What you should know about the vehicle routing problem

In the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), the aim is to design a set of m minimum cost vehicle routes through n customer locations, so that each route starts and ends at a common location and some side constraints are satisfied. Common applications arise in newspaper and food delivery, and in milk collection. This article summarizes the main known results for the classical VRP in which only vehicle capacity constraints are present. The article is structured around three main headings: exact algorithms, classical heuristics, and metaheuristics. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007     

小型电动垂直起降飞行器推进系统性能分析

小型电动垂直起降飞行器的悬停续航性能取决于推进系统的性能。基于电池、电机、电调的质量模型和螺旋桨的推力-功耗关系,利用电池的恒流放电模型建立了垂直起降飞行器的续航时间评估模型,分析了推进系统参数和有效载荷对飞行器续航性能的影响规律,研究结论可用于电动垂直起降飞行器的总体设计和推进系统选型。     

潜艇承载力分析和动力抗沉操纵方法研究

在分析潜艇受力的基础上,根据潜艇的操纵规则,给出承载力的计算方法,分析了影响潜艇承载力的因素,设计了一套用于指导潜艇动力抗沉操纵的承载力图谱.以某一假想潜艇为例,说明了承载力图谱的绘制和使用方法.     

带宽受限下频谱分离对提高RDSS入站容量的影响分析

用户入站容量是RDSS系统设计的一个重要指标,主要受限于入站信号之间的多址干扰.提高扩频码速率可以增加人站容量,但卫星转发器带宽限制了扩频码速率的最大值,从而限制了单个扩频频谱入站信号容量最大值.在卫星转发器带宽受限情况下,提出了采用分离扩频频谱的方法来提高入站容量,并分别对扩频频谱分离为两个和三个的情况进行了详细分析,得出了两种分离扩频频谱方案下扩频码速率的最优值.仿真结果表明,在现有转发器带宽内分离为两个扩频频谱可以提高入站容量29％,分离为三个扩频频谱可以提高人站容量37％.     

Unpacking the various meanings of redundancy: from refining the concept to military planning

The authors engage in the debate over waste in military force structure planning by rigorously deconstructing the concept of “redundancy.” First, a typology of redundancy is constructed that provides a common framework for identifying variety among redundant structures. These are labeled “true redundancy,” “expanded capacity,” “portfolio diversification,” and “mission overlap.” Further, a number of mechanisms are identified that produce these types of structures, and show the conditions under which planners may utilize redundant structure in the search for optimization. In sum, the article provides refined concepts for analysts and planners to identify when redundancy is deleterious or beneficial.     

当前战区陆军预备役部队民用运力动员初探

我国民用运力资源丰富。自2020年7月1日零时起,预备役部队全面纳入军队领导体制,改由党中央、中央军委集中统一领导。在此背景下,本文对民用运力动员的含义进行了深入剖析,分析了民用运力动员的主要任务和战区陆军部队对民用运力动员的要求,指出了预备役部队民用运力动员所面临的矛盾和困难,提出了推进民用运力动员的几点对策,如健全法制、加强军地互联互通、增强动员指挥体制与作战指挥体制融合以及编制与现役部队相一致等,以期为进一步提高战区陆军预备役部队民用运力动员能力,提高军队战时运输保障能力提供参考。     

Supercritical carbon dioxide as a new working medium for pneumatic launch: A theoretical study

Compared with the conventionally gaseous or liquid working media, the specific internal energy of supercritical carbon dioxide (SCD) is higher at the same temperature and pressure, and the critical temperature of carbon dioxide is close to room temperature, making SCD a potential new working medium for pneumatic launch. To analyze the feasibility of this conception, an analytical model of a pneumatic catapult is established on basis of the conservations of mass and energy. The model consists of a high-pressure chamber and a low-pressure chamber connected by multiple valves, and there is a movable piston in the low-pressure chamber that can push an aircraft to accelerate. The effects of the launch readiness state of SCD in the high-pressure chamber, the initial volume of the low-pressure chamber and the valve control on the movement of the aircraft are analyzed. It is found that there is a restrictive relation between the temperature and pressure of the launch readiness state of SCD, i.e., there is a maximum allowable launch readiness pressure when the launch readiness temperature is fixed. If this restrictive relation is not satisfied, the working medium in the low-pressure chamber will drop to its triple point within a few milliseconds, leading to a launch failure. Owing to this restrictive relation, there is an optimal launch readiness state of SCD with the highest working capacity for any allowable launch readiness temperature. The pressure of the low-pressure chamber will decrease significantly as the initial volume increases, leading to a decreased acceleration of the aircraft. The ac-celeration can be controlled below a critical value by a designed sequential blasting technique of multiple valves. The calculated results show that a 500 kg aircraft can be accelerated from 0 to 58 m/s in 0.9 s with 36 kg of carbon dioxide. This research provides a new technique for the controllable cold launch of an aircraft.     

课程教学大纲编写探析

课程教学大纲的编写是院校教学工作的重要环节,就编写课程教学大纲的重要意义、指导思想、编制原则及界定课程内容等进行论述,探讨怎样编写科学的课程教学大纲。     

浅析储油罐安全容量的确定计算

由于油料具有热膨胀性，在运输和储存期间，如果油罐装油超过安全容量，当温度升高时，罐内油料体积膨胀，就可能导致溢油事故的发生，不仅造成油料数量的损失，甚至会引发火灾事故。正确确定不同油罐的安全容量，对油料的安全具有重要意义。文章阐述了油罐安全容量的概念，分析了安全容量计算不准确可能造成的危害，提出了油罐安全容量的计算方法。     

‘Responsibility to protect’ and the African Union: Assessing the AU’s capacity to respond to regional complex humanitarian and political emergencies

Despite its many institutional and political weaknesses and limitations, the African Union (AU) has been developing a variety of tools and mechanisms to respond effectively to complex disasters and emergencies (both natural and manmade) by building up a comprehensive regional security architecture. Furthermore, it has become the first and only regional or international organisation to enshrine the principle of ‘responsibility to protect’ (R2P) in its Constitutive Act. This regional approach to and formal endorsement of the R2P principle allowed it to assume a particular place in the promotion of peace and security in its area. This article aims to critically assess the effectiveness of the AU on the African continent by exploring its real capacity in preventing and responding to emergencies and violent conflicts, and therefore in rendering the principle of R2P operational. The article argues that the formalisation of principles does not necessarily mean their effective implementation. The organisation's use of the R2P principle is also greatly conditioned by internal and external factors.