一类非线性动力系统的时滞反馈分叉控制

对时滞控制作用下的参数激励van der Pol-Duffing方程进行了研究,着重研究了时滞参数对该类参数激励系统的1/2亚谐共振-主参数共振分叉响应控制。首先采用摄动法从理论上推导出时滞动力系统的分叉响应方程,再采用数值模拟的方法研究了时滞参数对系统分叉响应的影响。研究结果表明,适当选取时滞参数,不仅可以改变分叉响应曲线的拓扑形态,还可以平移分叉响应曲线,即使其分叉提前或滞后,还能同时满足这两种要求。     

确定重构相空间维数的方法

计算混沌统计特征量前必须先获得重构相空间的维数,因此给出了最大特征值不变法、几何不变量法、虚假邻点法、预测误差最小法、最小Shannon熵法、经验赋值法六种确定方法,得出了应用最大特征值不变法和最小Shannon熵法的工程案例计算结果。     

临近空间对地观测平台的矢量化建模及稳定性分析

研究了临近空间对地观测平台的矢量化建模和稳定性问题.定义了描述观测平台空间运动的坐标系及运动参数;在受力分析的基础上,根据Newton-Euler方程建立了矢量形式的六自由度非线性数学模型;基于此模型,应用Lyapunov稳定性理论对观测平台的稳定性进行了分析.研究结果表明:对于给定的未扰运动,观测平台是渐近稳定的;纵...     

逆系统空空导弹控制器设计(英文)

利用非线性控制的逆系统方法,设计了导弹质心运动动力学系统的控制器。该控制器通过对弹道坐标系下导弹的切向过载和法向过载的控制,使导弹在控制系统中的速度、弹道倾角和弹道偏角输出信息渐近跟踪制导指令,以实现空空导弹对攻击目标的打击。仿真结果表明,导弹的质心运动参数以较高的精度快速跟踪制导指令,系统性能良好。     

重力势能锁止型外骨骼设计及其效能评价

现存的被动式外骨骼存在助力效果不明显等缺陷。基于人体步态特征,提出了将人体行走过程中的重力势能转化为人体抬腿过程中动能的原理,通过弹簧、曲柄滑块机构、棘轮棘爪机构以及链传动机构的组合,设计了一款被动式下肢机械外骨骼,并通过外骨骼动力学分析和生理消耗指数实验测试的方法进行了外骨骼性能评价。动力学分析结果表明,穿戴外骨骼后髋关节峰力矩总量降低了23.43%,髋关节做功总量降低了30.59%,初步验证了外骨骼的有效性。生理消耗指数实验测试结果表明, 穿戴外骨骼对于短距离动作转换未产生显著效果,但在长距离行走和上坡行走中分别降低了8.1%和10.4%的能量消耗。因此,该下肢外骨骼助力性能得到了验证,为相关领域的研究提供了实例化参考。     

Mechanical properties and thermal conductivity of pristine andfunctionalized carbon nanotube reinforced metallic glass composites:A molecular dynamics approach

This work uses the molecular dynamics approach to study the effects of functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the mechanical properties of Cu64Zr36 metallic glass (MG). Three types of functional groups, carboxylic, vinyl and ester were used. The effect of CNT volume fraction (Vf) and the number of functional groups attached to CNT, on the mechanical properties and thermal conductivity of CNT-MG composites was analysed using Biovia Materials Studio. At lower values of Vf (from 0 to 5％), the per-centage increase in Young's modulus was approximately 66％. As the value of Vf was increased further (from 5 to 12％), the rate of increase in Young's modulus was reduced to 16％. The thermal conductivity was found to increase from 1.52 W/mK at Vf=0％to 5.88 W/mK at Vf=12％, thus giving an increase of approximately 286％. Functionalization of SWCNT reduced the thermal conductivity of the SWCNT-MG composites.     

TERRORIST THREATS AND TRANSITIONAL DYNAMICS IN AN OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS MODEL

Previous research has shown that the duration of a civil war is in part a function of how it ends: in government victory, rebel victory, or negotiated settlement. We present a model of how protagonists in a civil war choose to stop fighting. Hypotheses derived from this theory relate the duration of a civil war to its outcome as well as characteristics of the civil war and the civil war nation. Findings from a competing risk model reveal that the effects of predictors on duration vary according to whether the conflict ended in government victory, rebel victory, or negotiated settlement.     

The case for demilitarising Lesotho

ABSTRACT

The Kingdom of Lesotho spends around five per cent of its annual budget – some 700 million Maloti ($US52.6 million) in 2017 – on the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF). Lesotho’s geographical position means that the LDF has no meaningful role regarding its primary function of defending the country from external aggression and it hardly engages in its secondary functions. In addition, the LDF has a long history of interference with democratic processes and engaging in human rights abuse. The financial resources currently allocated to the LDF could do far more for security, widely defined, if they were allocated to a number of other government expenditure categories.     

Human security in pastoralist areas of Eastern Africa

Abstract

Pastoralist groups in Eastern Africa are extremely vulnerable as a result of inter-community conflicts, the harsh terrain, and unfavourable climatic conditions. They have been neglected by successive regimes on matters of socio-economic development. At present pastoralist areas in Eastern Africa have the lowest literacy rates and insufficient health care facilities. This article interrogates the historical relationship between governments, humanitarian groups and pastoralists. It notes with great concern that pastoralists have been branded as hunger-stricken populations with insignificant economic potential that can be harnessed from their day-to-day livelihood. They are treated as sedentary populations who need a constant supply of relief food to keep going. In order to reverse these misconceptions, the article places emphasis on mitigating the threats of intra-community conflicts, diseases and natural disasters through investment in social schemes and infrastructure in order to open up the areas for service provision. Indeed, for a majority of the pastoralists, insecurity comes not so much from traditional security concerns, but from human insecurity concerns about their survival, preservation of their lifestyle and well-being in a day-to-day context.