星载SAR成像处理系统中多线程矩阵转置的设计和实现

矩阵转置被广泛地应用在星载合成孔径雷达的地面成像处理中,由于对原始回波数据快速成像的需求,根据现有共享内存系统的特点,提出利用多线程矩阵转置的并行处理方法。在Linux环境下,利用基于Pthread的线程调度方法和封装类,在研究和分析矩阵转置的几种处理方法的基础上,设计和实现多线程矩阵转置。通过在HP Proliant DL580平台上的实验证明,多线程矩阵转置与传统的矩阵转置相比,能充分利用处理器的资源,具有良好的并行扩展性,有利于进行快速成像处理。     

关于飞机结冰的多重安全边界问题

边界保护是保障飞机安全性的重要方面,对目前国内外飞机结冰安全边界问题的研究现状及进展进行了综述,对飞机结冰致灾物理链路的影响因素及规律进行了分析,指出目前从飞行力学角度出发的安全边界尚未全面考虑飞机结冰致灾复杂物理现象的相关因素,并提出了飞机结冰多重安全边界的概念,将飞机结冰的安全边界分为气象边界、冰形边界和飞行安全边界。结合相应的物理规律和实际应用,按照飞机结冰导致性能恶化的影响程度、飞行操纵影响程度等对边界又进行了多重属性划分。进一步梳理了多重安全边界研究需解决的主要关键问题,提出了下一步的相关研究方向,可为飞机设计、适航认证、飞行操纵、航路规划、分级优化保护等方面的应用提供支撑和参考。     

航空航天智能材料与智能结构研究进展

智能材料作为新兴多功能材料,能够实现结构功能化、功能多样化。智能结构是在结构中集成智能材料作为传感器和驱动器,使结构除了具有承载、传力、连接等功能外,还具有自感知、自诊断、自驱动、自修复等能力,以更好地适应外界环境的变化,可显著提升航空航天架构的性能。目前智能材料与智能结构已成为航空航天架构减重增效研究的重点。根据国内外智能材料和结构的研究进展,综述了压电材料、铁磁材料、形状记忆材料、智能复合材料等智能材料的发展;讨论了智能结构的研究及应用前景,包括自诊断智能结构、自修复智能结构和减振降噪智能结构;最后,指出了智能材料与结构当前面临的一些挑战性问题,展望了其在航空航天领域的应用前景。     

基于形貌优化法的无轴承开关磁阻电机减振降噪

脉振的径向电磁力作为激励源作用于12/8极单绕组宽转子齿无轴承开关磁阻电机（Bearingless switched reluctance motor with wider rotor teeth,BSRMWR）的定子齿面并传送至定子轭部及机壳,会引发较大的振动噪声,阻碍其推广应用。针对这一问题,本文从本体结构的角度入手对电机壳体进行优化改进。采用三维多物理场有限元模型,建立了BSRMWR电磁-结构-振动-声场耦合模型。通过对BSRMWR电磁场进行瞬态分析,得到径向电磁力。将模态应变能方法应用于BSRMWR的壳体得到电机外壳结构有较大的应变能,说明电机壳体结构的薄弱。基于此,通过形貌优化的方法对电机的壳体结构进行优化。结果表明,采用形貌优化后机壳结构的BSRMWR,其振动和噪声均有显著改善。     

基于查表的开环MPM预失真器

提出了一种基于查表的开环记忆多项式模型(MPM,Memory Polynomial Model)预失真器.从MPM预失真器系数估计和执行信号预失真处理两方面加以考虑.首先,利用预失真器和高功率放大器(HPA,High Power Amplifier)传输特性的互补性,由采集到的HPA输入、输出基带数据进行单次最小二乘估计得到MPM预失真器的系数,避免了以往递归结构的收敛性和计算量大等问题.然后,利用MPM预失真器的特点,建立了基于输入信号强度索引的一维向量表,通过查表实现MPM预失真器的幂次累加项,极大地减少了实现预失真器所需的计算量及硬件开销.仿真显示,采用提出的预失真器可以有效补偿HPA对信号的记忆非线性失真,有效带宽内获得了近20 dB的功率改善,也显著改善了系统误码性能.     

Global aerodynamic design optimization based on data dimensionality reduction

In aerodynamic optimization, global optimization methods such as genetic algorithms are preferred in many cases because of their advantage on reaching global optimum. However, for complex problems in which large number of design variables are needed, the computational cost becomes prohibitive, and thus original global optimization strategies are required. To address this need, data dimensionality reduction method is combined with global optimization methods, thus forming a new global optimization system, aiming to improve the efficiency of conventional global optimization. The new optimization system involves applying Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) in dimensionality reduction of design space while maintaining the generality of original design space. Besides, an acceleration approach for samples calculation in surrogate modeling is applied to reduce the computational time while providing sufficient accuracy. The optimizations of a transonic airfoil RAE2822 and the transonic wing ONERA M6 are performed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed new optimization system. In both cases, we manage to reduce the number of design variables from 20 to 10 and from 42 to 20 respectively. The new design optimization system converges faster and it takes 1/3 of the total time of traditional optimization to converge to a better design, thus significantly reducing the overall optimization time and improving the efficiency of conventional global design optimization method.     

Revisiting Perspective-Taking: Can People Maintain Imagined Perspectives?

Abstract

Three experiments were conducted to examine whether people can adopt and maintain imagined perspectives in the absence of target information. The task used entailed providing information about an imagined perspective in advance of target information to examine whether this would facilitate perspective-taking performance and reduce or eliminate alignment effects that are commonly reported in the literature. The three experiments employed different types of spatial environments: an environment learned from navigating a computer screen (Experiment 1), and an immersive environment that was either remote (Experiment 2) or immediate (Experiment 3) at the time of retrieval. Across the three experiments, results showed that information about an imagined perspective can be utilized ahead of target information. Furthermore, they suggested that alignment effects can be reduced as a result of processing information about perspective ahead of target information, but only when reasoning about specific nonimmediate spatial relations (Experiments 1 and 2). Results are discussed in connection with previous findings on spatial updating and the organizational structure of spatial memory.     

Optimization of entry-vehicle shapes during conceptual design

During the conceptual design of a re-entry vehicle, the vehicle shape and geometry can be varied and its impact on performance can be evaluated. In this study, the shape optimization of two classes of vehicles has been studied: a capsule and a winged vehicle. Their aerodynamic characteristics were analyzed using local-inclination methods, automatically selected per vehicle segment. Entry trajectories down to Mach 3 were calculated assuming trimmed conditions. For the winged vehicle, which has both a body flap and elevons, a guidance algorithm to track a reference heat-rate was used. Multi-objective particle swarm optimization was used to optimize the shape using objectives related to mass, volume and range. The optimizations show a large variation in vehicle performance over the explored parameter space. Areas of very strong non-linearity are observed in the direct neighborhood of the two-dimensional Pareto fronts. This indicates the need for robust exploration of the influence of vehicle shapes on system performance during engineering trade-offs, which are performed during conceptual design. A number of important aspects of the influence of vehicle behavior on the Pareto fronts are observed and discussed. There is a nearly complete convergence to narrow-wing solutions for the winged vehicle. Also, it is found that imposing pitch-stability for the winged vehicle at all angles of attack results in vehicle shapes which require upward control surface deflections during the majority of the entry.     

An Investigation into Vertical Bias Effects

ABSTRACT

In three experiments, after exploring a virtual environment (VE), adult participants made spatial judgments about the location of target objects that were higher and lower than their perceived test location within the VE. In Experiment 1, the locations of the target objects were inferred from verbal instructions. The main results were a tendency to judge objects as closer to the horizontal plane than their true locations, and more efficient downward than upward judgments. Both effects generally accord with findings reported by Wilson et al. (2004a Wilson, P. N., Foreman, N., Stanton, D. and Duffy, H. 2004a. Memory for targets in a multilevel simulated environment: Evidence for vertical asymmetry in spatial memory. Memory & Cognition, 32: 283–297. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar], 2004b Wilson, P. N., Foreman, N., Stanton, D. and Duffy, H. 2004b. Memory for targets in a multi-level simulated-environment: A comparison between able-bodied and physically disabled children. British Journal of Psychology, 95: 325–338.  [Google Scholar]). In Experiments 2 and 3, which were closely modeled on the design of the Wilson et al. studies, regression to the horizontal plane was noted but no downward bias was observed. A misperception in the viewing height between the floors and ceilings of the virtual rooms was apparent in both experiments. The results from the present study together with earlier investigations suggest different hierarchical encoding of between-axis and within-axis information.     

聚氨酯改性环氧树脂形状记忆材料

以甲基四氢邻苯二甲酸酐(METHPA)为固化剂,利用自制的聚氨酯预聚体(PU)改性环氧树脂(TDE-85)制备形状记忆聚合物。研究了形状记忆环氧树脂的力学性能、Tg和形状记忆性能。研究表明,形状记忆环氧树脂的韧性得到明显的提高,Tg得到了相应的下降,形状记忆性能良好,形状回复率皆在96%以上,形状固定率约达100%。