基于流场特性的管内检测机器人的外形优选研究

管道内检测机器人的结构形状是影响其运动学、动力学特性的关键因素,在机器人设计中占有重要地位。在合理提出一些基本假设后,用二阶迎风差分格式离散管道内检测机器人附近流场的控制方程,并用SIMPLE算法求解,得到了7种不同形状的管道内检测机器人所受的差压驱动力及其周围的流场信息,并对这几种结构的CFD特性作了比较。最后综合空化条件、驱动力、腔内有效体积和加工难度等因素,确定了上游半球形结构为设计形状。     

改进类电磁算法在武器目标分配问题中的应用

通过基于级数的粒子编码变换方法,将武器目标分配问题的约束条件进行了化简.对原始类电磁算法,在种群初始化、局部搜索、合力计算以及粒子移动等各步骤对其进行改造,使之适应武器目标分配问题的整数解空间.最后通过数值实验验证了该改造后算法解决武器目标分配问题的有效性.     

型钢混凝土桁架转换层的监控与分析

对贵阳市某大楼型钢混凝土桁架转换层进行了施工期间的监控,并利用有限元分析软件ANSYS建立了带有型钢混凝土桁架转换层的结构有限元分析模型.针对工程中连接、构造和施工影响等相关因素进行有限元模型的对比分析,明确各因素对桁架受力的影响.结合施工阶段的监控数据,分析此工程中桁架受力状态的成因,为准确判断工程在正常投入使用后的...     

基于气动-弹道一体化模型的飞行器外形优化设计

为提升飞行器气动外形优化设计效果,研究了新型飞行器在大空域、宽速域范围的气动适应性问题,提出一种基于气动-弹道一体化模型的外形优化设计方法。通过考虑气动和弹道的耦合作用,综合利用类型函数/形状函数转换技术、气动工程估算方法和Radau伪谱法,建立飞行器气动-弹道一体化模型。基于该模型,通过明确优化目标和约束条件,给出基于Kriging的气动外形优化方法,实现在多参数约束条件下的飞行器气动外形高效全局优化。以升力体构型飞行器为例,开展气动外形优化设计,结果表明该方法能较好地描述大空域、宽速域的气动和弹道特征,有效提升飞行器气动外形设计精度和水平,可为新型飞行器总体设计提供技术支撑。     

预报风强度对火箭最大气动载荷精度影响及建模分析

针对不同预报风强度的精度以及其对应的最大气动载荷预报值精度的研究文献极少。以某地区实况风为基准,分别对不同预报风强度的精度以及其对应的最大气动载荷预报值精度特征进行了分析,并利用多元线性回归方法建立了订正模型,结果表明在预报日数第1～11天,预报风强度越大,预报风精度及其对应的最大气动载荷预报值精度越高;利用多元线性回归方法可提高最大气动载荷预报值精度,且预报风强度越小,最大气动载荷预报精度提高越明显。这些发现在火箭发射前的飞行保障及安全决策方面具有参考价值。     

FBCB2系统的作战应用及未来发展

FBCB2是美国卫星导航、卫星通信、卫星遥感等航天系统与地面及空中通信系统、图像获取系统集成的一体化系统,是天、空、地系统综合应用的典范.介绍了FBCB2系统的性能特点及其在部队中的配备情况,在作战中的应用情况,就目前美国对FBCB2系统所进行的完善改进工作进行了分析.     

Neo-conservation

Africa's wildlife is in danger. The last couple of years have been disastrous for the African elephant as poaching for ivory reached record numbers. Rhinos have been hit hard with several sub-species becoming extinct. The current anti-poaching and anti-trafficking operations lack the sophistication and determination that is found abundantly within criminal organisations immersed in this illicit trade. Terrorism, rebellious elements and corrupt officials all benefit from the destruction of Africa's eco-system and the inaction or lack of efficient action thereof by law enforcement officials. This commentary suggests new courses of action using methods from the fields of counter-terrorism and special operations.     

UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

Much has changed since the United Nations was established in 1945. New challenges confront the organization including global warming, global diseases and global terrorism. Responding to these challenges requires continual change, adaptation and learning—a hallmark of the stewardship of current UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. In 1997 Annan announced major structural changes to streamline the organization, follow up five years later by another initiative to clarify, simplify and rationalize the organization and subsequent efforts to streamline UN peacekeeping. The UN has also forged new partnerships with civil society and the private sector. Important as these changes are, reform of the General Assembly and the Security Council hold the organization hostage to the vested interests of key member states. There are a number of options to make the Council more representative including regionalism, population distribution, economic weight, culture/religion/civilization and democracy. Clearly the largest challenge is the absence of representation for Asia, Africa and Latin America. Currently Germany, Japan, India and Brazil have strong claims—plus at least one candidate from Africa. Should these four countries decide to act in unison, they could force reform of the Security Council     

The inherent propensity toward peace or war embodied in weaponry

Thomas Schelling argues that armed adversaries face an inherent propensity toward peace or war embodied in their weaponry, geography and military organizations. Inherent propensity is the idea that there are characteristics embodied in the weapons that push adversaries toward peace or war, independent of the goals of the decision‐makers, the political disagreement between adversaries, and misperceptions about mutual resolve and hostility. We theoretically illustrate inherent propensity in conventional and nuclear arms settings using Lanchester and Intriligator war models. Our work extends the Intriligator‐Brito model, identifies when the competing Richardson and Intriligator‐Brito views of the relationship between arms races and war are correct, illustrates the stabilizing/destabilizing effects of alliances, and highlights the importance of arms quality control in the US‐USSR relationship.     

The practice and theory of British counterinsurgency: the histories of the atrocities at the Palestinian villages of al-Bassa and Halhul, 1938–1939

This article details two largely unreported atrocities by British forces operating against Arab rebels during the Arab revolt, 1936–9, at the Palestinian villages of al-Bassa and Halhul. It then examines the military-legal system that underpinned and authorised British military forces operating in aid of the civil power, suggesting that the law in place at the time allowed for a level of reprisals and punitive actions, such as happened at al-Bassa and Halhul. The article does not conclude that the law allowed for atrocities but it does argue that it gave a basic form and understanding to an operational method that was brutal and could lead to atrocities. It thus tests the idea in much of the literature on counterinsurgency that the British were restrained and used minimum force when compared to other colonial and neo-colonial powers fighting insurgents.