Scheduling combat logistics force replenishments at sea for the US Navy

The Replenishment at Sea Planner (RASP) is saving the U.S. Navy millions of dollars a year by reducing fuel consumption of its Combat Logistics Force (CLF). CLF shuttle supply ships deploy from ports to rendezvous with underway U.S. combatants and those of coalition partners. The overwhelming commodity transferred is fuel, ship‐to‐ship by hoses, while other important packaged goods and spare parts are high‐lined, or helicoptered between ships. The U.S. Navy is organized in large areas of responsibility called numbered fleets, and within each of these a scheduler must promulgate a daily forecast of CLF shuttle operations. The operational planning horizon extends out several weeks, or as far into the future as we can forecast demand. We solve RASP with integer linear optimization and a purpose‐built heuristic. RASP plans Replenishment‐at‐Sea (RAS) events with 4‐hour (Navy watch) time fidelity. For five years, RASP has served two purposes: (1) it helps schedulers generate a daily schedule and animates it using Google Earth, and (2) it automates reports command‐to‐ship messages that are essential to keep this complex logistics system operating.     

发动机冷却燃料超临界压力下做功潜力㶲分析

在高马赫数飞行下,超燃冲压发动机的燃料冷却量大于燃料燃烧量。为了降低燃料的冷却量以及实现燃料冷却量和燃烧量的匹配,采用分析法对超燃冲压发动机壁面燃料冷却工质在超临界压力下进行做功潜力分析。发动机壁面冷却燃料的特性决定其热量大小。根据发动机壁面温度分布、热流密度分布计算热量,建立稳定流动燃料工质的平衡方程。结果表明:在壁面最高温度为1200 K时,传入壁面的热量为562.4 k W,其中理论热量为541.3 k W;冷却燃料工质流量增加,最大输出功减小;燃料工质出口温度增加,输出功减小;燃料工质出口压力增加,输出功基本不变。     

可调喷油规律下柴油机性能随喷油提前角的影响

为获取可调喷油规律条件下,喷油提前角对柴油机性能的影响规律及成因机理。在实现可调喷油规律喷射的基础上,基于Fire软件建立了柴油机工作过程计算模型,并通过试验对模型中的主要参数进行了标定,进而利用模型分析了靴形喷油规律下柴油机性能随喷油提前角的变化。结果表明：随着增压时刻的滞后,喷油规律由矩形过渡到斜坡形再到靴形,实现了灵活可调的喷油规律。在靴形喷油规律条件下,存在一个最佳的喷油提前角,使柴油机的动力性和经济性均达到最优。同时,随着喷油提前角的增大,柴油机缸内压力、缸内温度以及放热率均逐渐升高,且到达各自最大值的时刻前移,而NOx排放量和碳烟排放量则分别呈现出增加和减小的趋势。     

富氮气体对柴油氧化安定性影响

在95℃条件,考察了2种柴油在5种氮体积分数下氧化安定性随时间的变化,采用方差分析法分析了富氮气体对实际胶质、酸度的影响,拟合了实际胶质生成速率与氮体积分数的关系。结果表明:氮体积分数对实际胶质、酸度有显著性影响,实际胶质与储存时间呈一次函数关系,实际胶质生成速率与氮体积分数间存在幂函数关系,储存过程中氮体积分数越大,氧化生成有机酸越少。     

基于灰色神经网络的装甲部队油料消耗预测

油料消耗量的精确预测直接影响装甲部队后勤保障能力的提升,而传统预测模型精度不高,应用范围也有一定的局限,难以满足信息化战争精确保障的需要。提出一种装甲部队油料消耗预测的组合模型,对历史油料消耗数据和油耗影响因素进行统计分析,求出各影响因素与油耗量的关联度作为权重系数;通过改进GM(1,1)模型预测某部队下一次军事行动的油耗量;用GM(1,1)模型的预测值、加权后的各影响因素值和油耗实际值训练网络,对下一次想定的军事行动油耗量进行预测。通过平均相对误差计算表明,组合预测模型比单一的GM(1,1)模型预测精度高,能够较好地指导部队进行下一步的油料供管工作。     

REFASHIONING AUSTRALIA'S NUCLEAR BARGAIN?

This article explores the challenges that Australia faces in reconciling its commitments to nonproliferation and uranium exports during a time when the international nuclear nonproliferation regime is under major stress and the world uranium market is bullish. The “grand bargain” that has framed Australian participation in the nonproliferation regime and the nuclear fuel market since the 1970s was only tenable in an era of stagnant uranium demand and a stable nuclear balance. However, contemporary nuclear proliferation dynamics and the revival of interest in nuclear energy have accentuated the incompatibility between Australia's commitment to nonproliferation and the desire to profit from uranium exports. The contemporary international strategic environment, international nonproliferation regime, and nuclear energy market are characterized by developments that not only undermine the basis of Australia's grand bargain, but also present challenges and opportunities for the refashioning of Australian policy.     

强载柴油机排烟管动力学特性有限元分析及改进

针对某强载柴油主机排烟管多次发生断裂故障的现象,对不被充分关注的排烟管动力学特性和疲劳断裂问题进行了研究.采用热-应力直接耦合场有限元方法,完成了排烟管稳态热负荷下振动模态、振动应力分布及其危险截面疲劳安全系数的计算,确定了薄弱环节.从改变约束条件和改进工艺的角度提出并校核了改进方案,改进试用后,未再发生疲劳断裂问题.     

基于台架试验的节油驾驶操作研究

在发动机台架上,通过控制发动机冷却水温度、油门开度、负荷、运转时间等模拟车辆起动、怠速、预热、起步、工作水温等5种工况,对节油驾驶操作进行研究.结果表明:车辆怠速超过1 min时,应熄火;车辆预热可采用中低转速,但严禁乱轰油门;车辆起动后,经短时间预热即可起步,低速低负荷运行至冷却水温度达到发动机正常工作温度;正常行驶...     

不同海拔富氧进气柴油机富氧经济性分析

建立了高海拔条件下柴油发动机富氧进气燃烧排气氧气体积分数与进气氧气体积分数关系的模型,对海拔2 000,3 000和4000m处不同转速时发动机富氧进气的燃烧状况和富氧经济性进行研究.结果表明:模型预测结果与试验结果吻合较好,当发动机正常进气过量空气系数α＜1.2时,富氧进气改善发动机燃烧状况的效果明显.发动机富氧进气...     

无灰型柴油添加剂的灰模式关联决策

由于无灰型柴油添加剂不存在二次污染问题,将是节能降污柴油添加剂发展的趋势,但是无灰型添加剂的加入可能会改变燃油多项理化指标和发动机台架评定结果,采用灰模式关联决策在众多添加剂中确定最优无灰型添加剂是一种较为科学的方法.通过对含有无灰型柴油添加剂油样的各项理化指标测试、模拟评价测试和发动机台架试验结果进行灰模式关联决策,...