Remotely Piloted Aircraft,Risk, and Killing as Sacrifice: The Cost of Remote Warfare

In this paper I argue that a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilot’s act of killing remotely, when it is done in the defense of another person, can be viewed as an act of sacrifice. This argument concludes from two premises. First, the RPA pilot faces psychological risk to self by carrying out such an action; second, the RPA pilot is motivated to some significant degree by something other than self-interest. Moreover, I challenge both the view that RPA represent merely an incremental development in technology yielding an incremental expansion of the distance between the war-fighter and the target and the view that RPA is revolutionary in some fundamental sense. I instead argue that, based upon the natural geometric boundary imposed by the earth’s shape, RPA have maximized the physical distance between the war-fighter and the target and, over time, this fact will change, not only the psychological effects on the RPA pilot, but also the way we view killing and distance in general. When taken together, these two broad claims, that other-defense can justify killing in war and that there is a psychological cost paid by remote killers, yield a conception of remote killing as an act of sacrifice that will inform the broader conversation about ethics, risk, killing, and RPA.     

飞行器试验多测控目标发射零点应急处理方法

飞行器飞行试验任务中,发射零点T0是整个测控系统启动运行的基准点,是保证测控系统有条不紊正常工作的关键因素。特别是执行多个测控目标连射飞行试验任务,多个发射零点的正确处理更是关乎试验任务的成败。在分析发射零点形成机制基础上,对发射零点在指控系统实时测控软件中的处理方法进行了研究,提出了一种实时测控软件重启后重新获得多测控目标正确发射零点的应急处理方法,解决了试验过程中一旦实时测控软件因重大软件故障导致初始发射零点丢失的问题,保障了试验任务的顺利进行。     

Single batch machine scheduling with deliveries

We consider the problem of scheduling a set of n jobs on a single batch machine, where several jobs can be processed simultaneously. Each job j has a processing time p_j and a size s_j. All jobs are available for processing at time 0. The batch machine has a capacity D. Several jobs can be batched together and processed simultaneously, provided that the total size of the jobs in the batch does not exceed D. The processing time of a batch is the largest processing time among all jobs in the batch. There is a single vehicle available for delivery of the finished products to the customer, and the vehicle has capacity K. We assume that K = rD, where and r is an integer. The travel time of the vehicle is T; that is, T is the time from the manufacturer to the customer. Our goal is to find a schedule of the jobs and a delivery plan so that the service span is minimized, where the service span is the time that the last job is delivered to the customer. We show that if the jobs have identical sizes, then we can find a schedule and delivery plan in time such that the service span is minimum. If the jobs have identical processing times, then we can find a schedule and delivery plan in time such that the service span is asymptotically at most 11/9 times the optimal service span. When the jobs have arbitrary processing times and arbitrary sizes, then we can find a schedule and delivery plan in time such that the service span is asymptotically at most twice the optimal service span. We also derive upper bounds of the absolute worst‐case ratios in both cases. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 470–482, 2015     

A sequential scheduling problem with impatient jobs

There are n customers that need to be served. Customer i will only wait in queue for an exponentially distributed time with rate λ_i before departing the system. The service time of customer i has distribution F_i, and on completion of service of customer i a positive reward r_i is earned. There is a single server and the problem is to choose, after each service completion, which currently in queue customer to serve next so as to maximize the expected total return. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 659–663, 2015     

基于磁流变液的舰载机拦阻过程模糊PID控制

针对舰载机拦阻过程的运动特性分析,建立了舰载机拦阻缓冲过程的力学模型与状态方程,通过对基于磁流变阻尼拦阻缓冲过程的分析,引入了位移和速度矢量作为磁流变缓冲拦阻控制系统的输入,完成基于模糊控制的舰载机拦阻缓冲过程控制。应用模糊PID控制器非线性拟合能力来适应舰载机着舰情况变化,并仿真验证建立的磁流变缓冲拦阻模糊PID算法具有较好的预测精度和应用范围。     

高超声速飞行器新息滤波交互式多模型跟踪算法

研究临近空间高超声速飞行器在运动特点,针对强杂波环境下高速、高机动目标跟踪问题,提出用新息滤波减小观测噪声以修正模型概率更新过程的算法。Monte-Carlo仿真结果表明:该算法可以有效减小量测噪声对系统滤波的影响,提高滤波精度,在临近空间强杂波环境下具有较好的跟踪精度,具有一定工程实用价值。     

机翼不对称损伤飞机在大侧滑角下的操稳特性研究

对某小型电动无人机(以下简称SEPUAV)在其左翼破损40%面积矩下的操稳特性进行详细分析。首先在此损伤下典型大侧滑角定常工作点附近进行特殊的小扰动线性化,然后进行特征根和飞行运动模态的分析;其次对此特殊构型SEPUAV进行操稳特性、时频响应特性进行分析。分析结果表明:左翼破损40%面积矩SEPUAV出现特有运动模态并影响全部纵侧向运动状态的响应;部分传递函数出现较多非最小相位零点从而导致初始响应发生反向;部分通道的Bode图中出现多个波峰波谷并有相角提前等现象。分析结果对后续容损飞行控制器的设计起到铺垫的作用。     

伪谱法及其在飞行器轨迹优化设计领域的应用综述

采用伪谱法进行飞行器轨迹优化设计是近年来的热点研究方向,然而较全面地对各种方法进行综合分析的文献却很少。在对国内外相关文献进行系统研究的基础上,阐述了航空航天领域应用较为广泛的几种伪谱法的基本原理;归纳了伪谱法将连续最优控制问题转化为非线性规划问题的思路和具体步骤;总结了伪谱法在飞行器轨迹优化设计领域的应用情况;对伪谱法及其在飞行器轨迹优化设计领域应用的未来研究方向进行了分析。     

舰载机机翼模型的快速建模技术

舰载机机翼结构的优化设计过程中需要建立大量的复杂仿真模型,传统仿真软件不能解决其快速建模问题。基于航空领域中广泛使用的CATIA设计平台,提出了一种针对某型号舰载机机翼模型的快速建模方法。通过对模型种类划分、建模基准及建模标准化流程的封装,建立了机翼中各类组成零件三维模型的快速设计模板,实现了快速自动建模。结果表明,机翼骨架快速建模系统能够建立优质高效的三维模型,为整机的分析及系统的仿真提供了有力的保障。     

Halo轨道的航天器编队构型设计

针对不同干涉基线约束下的最优Halo轨道编队构型设计方法展开研究。以Richardson关于Halo轨道的三阶近似解析解为基础建立同一轨道上两航天器编队的相对运动学模型;以平动点为质心的旋转坐标系为基准构造与编队主航天器和观测目标相关的旋转坐标系,并在此坐标系中给出不同于二体问题的干涉基线计算方法;以满足基线约束下观测时间最长为目标给出最优编队构型设计方法。最后,以绕日-地L2点的Halo轨道为例对上述编队构型设计方法的有效性进行了仿真验证。