Cloud attenuation statistics from radiometric measurements over a tropical location Kolkata,India

The objective of this study is to investigate cloud attenuation at 30 GHz frequency using ground-based microwave radiometric observations at a tropical location, Kolkata. At higher frequencies and lower elevation angles, cloud attenuation is of major concern at a tropical location. The location experiences high value of liquid water path (LWP), which is responsible for cloud attenuation, during the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) and pre-monsoon season. Significant amount of cloud attenuation has been observed during monsoon season at 30 GHz. Two years observations of exceedance probability of cloud attenuation and worst month statistics are presented. The variation of cloud attenuation with frequencies for different elevation angles has also been investigated. The seasonal and diurnal patterns of cloud attenuation are examined. Cloud attenuation, inferred from radiometric measurements before rain commencement, has been compared to rain attenuation at Ku-band. Exceedance probabilities of cloud and rain attenuation have been compared.     

A multilayer perceptron and multiclass support vector machine based high accuracy technique for daily rainfall estimation from MSG SEVIRI data

The current paper introduces a new multilayer perceptron (MLP) and support vector machine (SVM) based approach to improve daily rainfall estimation from the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) data. In this study, the precipitation is first detected and classified into convective and stratiform rain by two MLP models, and then four multi-class SVM algorithms were used for daily rainfall estimation. Relevant spectral and textural input features of the developed algorithms were derived from the spectral MSG SEVIRI radiometer channels. The models were trained using radar rainfall data set colected over north Algeria. Validation of the proposed daily rainfall estimation technique was performed by rain gauge network data set recorded over north Algeria. Thus, several statistical scores were calculated, such as correlation coefficient (r), root mean square error (RMSE), mean error (Bias), and mean absolute error (MAE). The findings given by: (r = 0.97, bias = 0.31 mm, RMSE = 2.20 mm and MAE = 1.07 mm), showed a quite satisfactory relationship between the estimation and the respective observed daily precipitation. Moreover, the comparison of the results with those of two advanced techniques based on random forests (RF) and weighted ‘k’ nearest neighbor (WkNN) showed higher accuracy obtained by the proposed model.     

Intrinsic physical relationships between rotor modal shapes and instantaneous vibrational energy flow transmission characteristics: Theoretical and numerical analysis and application

The modal vibration of the rotor is the main cause of excessive vibration of the aero-engine overall structure. To attenuate the vibration of the rotor under different modal shapes from the perspective of energy control, the intrinsic physical relationships between rotor modal shapes and instantaneous vibrational energy flow transmission characteristics is derived from the general equation of motion base on the structural intensity method. A dual-rotor-support-casing coupling model subjected to the rotor unbalanced forces is established by the finite element method in this paper. The transmission, conversion and balance relationships of the vibrational energy flow for the rotors in the first-order bending modal shape, the conical whirling modal shape and the translational modal shape are analyzed, respectively. The results show that the vibrational energy flow transmitted to the structure can be converted into the strain energy, the kinetic energy and the energy dissipated by the damping of the structure. The vibrational energy flow transmission characteristics of rotors with different modal shapes are quite different. Especially for the first-order bending modal shape, the vibrational energy flow and the strain energy are transmitted and converted to each other in the middle part of the rotor shaft, resulting in large deformation at this part. To attenuate this harmful vibration, the influences of grooving on the shaft on the first-order bending vibration are studied from the perspective of transmission control of vibrational energy flow. This study can provide theoretical references and guidance for the vibration attenuation of the rotors in different modal shapes from a more essential perspective.     

富燃料推进剂燃烧产物粒度参数的激光衰减法测量

介绍了激光衰减法测量粒子参数的基本原理.搭建了激光衰减法测量高铝含量富燃料推进剂实验系统,解决了燃烧环境下粒度测试的光学介入问题,对高铝含量富燃料推进剂中粒子参数进行测量,对所得的凝相燃烧产物进行电镜分析,并对电镜照片进行分析处理,计算出燃烧后凝相产物平均粒径,验证了激光衰减法测量粒子参数的可行性和合理性.     

A new landing impact attenuation seat in manned spacecraft biologically-inspired by felids

When manned spacecraft comes back to the earth, it relies on the impact attenuation seat to protect astronauts from injuries during landing phase. Hence, the seat needs to transfer impact load, as small as possible, to the crew. However, there is little room left for traditional seat to improve further. Herein, a new seat system biologically-inspired by felids’ landing is proposed.Firstly, a series of experiments was carried out on cats and tigers, in which they were trained to jump down voluntarily from different heights. Based on the ground reaction forces combined with kinematics, the experiment indicated that felids’ landing after self-initial jump was a multi-step impact attenuation process and the new seat was inspired by this. Then the construction and work process of new seat were redesigned to realize the multi-step impact attenuation. The dynamic response of traditional and new seat is analyzed under the identical conditions and the results show that the new concept seat can significantly weaken the occupant overload in two directions compared with that of traditional seat. As a consequence, the risk of injury evaluated for spinal and head is also lowered, meaning a higher level of protection which is especially beneficial to the debilitated astronaut.     

少烟丁羟推进剂高压性能的实验研究

对少烟丁羟复合推进剂在高压下的燃烧性能，能量特性和微波衰减特性进行了实验研究。研究得出：少烟丁羟复合推进剂在１７－１８ＭＰａ以上压强时存在燃速变现象，但不会引起发动机工作压强失控，而且通过调整弹道良剂可以降低推进剂高压压强指数，少烟丁羟复合推进剂高压少平面实际比冲可以突破２４５２Ｎ．ｓ／ｋｇ；该推进剂的微波衰减强度只相当于普通双基推进剂的水平，比（有烟）丁羟复合推进剂和改性双基推进剂低得多。     

多孔径穿孔板控制液雾燃烧不稳定的研究

研究了一种带可调背腔的多孔径穿孔板声阻尼器的吸声特性,并通过声学模型预测了穿孔板的吸声特性。实验研究了偏流穿孔板对液雾燃烧器的燃烧室、气室内波动的动态压力及热释放率的控制效果。多孔径穿孔板存在两种孔径:小孔半径均为1.0 mm,大孔半径分别为1.5、2.0、2.5、3.0 mm。发现孔径差异过大的穿孔板消声性能不佳。但是大小孔径相近的穿孔板对腔室内的热声振荡有明显衰减效果。安装穿孔板后,燃烧室脉动压力下降59%~84%,放热波动下降47%~87%,同时火焰形态变得稳定。      

基于射线模型的水声传播衰减特性

介绍了水声信号传播射线模型的理论基础,给出了水声传播衰减详细的理论推导和数学分析过程;在射线模型的基础上分析了水声信号传播的过程,并根据数学模型,实现了传播过程在matlab下的仿真。根据不同的仿真条件得到了相关的传播损失分布图,并对结果进行了分析。     

国外深空探测器着陆缓冲系统的特点和应用

主要介绍国外月球和行星探测器的着陆缓冲系统的特点与应用。着陆缓冲系统的基本类型包括软着陆机构、气囊缓冲装置和空中悬吊机结构。其中：软着陆机构由着陆架（腿）、缓冲器和展开锁定机构组成,具有质量较大,结构较简单、可靠的特点,在美国“勘测者”、“阿波罗”、“梦神”和苏联月球号等着陆器中得到了应用;气囊缓冲装置由气体发生器、气囊组件,以及缩回与展开机构组成,具有质量小、包装容积小和着陆稳定性好的特点,在美国“火星探路者”、“火星探测巡视器”,苏联早期月球号着陆器,以及欧洲“贝皮一哥伦布”水星探测器中得到了应用;空中悬吊机结构由空中悬吊机及其推进系统等组成,具有着陆速度低、冲击小和安全可靠的特点,在美国“火星科学实验室”的好奇心号巡视器上得到了应用。     

微波在液体火箭发动机真空羽流中的衰减

为研究液体火箭发动机真空羽流对微波的衰减作用,以某双组元液体火箭发动机为对象,使用热力计算程序对燃烧室内的电子数密度进行了计算,使用冻 结假设和有限化学反应速率假设两种情况对喷管内带电粒子的电离和再结合过程进行了模拟,并对羽流中带电粒子数密度和5~30GHz微波穿过羽流的衰减量进行了估算.研究结果显示:该发动机燃烧室和喷管出口的电子数密度量级分别为 1013~1014cm-3和1010~1011cm-3,K,Na等碱金属为主要电子释放剂,Cl-,OH-等基团为主要电子吸收剂;低频微波在羽流中衰减更严重,5GHz微波的衰减可达4.5dB;微波斜穿羽流的衰减通常大于横穿情况.