Webs of Smoke: Drugs and Small Wars

War and drugs share many characteristics – both are destructive of human life, highly profitable to some, and efforts to regulate them have failed. In fact, at various times throughout history, war and drugs have been intertwined, prolonging human suffering, bedeviling political leaders and enriching a select few. The pernicious role of drugs in organized political violence is often overlooked. Drugs have been the cause of war, the funding for military operations, used by combatants and a part of the post-war political landscape. The insidious nature of drugs is especially visible in a certain type of war – small wars – yet is virtually unexamined by scholars and decision-makers.     

基于Vague集的数字化场站效能评估

在建立数字化场站效能评估指标体系的基础上,针对数字化场站效能评估这类多属性决策问题,提出了一种基于Vague集间相似度量的数字化场站效能评估方法.首先将专家评语集转换成相应的Vague集,其次将各指标的Vague值转换成相应的Fuzzy值,从而确定理想数字化场站效能的Vague值,通过对各场站到理想数字化场站Vague...     

装甲钢板表面裂纹的金属磁记忆检测表征

采用预制裂纹-疲劳试验-金属磁记忆检测-信号比较分析的标定方法,研究了具有不同预制裂纹深度、不同疲劳载荷幅、不同载荷循环周次的高压五装甲钢板裂纹的金属磁记忆检测表征方法.结果表明,漏磁场法向分量的变化率与裂纹深度成正比.载荷幅越大,载荷循环周次越多,漏磁场法向分量的变化率越大,为采用金属磁记忆检测技术大量检测裂纹深度提供了一种标定方法.     

去调频FM-CW SAR距离维成像研究

调频连续波(FM-CW)合成孔径雷达因其体积小、重量轻、成本低及分辨率高等特点越来越受到关注。详细分析了去调频FM-CW SAR距离维成像过程,得到了FM-CW SAR残留视频相位在距离维傅立叶变换过程中被消除的有用结论;分析了影响距离维分辨率的因素,提出了改善FM-CW SAR距离分辨率,同时降低距离维采样率的方法。理论分析表明,去调频连续波SAR同样存在斜置现象,因此,还详细分析了FM-CW SAR斜置的产生以及去斜的方法,提出了包含去斜的距离维成像算法,为方位向更好的聚焦提供了条件。     

联合空时抗干扰天线阵的快速实现方法

联合空时抗干扰方法,性能优于单纯的空域或单纯的时域抗干扰,但是由于其计算复杂度大,实际应用受到一定限制.针对这一矛盾,在MSNWF基础上,通过分析抗干扰天线阵观测信号协方差矩阵的Toeplitz特性,构造高维Toeplitz矩阵,利用FFT技术,提出一种联合空时抗干扰天线阵的快速实现方法.计算量的比较结果表明该方法可以大大降低STAP的计算量,使得联合空时抗干扰技术的实际应用变得更容易.     

纳米SiO_2在润滑油中的高温摩擦学性能

采用多功能SRV试验机考察了纳米SiO2在菜籽油中的高温摩擦学性能,利用表面轮廓仪观察磨损表面形貌。结果表明,在恒定负荷试验中,纳米SiO2能明显改善菜籽油的高温减摩抗磨性能,在500℃时,摩擦因数仅为0.16,磨损量降低了80%以上。在连续加载的高温试验中,当试验温度为200℃时,纳米SiO2对菜籽油的减摩抗磨性能没有明显的改善;而当试验温度达到500℃时,纳米SiO2能明显地改善菜籽油的减摩抗磨性能,在大负荷(500N)的情况下更为突出。     

Consecutive k‐within‐m‐out‐of‐n:F system with exchangeable components

As a generalization of k‐out‐of‐n:F and consecutive k‐out‐of‐n:F systems, the consecutive k‐within‐m‐out‐of‐n:F system consists of n linearly ordered components such that the system fails iff there are m consecutive components which include among them at least k failed components. In this article, the reliability properties of consecutive k‐within‐m‐out‐of‐n:F systems with exchangeable components are studied. The bounds and approximations for the survival function are provided. A Monte Carlo estimator of system signature is obtained and used to approximate survival function. The results are illustrated and numerics are provided for an exchangeable multivariate Pareto distribution. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 2009