Deferred verification: verifiable declarations of fissile-material stocks for disarmament purposes

ABSTRACT

Nuclear disarmament is often seen as eventually requiring access to nuclear warheads or to the warhead-dismantlement process to verify that a state has not hidden weapons or weapon-materials despite promising to disarm. This article suggests this view is misplaced, and that what is needed is a verification mechanism able to provide reliable assurances of the absence of fissile materials available for use in weapons after a state has disarmed. Such a mechanism will need an initial declaration of the amount of fissile materials held by a state for all purposes, military and civilian. In a state with a nuclear arsenal awaiting elimination, this declaration would have to include materials that may not be available for verification because they are in nuclear weapons or are in other classified or proliferation-sensitive forms. This article describes a verification arrangement that does not require access to materials in weapons and in sensitive forms while still allowing checks on the overall accuracy of the declaration. Verification of the completeness and correctness of the declaration is deferred to the time when the weapons-relevant material enters the disposition process, at which point it no longer has any sensitive attributes. By removing the focus on monitoring warheads and dismantlement, this new approach could provide a more manageable path to nuclear disarmament.     

Investigation of the shock compression behaviors of Al/PTFE composites with experimental and a 3D mesoscale-model

The responses of AI/PTFE reactive materials (RMs) under shock compression were investigated by a single-stage gas gun.A 3D mesoscale-model was established based on micro-computed tomography(micro-CT) slice images and confirmed with experimental results.In the high-pressure stage,the com-posites reacted partially,whereas there were no deviations between the partially reacted Hugoniot and the inert simulation results.The simulation reveals that the Teflon matrix melting on the high shock pressure.Melts and decomposition of the PTFE accelerated the diffusion of the atoms.Thus,the reactions of the Al/PrFE composites are more like a combustion rather than a detonation.     

新型夜瞄复合荧光材料在步兵轻武器中的应用研究

采用自制的复合荧光粉体和化学载体成分,研制出一种步兵轻武器新型夜瞄复合荧光材料.试验研究和实际使用结果表明,研制的新材料发光时间长、亮度高,具有良好的耐温、耐腐蚀性能,不受轻武器的日常使用和维护影响,可满足步兵轻武器夜间瞄准需求.     

Body armour – New materials,new systems

This is a very timely review of body armour materials and systems since new test standards are currently being written, or reviewed, and new, innovative products released. Of greatest importance, however, is the recent evolution, and maturity, of the Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene fibres enabling a completely new style of system to evolve – a stackable system of Hard Armour Plates. The science of body armour materials is quickly reviewed with emphasis upon current understanding of relevant energy-absorbing mechanisms in fibres, fabrics, polymeric laminates and ceramics. The trend in on-going developments in ballistic fibres is then reviewed, analysed and future projections offered. Weaknesses in some of the ceramic grades are highlighted as is the value of using cladding materials to improve the robustness, and multi-strike performance, of Hard Armour Plates. Finally, with the drive for lighter, and therefore smaller, soft armour systems for military personnel the challenges for armour designers are reported, and the importance of the relative size of the Hard Armour Plate to the Soft Armour Insert is strongly emphasised.     

停产雷达装备维修器材持续保障风险评估方法

针对停产雷达装备维修器材持续保障过程中存在的筹措断供问题,提出基于改进风险矩阵法和层次分析法相结合的风险评估方法。首先建立保障风险评估指标体系,然后采用改进的风险矩阵进行风险评估,利用采用层次分析法解决存在递归层次时风险因素的评估问题,最后得出装备器材持续保障风险的综合量化值,为提出保障风险规避策略提供数据依据。利用某型雷达器材保障风险评估案例进行数据分析,验证了该方法的有效性。     

单相电路的一种谐波和无功电流实时检测方法

提出了一种新的单相电路的谐波和无功电流实时检测方法。它利用三角函数的有关特性 ,对畸变电流中的基波有功和无功电流分量的振幅分别进行计算 ,然后通过低通滤波器把它们分离出来 ,最后得到基波有功和无功电流分量。该方法电路结构简单、动态响应速度快、检测精度高 ;既可得到单独检测出畸变电流中的任何电流分量 ,又能得出谐波和无功电流之和。仿真和实验研究证实了方法的有效性和可行性。     

阻燃型宽温域阻尼材料的分子设计

本文在大量研究成果的基础上,从材料分子结构的角度提出了阻燃型阻尼材料分子设计的两个关键问题,一是拓宽材料的玻璃化转变范围,二是采取合理的阻燃措施。     

吸波材料的吸波原理及其研究进展

介绍了吸波材料的重要性,阐述了不同情况下吸波材料的吸波原理、种类及其相应特点,综述了铁氧体吸波材料、金属微粉吸波材料、纳米吸波材料及光学透明吸波材料近几年来的国内外研究进展及应用,并对开发高性能吸波材料提出了研发思路。     

建筑内装修防火材料见证取样检验工作存在问题及对策

阐述了建筑内部装修防火材料见证取样检验的意义,分析了目前此项工作的现状和存在问题,提出了下一步的对策。     

矩形腔内相变材料上下加热时接触熔化的研究

本文对矩形腔内相变材料的紧密接触熔化过程进行了分析。矩形容器的上下壁面保持各自的温度对相变材料加热,且相变材料可以有不同的高宽比。应用Nusselt液体边界层理论,本文求得了传热过程的熔化规律与液体边界层厚度,并讨论了熔化温差与高宽比对熔化过程的影响,最后给出结论。