascular filtration rate towards lung interstitium.     

一种自动化高精度相位测量系统

一种采用了多种已有技术、具有多种特点的全自动测量系统已研制成功。这个系统为双混频时差技术的扩展而保持了它的重要特点:间歇时间为零,能进行相位差绝对测量,精度很高,能测量频率相同的振荡器并根据使用人选择的时间进行测量。对某一套设计参数来说,理论分辨度为0。2ps,测量噪声为2ps(有效值)并可在所选时间的0.1s内进行测量。由于增加了定标器以消除过去实验中发生的周期模糊(CyCle ambiguify),双混频时差技术得到了发展。在这方面,系统的功能相当于一个分频器加上钟,对设备中被测的每一个器件的恒定相位延迟进行贮存。自动化是以ANSI/IEEE—583(CAMAC)接口标准为基础的。每个测量通道包括一个混频器,过零检波器、定标器和时间间隔计数器。一个两倍宽度的标准卡马克(CAMAC)组件中安装有四个通道。这个组件安装在一个标准的CAMAC箱内,备有控制器以便与多种计算机以及与任何IEEE—488兼容的装置相对接。现有两个系统已工作数月,一个系统每天工作24小时,从NBS时标的15个钟取得数据,另一个系统在实验室的短期实验中使用。     

用导航星全球定位系统(GPS)第二阶段用户设备进行时间发布

导航星全球定位系统是用卫星建立的一种导航系统。它采用频谱扩展技术使用户能得到高精度的全球定位、速度和时间信息。这是用测量一组四颗卫星信号到达时间差的办法得到的。GPS 与其协调世界时(UTC)有确定关系,因此用户能够把 UTC 估算到亚微秒准确度。系统的关键性能是,GPS 用户设备(UE)对于 UE 参考钟和 GPS 时之间时差的估算能力。这种估算可通过精密控制硬件误差和计算误差来完成。因此,要求用户设备(UE)采用一种低相位噪声和可预报漂移特性的高质量石英晶振。在活动设施上实现精密守时是 GPS 用户设备装置的基本工作原理。该装置及其接收机利用导航星 GPS 空间部分供给的信息,向用户提供导航情报、GPS 时和对应的 UTC 数据。讨论了机械编排 GPS 用户设备装置守时功能程序的复杂性。讨论内容包括硬件和软件补偿技术。本文强调了该装置的晶体振荡器频标的应用和效果。     

空中交通管制现代化的关键——数字数据链

在使空中交通管制(ATC)系统现代化的奋斗中,所缺少的最关键的环节是飞机与空管员间双向通信用的数据链。 空运业把数字通信与全球导航卫星系统看成是改进营运效率和能力的基本要素。其应用将会减少导致延误的飞行限制——据美联合航空公司经理比尔·利顿机长估计,延误使他的航空公司每年损失6.47亿美元。 大部分效益将来自自动相关监视(ADS)、GPS或更一般的全球导航卫星系统(GNSS)和数字通信。实施ADS系统之后,装备GPS的飞机将连续把它们的位置通过数字数据链发送给地面的管制员。管制员将不用地面雷达与导航设备,而依靠由GPS卫星定位得到的飞机位置报告。ADS允许飞机选择最有效的航路和高度,     

用于航天器姿态确定的卡尔曼滤波

一、引言这篇报告回顾了过去二十年中卡尔曼滤波在姿态确定中的应用及发展,这一回顾不是面面俱到,而只限于适合于配有三轴陀螺仪及姿态传感器的航天器姿态的算法。我们认为这一种航天器系统是最适合于使用卡尔曼滤波的。卡尔曼滤波器使用了系统随时间变化的动态模型以及这样一种传感器测量模型,即基于当前以及以前的测量值利用线性估计器而获得系统状态的最高精度估计的测量模型。因此,从     

汞-199离子储存频率标准近期的理论进展和实验结果

储存在射频四极陷阱(Trap)中的199Hg离子在4O.5GHz频率时的超精细谐振,证明具有极窄的相对线宽,因而被选作为高精密的频率标准。引起该类频标频率变化的主要因素是因储存离子运动产生的二阶多普勒频移,采用少量低压气体作为背景,使运动的离子被致冷至300K所形成的离子云的密度几乎完全决定于伪电势与空间电荷力的平衡。我们发现在这种情况下,根据陷阱参数、温度和储存离子的总数和质量可以准确地计算出二阶多普勒频移。用氦作为致冷气体所进行的大量实验表明,由射频脉冲宽度限制的谱线宽度为0.85Hz。根据所观测到的谱线形状可以预计自然线宽将小于0.1Hz。采用闭环稳定储存离子数的方法,已能使测得的二阶多普勒频移达n×10~(-13)量级。     

Effects of a simulated martian UV flux on the cyanobacterium, Chroococcidiopsis sp. 029

Dried monolayers of Chroococcidiopsis sp. 029, a desiccation-tolerant, endolithic cyanobacterium, were exposed to a simulated martian-surface UV and visible light flux, which may also approximate to the worst-case scenario for the Archean Earth. After 5 min, there was a 99% loss of cell viability, and there were no survivors after 30 min. However, this survival was approximately 10 times higher than that previously reported for Bacillus subtilis. We show that under 1 mm of rock, Chroococcidiopsis sp. could survive (and potentially grow) under the high martian UV flux if water and nutrient requirements for growth were met. In isolated cells, phycobilisomes and esterases remained intact hours after viability was lost. Esterase activity was reduced by 99% after a 1-h exposure, while 99% loss of autofluorescence required a 4-h exposure. However, cell morphology was not changed, and DNA was still detectable by 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole staining after an 8-h exposure (equivalent to approximately 1 day on Mars at the equator). Under 1 mm of simulant martian soil or gneiss, the effect of UV radiation could not be detected on esterase activity or autofluorescence after 4 h. These results show that under the intense martian UV flux the morphological signatures of life can persist even after viability, enzymatic activity, and pigmentation have been destroyed. Finally, the global dispersal of viable, isolated cells of even this desiccation-tolerant, ionizing-radiation-resistant microorganism on Mars is unlikely as they are killed quickly by unattenuated UV radiation when in a desiccated state. These findings have implications for the survival of diverse microbial contaminants dispersed during the course of human exploratory class missions on the surface of Mars.     

Plant molecular biology in the space station era: utilization of KSC fixation tubes with RNAlater

Spaceflight experiments involving biological specimens face unique challenges with regard to the on orbit harvest and preservation of material for later ground-based analyses. Preserving plant material for gene expression analyses requires that the tissue be prepared and stored in a manner that maintains the integrity of RNA. The liquid preservative RNAlater (Ambion) provides an effective alternative to conventional freezing strategies, which are limited or unavailable in current spaceflight experiment scenarios. The spaceflight use of RNAlater is enabled by the Kennedy space center fixation tube (KFT), hardware designed to provide the necessary containment of fixatives during the harvest and stowage of biological samples in space. Pairing RNAlater with the KFT system provides a safe and effective strategy for preserving plant material for subsequent molecular analyses, a strategy that has proven effective in several spaceflight experiments. Possible spaceflight scenarios for the use of RNAlater and KFTs are explored and discussed.