零压式高空气球球形设计与参数敏感性分析

高空气球能够为临近空间科学实验提供可靠的平台，其形状直接关系到气球制作及飞行的全过程。提出将多段打靶法与序列二次规划法结合，对零压气球完全膨胀和部分膨胀状态下的球形进行求解，并运用有限元方法对球形进行稳定性及应力应变分析，验证了所推导球形的正确性。在此基础上，对影响气球形状的关键参数进行灵敏度分析及相关运用，从定量的角度得到气球载荷、飞行高度及昼夜温差对气球形状的影响规律。     

高空气球地面充氦气量计算方法分析与试验评估

作为高空气球研究中的一个重要问题,气球在地面发放前充入的氦气量会直接影响其上升速度和驻空高度,进而影响平台的可靠性和稳定性。因此研究充氦气量的准确计算方法十分必要。建立了高空气球上升过程动力学模型,计算了气球初始升速的理论值,用于与实际初始升速对比,为评估充氦气量计算方法提供依据。归纳了三种较为典型的高空气球地面充氦气量计算方法,根据实际开展的飞行试验,分析对比了三种方法的准确性和误差范围。提出了浮力补偿规律,完成了对三种方法的评估。通过研究可以对现有充氦气量计算方法进行有效修正,进而为高空气球的实际飞行提供指导。     

临近空间高空气球囊体材料的蠕变试验和数值分析

蠕变是临近空间高空气球囊体材料的重要特性。设计了蠕变试验架,对一种典型的临近空间高空气球囊体材料的蠕变特性进行测试,获得了该材料在常温下的蠕变数据。根据一般高分子材料的蠕变模型,结合测试得到的蠕变数据,分析高空气球囊体材料的蠕变计算模型,确定相关参数。通过有限元分析,仿真了高空气球囊体材料的蠕变量。通过对比根据蠕变模型计算的蠕变量、有限元仿真分析的蠕变量与蠕变试验得到的实际蠕变量,验证了针对DPE-3薄膜建立的蠕变模型和仿真分析的准确性。所采用的蠕变试验测试方法和计算分析结果可为临近空间高空气球的设计和分析提供参考。     

高空气球——探测隐身目标的经济手段

五角大楼的分析家们认为,载大型孔径雷达的高空气球可能是反隐身的一种经济措施。美国防部的最新资料表明,载于高空平台的雷达与其他探测器配合,便于探测和跟踪严重杂波干扰下的低可观测度目标。随着材料技术的发展,困扰高空气球的许多问题已获得解决。目前美国正在研制有效载荷较高的高空气球(尤其是载大孔径L波段雷达),并能在高空漂浮几周或几个月。美国TCOM公司能将一种最新型的球形高空气球漂浮在约20公里的高空,在最恶劣的气象条件下一次升空至少停留30天,费用1 000～2 000万美元(包括系留系统和地面支援车辆)。该公司还采用新材料解决了高     

混合遗传算法及其在运载火箭最优上升轨道设计中的应用

运载火箭最优上升轨道设计问题是一类终端时刻未定、终端约束苛刻的最优控制问题,经典算法求解这类问题时收敛性差、局部收敛等问题表现得比较突出。针对上述问题,将具有良好全局收敛性的遗传算法应用到运载火箭最优上升段设计问题求解中,为了提高遗传算法的收敛速度和克服早熟问题,结合遗传算法和单纯型算法的优点,设计了两种混合遗传算法。计算结果表明,所设计的混合遗传算法是求解复杂问题的有效全局优化方法,可以成功地解决一类终端时刻可变飞行器最优控制问题。     

高空长航时无人机编队协同侦察任务规划

针对高空长航时无人机侦察任务规划特点,分析了高空长航时无人机执行侦察任务过程中的飞行航线约束和通信条件约束,以最小化无人机总飞行航程和最终编队飞行时间为优化目标,建立无人机编队协同侦察任务规划问题模型。同以往的通用侦察任务模型相比,该模型突出考虑了高空长航时无人机执行侦察任务过程的特点。以基本粒子群算法为基础,通过粒子群离散化和结合遗传算法进行改进,使其适用于求解复杂组合优化问题。仿真结果验证了算法求解复杂任务规划问题的有效性。     

PD反馈特征结构配置在最优控制问题中的应用

考虑了二阶线性系统的比例微分(PD)反馈特征结构配置问题以及其在最优控制问题中的应用。基于比例微分特征结构配置参数化方法,将二阶线性系统的最优控制问题转化为一个便于求解的有约束条件的极小值问题,并给出了相应的求解算法。三自由度质量弹簧阻尼系统算例及其仿真结果表明所提算法简单、有效。     

气球载雷达支援抗击巡航导弹作战军事概念建模

针对地基预警雷达单独预警巡航导弹发现距离近和跟踪目标困难的问题,提出了气球载雷达与地基预警雷达协同预警。按照军事概念建模的方法,建立了气球载雷达与地基预警雷达反巡航导弹(Cruise Missile,CM)的预警协同模式。在此基础上,建立了IDEF0功能模型。通过对IDEF0功能模型的理解,转换为作战仿真软件开发所需各类UML模型。从技术上验证了气球载雷达与地基预警雷达反CM预警协同作战的可行性,对其仿真实现有一定的参考价值。     

UCAV自主空战战术机动动作建模与轨迹生成

针对战术机动动作建模与轨迹生成问题,构建了实现UCAV空战机动动作的模型结构;综合考虑飞行包线、状态参量等实际约束条件,建立了精细的UCAV质点运动动力学模型;以控制量变化率为优化对象,对机动轨迹最优控制问题进行了建模;运用基于自适应策略的遗传改进算法对最优控制问题进行快速求解,得到了优化的控制量变化率,并根据运动动力学模型求解得到机动轨迹及具体飞行参数。最后以斤斗机动动作为例进行了仿真验证,结果表明:建立的模型可以准确而完备地表征多约束条件下的机动动作特征,改进的最优控制问题求解策略能够快速计算得到优化的控制量变化率,生成的轨迹符合机动动作的几何形态与状态特性。     

基于小波配点法的空间机械臂关节轨迹规划

针对平面型空间机械臂关节轨迹优化问题,提出一种基于小波配点法的数值算法。该算法在区间样条小波函数及其导数算法的基础上,对状态变量与控制变量在小波配点上作离散化处理,然后将原最优控制问题转化为以小波系数为优化参数的非线性规划问题,利用非线性规划算法求解该问题得到原问题的解。算法可充分利用小波具有非线性逼近的优点,提高计算精度和效率。对典型问题进行数值仿真,结果表明该算法对空间机械臂关节轨迹优化问题是有效的。     

平流层长航时气球上升过程超冷现象影响因素分析

平流层长航时气球超冷现象是指内部浮升气体温度低于外界大气温度,超冷会引起浮力损失进而阻碍气球上升过程。建立了长航时气球辐射、对流等热模型和上升过程动力学模型,仿真分析了初始净浮力、蒙皮热物性参数、放飞时间和放飞日期等因素对超冷现象的影响规律。研究结果表明,上升过程内外温差随初始净浮力增大而增大且变化显著,可见光吸收率和红外吸收率增大时,内外温差值总体上呈减小趋势;放飞时刻和放飞日期对超冷现象影响较小,但放飞时间不同,气球上升至设计驻空高度的时间差别较大。该结论可为平流层浮空器总体方案设计和放飞试验提供有益参考。     

超压气球上升过程温度与动力学特性仿真分析

针对带加强筋的超压气球,分析上升过程热环境及受力状态,建立热力学与动力学模型并分析其耦合关系。基于MATLAB开发仿真程序,对超压气球进行仿真分析。分析了气球上升过程中高度、速度、温度变化特性,数据表明上升过程中的热力学环境和动力学特性都对球内气体温度有重要影响,气球上升速度和球内气体温度相互耦合并与自由浮力系数存在相关性。飞行试验实测数据验证了仿真结果的准确性。理论分析结果和仿真模型可为后续超压气球设计和飞行试验提供指导。     

反"战斧"导弹的GPS欺骗措施分析与同温层气球干扰平台的实现

针对“战斧”(DeepFire)巡航导弹武器系统弱点提出对抗和干扰欺骗措施 ,指出了GPS导航系统的弱点 ,设计了GPS干扰 /欺骗机 (GPSSpoofor)的原理模型 ,提出应用同温层气球作为GPS干扰 /欺骗机载体 ,并作了可行性分析、系统生存能力分析、系统对抗效能分析。详细介绍了同温层气球平台的地面、空中保障系统。     

Terrorism,insurgency, kidnapping,and security in Africa's energy sector

Energy continues to serve as the bedrock of modern economies and the main driver of modern society. For Africa, the production and supply of energy resources such as crude oil, natural gas, uranium, coal, biomass, biofuels and other renewables are an important source of employment, rents, taxes, royalties and profits. This sector brings in several tens of billions of dollars of revenue annually. The production and delivery of such resources, however, depend on critical infrastructures such as pipelines, refineries, processing plants, terminals, rigs, electrical energy pylons, substations, pump stations, vessels, and tankers. These infrastructures have been attacked by terrorists, insurgents, vandals and saboteurs, all of whom see them as targets against which to register their grievances and extract concessions from the state. This paper is a chronological account of some of the documented incidents of terrorism, insurgency, kidnapping, destruction, sabotage, and human casualties suffered in the oil and gas sectors in Africa between 1999 and 2012. It is based on data extracted from the databases of the RAND Database of World Terrorism Incidents and the University of Maryland's Global Terrorism Database (GTD).     

Helping hands: civil–military cooperation and Italy's military operation abroad

In the Post-Bipolar Era the growing complexity of the military operations requires a new approach for the resolution of international crises. Since the end of the Cold War, peace support operations (PSO) have become the mainstay and principal occupation of most Western armies. At the same time, Italy has been one of the most important actors in such an area. The article focuses on the cooperation between military and civil components (a process called CIMIC) as a key variable in the Italian PSOs. We will analyse in detail the main lessons learned from past military interventions as well as the general context in which new tendencies are taking place. The maintaining of a minimum security frame becomes essential to fulfil activities ‘collateral’ to the mission: reconstructing services and infrastructure, food distribution, water and medication, law and order, de-mining, training of local forces, and supporting local institutions. These are the main tasks to obtain thrust and support from the population.     

Tacit support for terrorism: The rapprochement between the USSR and Palestinian guerrilla organizations following the 1967 war

This article demonstrates the inconsistent and wavering Soviet attitude towards national liberation movements in general and the Palestinian organizations in particular. Until the late 1960s, the Soviets viewed these organizations with suspicion, hesitating to engage in political dialogue with them. However, in the 1970s, political and military events in the region, as well as modifications in the Kremlin's Cold War strategies, led to a general shift towards the Middle East in Soviet foreign policy. Soviet leaders showed increased willingness to provide certain Palestinian organizations with arms with which to conduct terrorist activities against Israeli, pro-Israeli, Jewish and Western targets. The article explores the complex relations between Palestinian organizations and the USSR in the field of international terror. The study also exposes and analyzes the nature and content of Soviet–Palestinian arms dialogues and transactions. It provides clear evidence that Soviet policymakers and other luminaries were fully informed of, and sometimes directly involved in, these transactions and dialogues at the highest levels.     

A1 Qaeda and the radical Islamic challenge to western strategy

The September 11 global crisis prompted by the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon raises major questions concerning the nature and trajectory of terrorism in the post-Cold War global order. Hitherto, terrorism has been largely debated by analysts at the level of nation states. Terrorist and insurgent movements have also been largely anchored in nationalist and ethnic power bases even when they have sought to mobilise a transnational ideological appeal on religious or class grounds. There have been a few exceptions to this pattern such as the alliance between the German Baader-Meinhof group and the Japanese Red Army Faction, but even such international alliances as this did not, until at least the 1980s, presage anything like a global terrorist network necessitating a global strategic response. This study examines terrorism and global strategic responses.     

Helping hands: external support for the KNU insurgency in Burma

This article analyses to what extent the Burmese KNU insurgency made use of external support from states, refugees, and diasporas. Based on extensive fieldwork it is concluded that support from neighbouring states and refugees has for years kept the Karen rebellion alive. Western countries perceived forms of resistance to the illegitimate Burmese regime as just and have therefore played a crucial role in the continuation of conflict in Karen State. It is important that policymakers and donors as well as executing organizations continue to reflect critically on the way they exercise their work.