SECURITY GOVERNANCE IN SOUTH AFRICA

In the ten years since the establishment of South Africa's first inclusive democratic government, an ambitious, extensive and systematic process of reform has been carried out in the governance of security. The process is widely regarded as having been successful and a model for other processes of ‘security sector reform’ in the context of transitions from authoritarian forms of governance to democratic ones.

That this been achieved with hardly a shot fired in anger is a remarkable achievement and a credit to visionary political leadership as well as organisational capacity, in other words to effective security governance.

At the same time, progress has been uneven and sometimes fragmentary, policy intentions and commitments have not always been translated into practice, the end results have not been to everyone's liking, and transformation has engendered its own pathologies. Thus several challenges remain in improving security governance.

This article provides a broad overview of the roles played by the various actors in the governance of the security sector, including the executive, parliament and civil society. It examines the main policy frameworks and touches on organisational transformation, because it is impossible to deal with governance in isolation from these issues. Policy processes and the frameworks they give rise to—in particular—are critical for effective governance. This article deals with the defence, safety and security and intelligence fields. A comprehensive overview would need to include the governance of criminal justice and foreign policy. The article does not seek to make an overall evaluation of governance, but to identify achievements, shortfalls and challenges.     

基于排队论的油料供给最优化分析

通过有限源排队系统的理论,分析油料供给工作中在满足一定的可靠性要求下的最优设计与最优分配问题,同时结合计算机技术,提出了求数值解的方法。     

几种固体润滑层的减摩抗磨性能与耐腐蚀性能研究

在MFT-R4000摩擦磨损试验机上考察了几种固体润滑层的减摩抗磨性能,并利用电化学工作站研究了其腐蚀电流和腐蚀电位的变化情况,分析了磨损表面的形貌和硫元素的化学价态变化。几种改性表面的耐腐蚀性能从好到坏的顺序为：NSL层〉SLD层〉离子渗硫〉基体;抗磨性能从好到坏的顺序为：NSL层〉SLD层〉离子渗硫〉基体;摩擦因数从大到小的顺序为：基体〉离子渗硫〉SLD层〉NSL层。NSL层的耐腐蚀性能和抗磨减摩性能最好,原因主要是基础油和纳米材料的润滑作用和屏蔽作用。     

Trajectory predictions of new lift separation sabots

This paper presents a modified analytical model to evaluate the trajectories of various lift separation sabot configurations. The aerodynamic forces acting on the sabot surfaces during a supersonic flight are modeled in the present analytical model by incorporating the pressures on the windward side of the sabot due to the detached/attached shock and its reflections and then integrated using the 3-DoF dynamical equations. The trajectory and the aerodynamic coefficients were obtained for these config-urations at a projectile Mach number of 3. The sabot configurations, which include two new designs, are compared with each other and with the conventional free flight trajectory data of the conventional sabots. The mechanical interaction between the sabot and projectile is also addressed in the present work. The comparison shows that the new designs with the aerodynamic surfaces close to the center of gravity, lift-off from the projectile with minimal mechanical interaction compared to a conventional sabot.     

一种基于区域标记的虹膜内边缘定位新算法

提出了一种新颖简单的虹膜内边缘(瞳孔)定位算法.首先,采用Soble边缘检测算子和形态学变换进行边缘检测;然后,利用区域标记法为边缘检测后形成的各连通成分赋予相应的灰度值,并利用直方图的方法分离出瞳孔区域;最后,采用投影的方法进行瞳孔的定位.实验结果表明,文中提出的方法能够准确地进行虹膜内边缘定位.     

二维超声速混合层的大涡模拟

对二维超声速混合层流动进行大涡模拟。采用五阶精度的WENO格式求解大尺度涡的控制方程,小尺度涡的作用采用Smagorinsky亚格子模型进行模拟。模拟结果再现了二维超声速混合层拟序结构,计算得到了涡组对、合并等现象。通过对流场不同位置压力振荡历程的频谱分析,对超声速混合层中的谐波变化规律作了初步探讨。计算得到的速度剖面的时均统计结果与实验结果相比,吻合程度较好。     

棱纹面与洛仑兹力对湍流边界层特性影响的比较

用氢气泡技术对棱纹面平板以及施加行波式洛仑兹力的平板水边界层开展流动显示实验研究,探讨棱纹面与行波式洛仑兹力影响湍流边界层相干结构的作用机理.实验结果表明,棱纹面与洛仑兹力促进了边界层由层流向湍流的转捩;而对于湍流边界层,在一定的无量纲参数范围内棱纹面与行波式洛仑兹力都能实现边界层的局部减阻,相应地湍流边界层粘性底层低速条带平均间距有所增加.     

一类m-点边值问题的正解

研究一类二阶m-点边值问题u″ f(t,u,u)′=0,00,i=1,…,m-2,ζi满足0=ζ0<ζ1<ζ2<…<ζm-2<ζm-1=1和i∑=1aiζi<1。应用推广的Krasnosel-skii′s不动点定理,给出了上述边值问题至少存在一个正解的充分条件。     

试论跨界民族国家认同的特点

国家认同对跨界民族地区的社会稳定具有重要作用。文章通过回顾社会认同概念,辨析了国家认同在认同基础和认同客体上的特殊性,并进一步分析了跨界民族国家认同的复杂性、模糊性和不稳定性,最后指出跨界民族国家认同应该成为各学科共同迫切研究的现实问题。     

航天飞行器中的湍流问题

航天飞行器外部绕流与发动机内流均涉及湍流问题,湍流已成为现代飞行器设计中的重要元素之一。对边界层和混合层等模型问题的研究给出了湍流的一些机理认识,这些认识可指导飞行器中的湍流应用。