Technique of physical modeling of lightning strike effects on aircraft

This paper considers the issue of direct and indirect effects of lightning strikes on aircraft. It is proposed to study electromagnetic fields and interferences that affect aircraft instruments based on the theory of large-scale experiment.     

Modeling Particle Fluxes and Absorbed Dose for Protection from Cosmic Rays Using the SHIELD Transport Code

Cosmic Research - A special version of the SHIELD transport code has been developed intended for radiation protection purposes in space. The calculation of the fluxes of primary and secondary...     

A Study of Vibrations of Space Station Structure Elements on the Basis of Video Information

Cosmic Research - The results of the Sreda–MKS space experiment showed that visual data on the vibrations of the ISS structural elements allow one to acquire quantitative characteristics of...     

Flight duration,potential and relative efficiency of an electric multicopter

In this paper, it is proposed the flight duration to be assessed by the potential value and the helicopter number. The data on the available power and the relative efficiency for a number of multicopter models are provided.     

Lowering the Systematic Error in Measurements of Local Heat Transfer Coefficient by Electric Heating of a Plane Wall

A technique that allows simultaneous heating of the heat-exchange surface and estimation of its local temperature from the corresponding electrical resistance of the heating element is presented. The systematic error in measurements of the local heat transfer coefficient has been analyzed. A relation that takes possible heat loss into account and minimizes the measurement errors has been obtained.     

Development of the design scheme of cooling for a nozzle vane of high pressure turbine of gas turbine engine

The design schemes of cooling for the nozzle blades of high-temperature gas turbines are considered. The results of the thermal and hydraulic tests for the cooling systems of the nozzle vanes are presented. The prospective cooling system of the nozzle vanes of low and high pressure turbines is developed and presented. The test results for the vane with proposed design are presented.     

Remarks on “A new non-specificity measure in evidence theory based on belief intervals”

Two types of uncertainty co-exist in the theory of evidence: discord and non-specificity. From 90s, many mathematical expressions have arisen to quantify these two parts in an evidence. An important aspect of each measure presented is the verification of a coherent set of properties. About non-specificity, so far only one measure verifies an important set of those properties. Very recently, a new measure of non-specificity based on belief intervals has been presented as an alternative measure that quantifies a similar set of properties (Yang et al., 2016). It is shown that the new measure really does not verify two of those important properties. Some errors have been found in their corresponding proofs in the original publication.     

On increasing the spectral efficiency and transmissivity in the data transmission channel on the spacecraft–ground tracking station line

The algorithms for achieving a practical increase in the rate of data transmission on the space-craft–ground tracking station line has been considered. This increase is achieved by applying spectral-effective modulation techniques, the technology of orthogonal frequency compression of signals using millimeterrange radio waves. The advantages and disadvantages of each of three algorithms have been revealed. A significant advantage of data transmission in the millimeter range has been indicated.     

Synthesis of control laws for aircraft lateral motion at the lack of data on the slip angle: Analytical solution

The problem of lateral motion stabilization is analytically solved for the fourth-order model of aircraft motion using the method of output signal control synthesis that is based on the control object decomposition. Numerical simulation data are presented.