乘坐火车游太空

对绝大多数人来说,邀游太空似乎是终生难以实现的梦想,因为鲜有人付得起动辄数千万美元的高昂太空游票价。然而,美国研究人员声称,真正的“平民太空游”时代很快就要来临,因为他们正在研制一种可以行驶在太空中的磁悬浮列车,每位乘客的票价可以降至5000美元。或许在不久的将来,普通老百姓部可以乘坐火车游太空。真空磁悬浮系统将替代火箭在国产电影《星空》中有这样一个镜头,在女主人公的幻想中,自己乘坐的火车突然飞了起来,飞向浩瀚的星空。美国约翰斯’霍普金斯大学研究人员就设计出了人们梦想中的这种飞向太空的火车,并将之命名为“星际列车”。虽然太空磁悬浮列车名为“星际列车”,事实上它按照目前的设计只能在近地轨道上运行,不会远离地球,更不会脱离太阳系。不过,研究人员表示,未来积累了足够的近地轨道的“星际列车”飞行经验之后,可以开发更加强力的磁悬浮发射系统,让“星际列车”飞向火星或其他星球。     

Changing law of launching pitching angular velocity of rotating missile

In order to provide accurate launching pitching angular velocity（LPAV） for the exterior trajectory optimization design, multi-flexible body dynamics（MFBD） technology is presented to study the changing law of LPAV of the rotating missile based on spiral guideway. An MFBD virtual prototype model of the rotating missile launching system is built using multi-body dynamics modeling technology based on the built flexible body models of key components and the special force model.The built model is verified with the frequency spectrum analysis. With the flexible body contact theory and nonlinear theory of MFBD technology, the research is conducted on the influence of a series of factors on LPAV, such as launching angle change, clearance between launching canister and missile,thrust change, thrust eccentricity and mass eccentricity, etc. Through this research, some useful values of the key design parameters which are difficult to be measured in physical tests are obtained. Finally,a simplified mathematical model of the changing law of LPAV is presented through fitting virtual test results using the linear regression method and verified by physical flight tests. The research results have important significance for the exterior trajectory optimization design.