Simulation analysis for effects of bone loss on acceleration tolerance of human lumbar vertebra

The purpose of the present study was to analyze and predict the changes in acceleration tolerance of human vertebra as a result of bone loss caused by long-term space flight. A human L3–L4 vertebra FEM model was constructed, in which the cancellous bone was separated, and surrounding ligaments were also taken into account. The simulation results demonstrated that bone loss has more of an effect on the acceleration tolerance in x-direction. The results serve to aid in the creation of new acceleration tolerance standards, ensuring astronauts return home safely after long-term space flight. This study shows that more attention should be focused on the bone degradation of crew members and to create new protective designs for space capsules in the future.     

太阳黑子与疾病的统计关系

本文采用太阳黑子相对数作为太阳活动指标,根据最近20多年的太阳活动观测数据和江苏省防疫站的疾病统计资料,对9种常见疾病的人数的相对比率与太阳黑子相对数对应作图比较,分析二者之间的关系,并求出其相关系数.研究发现,猩红热、肝炎和脊髓灰质炎的发病率与太阳活动有一定的相关性,特别是猩红热,相关系数达到0.72,相关性很好.      

United Nations Human Space Technology Initiative (HSTI)

The Human Space Technology Initiative was launched in 2010 within the framework of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications implemented by the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the United Nations. It aims to involve more countries in activities related to human spaceflight and space exploration and to increase the benefits from the outcome of such activities through international cooperation, to make space exploration a truly international effort.     

Roadmap to a human Mars mission

We propose a new roadmap for the preparation of the first human mission to Mars. This proposal is based on the work of ISECG and several recent recommendations on human Mars mission architectures. A table is proposed to compare the possible benefits of different preparatory missions. Particular attention is paid to the possibility of qualifying important systems thanks to a heavy Mars sample return mission. It is shown that this mission is mandatory for the qualification of Mars aerocapture at scale-1, EDL systems at scale 1 and Mars ascent. Moreover, it is a good opportunity to test many other systems, such as the heavy launcher and the transportation systems for the trips beyond LEO. These tests were not mentioned in the last ISECG report. This strategy is facilitated in the case of the simplified Mars mission scenarios that have recently been presented because it is suggested that relatively small vehicles with small crew sizes are used in order to optimize the payload mass fraction of the landing vehicles and to avoid the LEO assembly. An important finding of the study is that a human mission to the surface of the Moon is not required for the qualification of the systems of a human mission to Mars. Since affordability is a key criterion, two important missions are proposed in the roadmap. The first is a heavy Mars sample return mission and the second is a manned mission to a high Earth orbit or eventually to the vicinity of the Moon. It is shown that both missions are complementary and sufficient to qualify all the critical systems of the Mars mission.     

精密离心机误差对石英加速度计误差标定精度分析

分析了离心机各个误差源,用齐次变换法精确地计算了产生的向心加速度,给出了向心加速度、重力加速度和哥氏加速度在加速度计坐标系下的分量,推导了被试加速度计输入加速度的精确表达式。在给出石英摆式加速度计在精密离心机上标定时的误差模型的基础上,着重讨论了误差模型系数的计算值与离心机误差之间的关系。根据仿真结果找出了某些离心机误差对加速度计误差系数标定的影响关系,为按照加速度计的标定精度来确定离心机的精度打下了理论基础。     

LJ-2型离心机改造

为解决LJ-2离心机电气拖动系统老化、故障率高的问题,对系统进行了改造:电气拖动系统由PLC和DCS800数字直流调速器构成,工控机或HMI作为上位监控,更新了机械辅助传动系统,实现了离心机转臂上仪器与地面计算机光纤通讯,并增加了地面油站向转臂上设备提供液压油的能力。运行结果表明,改造后的拖动系统性能更佳,可靠性更高。     

稳态加速度模拟试验设备：离心机设计（2）

文章分3篇10章详细介绍了稳态加速度模拟试验设备一离心机的设计.上篇对稳态加速度环境及其效应,相关试验方法和国家标准作了阐述;中篇(上)系统介绍了国内外离心机发展的历史,提供了较为全面具体的离心机结构概况,并对它们逐一进行小结与点评;中篇(下)对离心机进行基本理论分析,研究总体设计和部件设计问题,提出离心机设计原则及其计算方法;下篇通过一个国家"七五"科技攻关项目的实践作为实例,提供读者作设计参考.在文章中,作者对多年来积累的技术资料和实践心得进行了系统的整理和归纳,梳理出一条在离心机研制中科学的设计思路和实用的工作程序.该文章对相关领域的研究人员和技术人员会有很大启发和帮助,同时对其他同类设备的设计也有触类旁通的作用.文章主要探讨的对象是中型、大型、特大型航空航天离心机,土工离心机和载人离心机.     

Comparative assessment of human–Mars-mission technologies and architectures

We compare a variety of mission scenarios to assess the strengths and weaknesses of options for Mars exploration. The mission design space is modeled along two dimensions: trajectory architectures and propulsion system technologies. We examine direct, semi-direct, stop-over, semi-cycler, and cycler architectures, and we include electric propulsion, nuclear thermal rockets, methane and oxygen production on Mars, Mars water excavation, aerocapture, and reusable propulsion systems in our technology assessment. The mission sensitivity to crew size, vehicle masses, and crew travel time is also examined. Many different combinations of technologies and architectures are applied to the same Mars mission to determine which combinations provide the greatest potential reduction in the injected mass to LEO. We approximate the technology readiness level of a mission to rank development risk, but omit development cost and time calculations in our assessment. It is found that Earth–Mars semi-cyclers and cyclers require the least injected mass to LEO of any architecture and that the discovery of accessible water on Mars has the most dramatic effect on the evolution of Mars exploration.     

Piloted operations at a near-Earth object (NEO)

In late 2006, NASA's Constellation Program sponsored a study to examine the feasibility of sending a piloted Orion spacecraft to a near-Earth object. NEOs are asteroids or comets that have perihelion distances less than or equal to 1.3 astronomical units, and can have orbits that cross that of the Earth. Therefore, the most suitable targets for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) are those NEOs in heliocentric orbits similar to Earth's (i.e. low inclination and low eccentricity). One of the significant advantages of this type of mission is that it strengthens and validates the foundational infrastructure of the United States Space Exploration Policy and is highly complementary to NASA's planned lunar sortie and outpost missions circa 2020. A human expedition to a NEO would not only underline the broad utility of the Orion CEV and Ares launch systems, but would also be the first human expedition to an interplanetary body beyond the Earth–Moon system. These deep space operations will present unique challenges not present in lunar missions for the onboard crew, spacecraft systems, and mission control team. Executing several piloted NEO missions will enable NASA to gain crucial deep space operational experience, which will be necessary prerequisites for the eventual human missions to Mars.Our NEO team will present and discuss the following:

• new mission trajectories and concepts;

• operational command and control considerations;

• expected science, operational, resource utilization, and impact mitigation returns; and

• continued exploration momentum and future Mars exploration benefits.

舱外航天服热控系统仿真

针对人体穿着航天服处于过热状态下的散热问题，在分别建立人体热调节系统、金属氢化物冷源和液冷服数学模型的基础上，将3个模型进行结合，对舱外航天服热控系统在5．5h的时间轴上进行综合的仿真计算，求出人体各节段的温度分布情况，液冷服的入口及出口水温，金属氢化物冷源的出口水温等参数，分析航天员的热舒适性，对航天服热控系统的设计有一定的指导作用，并为今后进一步的研究打下了基础．