Proportional use of force in asymmetric military operation

This paper studies a strategic conflict between a state and a non-state military organization. The non-state military organization decides whether to attack or not to attack the state, while the state decides on its counter-measure. If the state uses a high level of violence against the non-state organization, it may be accused by the international community of ‘non-proportional’ use of force, and both sides of the conflict take this possibility into account. The model predicts that it may be rational for the non-state organization to attack the state, even if as a reaction the state will militarily destroy this organization, due to a positive probability the state will be punished by the international community for non-proportional use of violence.     

二次流引射对保形非对称喷管性能的影响

发动机与飞机后体结构设计合理与否直接影响发动机的部件匹配和性能。利用三维雷诺平均N-S方程和k-ωSST湍流模型对飞翼布局无人机保形非对称喷管在典型飞行状态下开展了内外流流场特性的数值分析,获得了后体尾喷管推力性能和三维流动特征随二次流压力比的变化趋势。结果表明:发动机喷管落压比条件一定的前提下,通过合理优化二次流通道、增大二次流压力比,可以有效改善后体/喷管主流流场特性;当二次流与主流的流量比在0. 2%～1. 86%内时,后体尾喷管轴向推力系数的变化幅度大约为3%,在一定程度上能够减弱发动机主流的过膨胀程度,减小发动机推力损失,无人机后体尾喷管性能得到显著提高。     

Think again – supplying war: reappraising military logistics and its centrality to strategy and war

This article argues that logistics constrains strategic opportunity while itself being heavily circumscribed by strategic and operational planning. With the academic literature all but ignoring the centrality of logistics to strategy and war, this article argues for a reappraisal of the critical role of military logistics, and posits that the study and conduct of war and strategy are incomplete at best or false at worst when they ignore this crucial component of the art of war. The article conceptualises the logistics–strategy nexus in a novel way, explores its contemporary manifestation in an age of uncertainty, and applies it to a detailed case study of UK operations in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001.     

HYLTE与TRIP喷管在大功率氟化氘激光器中的应用对比分析

简述了燃烧驱动大功率连续波DF化学激光器的发展现状。比较了HYLTE与TRIP两种喷管的结构参数,总结了两种喷管的性能差异。采用数值模拟手段,参考相关试验数据,计算了典型增益分布对应的共焦非稳腔输出光束模式。从大功率DF激光器研制存在的光斑均匀性和腔镜负载两个难题的角度,结合喷管制造工艺要求,认为HYLTE喷管较TRIP喷管更适用于大功率DF激光器。     

燃烧室压力对潜入式喷管喉衬热应力的影响

为了研究燃烧室压力对固体火箭发动机潜入式喷管热应力影响规律的问题,采用商业流体软件,基于压力求解器,求解了喷管纯气相的流场,确定了燃气温度、压力、壁面对流换热系数;采用有限元软件,依据流场计算的非均布壁面压力与非均布对流换热,求解了燃烧室压力为6 MPa下的潜入式喷管热结构问题;通过地面点火试验验证了仿真模型与数值方法的有效性与准确性;采用相同计算模型与数值方法,求解了在燃烧室压力为9 MPa、12 MPa下的喷管热结构问题,揭示了燃烧室压力对喉衬热应力的影响规律。结果表明:整个工作过程,喉衬环向应力最大值为103.9 MPa,位于内表面,且随时间增大,先增大后减小;喉衬环向拉应力也随时间先增大后减小;随压力增大,对流换热系数增大,喉衬温度升高,喉衬环向拉应力增大,喉衬环向压应力减小。     

US warfare in Somalia and the trade-off between casualty-aversion and civilian protection

This article examines the ways in which the two normative concerns of casualty-aversion and civilian protection influenced US military strategy in the particular context of the asymmetric conflict in Somalia in the early 1990s. The article critically evaluates US military operations through the prism of international humanitarian law and examines whether American forces started prioritizing casualty-aversion over the safeguarding of Somali civilians. Finally, by drawing on emerging moral guidelines (such as Michael Walzer's idea of ‘due care’), the article examines whether lower numbers of Somali civilian deaths could have been achieved if marginal increases to the risks faced by US soldiers had been accepted.     

Lost through non-translation: bringing Clausewitz's writings on ‘new wars’ back in

While Carl von Clausewitz has generally been respected as one of the most profound philosophers of war, his expertise has been regarded as somewhat limited if not even irrelevant to the so-called ‘new wars’ of the post-Cold War world. Many scholars in international relations have claimed that ‘new wars’ are essentially ‘post-Clausewitzian’ and ‘post-trinitarian’ in nature, meaning that they are no longer fathomable through a Clausewitzian framework. However Clausewitz's earlier writings were nearly exclusively dedicated to guerrilla warfare, or what he called ‘small wars’. These writings have been largely overlooked by many analysts of contemporary conflicts. By drawing on his rare and untranslated writings, the article uncovers a critical part of Clausewitz's expertise in asymmetric warfare and shows that, far from being irrelevant in an age where interstate warfare is increasingly being replaced by conflicts between states and semi-/non-state actors, Clausewitz's philosophical writings actually shed new light into the particular interactive dynamics generated during wars waged under conditions of asymmetry.     

脉冲防暴水炮拉瓦尔型喷嘴雾化过程仿真研究

研究防暴水炮优化控制问题.防暴水炮以高压气体作为动力,喷嘴作为射流发射元件.根据警用脉冲防爆水炮的射流特点,设计了拉瓦尔型喷嘴.在VOF和LES模型相结合的基础上,建立了喷嘴的数学模型和物理模型,并采用OpenFOAM软件对近喷口流场进行了数值仿真.通过研究发现拉瓦尔型喷嘴在雾化效果和射程上都能达到很好的效果,并通过对拉瓦尔型喷嘴近喷口流场雾化形态、雾化角、速度云图的模拟、分析,确立了张角为15°和18°之间的喷嘴较为合理,为脉冲水炮的进一步优化提供了借鉴依据.     

大口径舰炮将重展雄风

由于浅水战争和不对称威胁,要求在中短距离上攻击各种目标,但这种条件常常严重地阻碍了反舰导弹性能的发挥。同反舰导弹相比,大口径火炮要便宜得多,能更加即时地使用,且快速灵活,所以现在各大军事强国都在加紧研制新型大口径舰炮,重新考虑使用大口径火炮来代替反舰导弹,并且提供海上火力支援,使大口径舰炮重新登上战舰的舞台。为此,介绍了美国、德国、英国、意大利、俄罗斯、法国的大口径火炮研制情况。     

基于虚拟样机技术的轴对称推力矢量控制伺服机构设计

利用ADAMS软件建立了轴对称推力矢量控制伺服机构的虚拟样机,分析了4个关键设计点对伺服作动器运动时的交连干扰、正负摆角的不对称性以及驱动力臂波动的影响,完成了伺服机构布局方案的优化,为伺服机构布局方案的设计提供了精确的分析模型。