Critical interfaces in body armour systems

The ballistic performance, and behaviour, of an armour system is governed by two major sets of variables, geometrical and material. Of these, the consistency of performance, especially against small arms ammunition, will depend upon the consistency of the properties of the constituent materials. In a body armour system for example, fibre diameter, areal density of woven fabric, and bulk density of ceramic are examples of critical parameters and monitoring such parameters will form the backbone of associated quality control procedures. What is often overlooked, because it can fall into the User’s domain, are the interfaces that exist between the various products; the carrier, the Soft Armour Insert (SAI), and the one or two hard armour plates (HAP1 and HAP2). This is especially true if the various products are sourced from different suppliers.There are between 30 and 150 individual layers within a typical body armour system, and each of the interfaces between each of those layers will, in some way or another, contribute to the ballistic performance of the system. For example, consider the following interfaces/interlayers: (i) the frictional, sliding, inter-ply surfaces within a soft armour pack, and also between the pack and the carrier, (ii) the air-gaps that may develop within the soft armour pack, (iii) the interconnecting space between the soft armour pack and the hard armour plate, (iv) the nature of the interfaces between adjacent plies of a multiplied backing laminate, even in a highly compressed Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) variant, (v) the interlayer between the ceramic and its substrate, within a HAP, and (vi) the geometrical fit between two hard armour plates within a stacked body armour system. This paper will provide a User-friendly overview of all such interfaces and provide unique guidance as to their criticality and influence.     

利用复单脉冲比的群目标存在性检测算法

详细推导单目标和群目标条件下单脉冲比的统计特性,根据其本质差异提出基于单脉冲比的群目标检测算法,在双目标条件下通过仿真分析了群目标检测性能与信噪比、目标角度间隔以及复幅度比之间的关系,得出了有益的结论。当小目标伴随大目标时不容易被检测出来;两个幅度相当的目标,相位差别越大越有利于群目标检测。群目标检测可以有效剔除"野值",为分辨与测量奠定基础。     

俄海军面临第五次复兴

第二次世界大战后,苏联经过40多年的发展,形成了一只可以和美国在全球争霸的远洋作战海军。苏联解体后．由于俄罗斯经济长期萧条．俄罗斯海军也面临着前所未有的严峻局面。1989年苏联的造船工业共为其海军制造了78艘潜艇、作战舰艇及勤务舰船,而1995、1996、1997年俄罗斯海军分别只有11、8、6艘新造舰艇服役,到了1999年则只有4艘。     

关于兵团中学生家长对子女教育投资心态的调查

对新疆兵团职工家庭经济状况和家长对子女的高等教育投资心态进行深入细致调查 ,得出准确的调查数据和客观的调查结论。据此 ,为新疆兵团所属普通高校、高职学校、民办高校的收费、帮困助学、办学方向等问题提出相应的政策建议     

基于稳健统计特征的飞机识别方法

本文介绍了基于统计特征(StaF)的分类器,它是一种稳健的、用于高距离分辨率(HRR)雷达的飞机识别(ID)方法。在对特征的数量或位置不作先验假定的情况下,我们实时地选择HRR图像的峰值特征。特征提取依靠所观测到图像的信息内容,把特征的数量、位置和幅度作为随机变量。本项研究的主要目的是,通过把对未知目标的识别错误减少到最小,同时维持对已知目标的高识别率的方法来增强分类器的稳健性。结果表明,这种StaF分类器能够显著地减少与未知目标有关的识别错误,同时维持高概率的正确分类。     

利用复单脉冲比的平面阵列雷达群目标检测方法

针对平面阵列雷达群目标检测问题,以矩形阵为例,详细分析方位向和俯仰向复单脉冲比虚部的统计特性;建立平面阵列雷达群目标检测模型,根据恒虚警检测原理推导复单脉冲比虚部的椭圆判决域,并利用复单脉冲比实部辅助判决,综合提出基于复单脉冲比的平面阵列雷达群目标检测算法。针对双目标情形进行仿真实验,结果表明:在较高信噪比、较大角度间隔以及幅度相当且相位差较大的条件下算法能够有效检测群目标。     

Mechanical stress and deformation analyses of pressurized cylindrical shells based on a higher-order modeling

In this research, mechanical stress, static strain and deformation analyses of a cylindrical pressure vessel subjected to mechanical loads are presented. The kinematic relations are developed based on higherorder sinusoidal shear deformation theory. Thickness stretching formulation is accounted for more accurate analysis. The total transverse deflection is divided into bending, shear and thickness stretching parts in which the third term is responsible for change of deflection along the thicknes...     

Assessment of the ballistic response of honeycomb sandwich structures subjected to offset and normal impact

In the present study, experimental and numerical investigations were carried out to examine the behavior of sandwich panels with honeycomb cores. The high velocity impact tests were carried out using a compressed air gun. A sharp conical nosed projectile was impacted normally and with some offset distance(20 mm and 40 mm). The deformation, failure mode and energy dissipation characteristics were obtained for both kinds of loading. Moreover, the explicit solver was run in Abaqus to create the fin...     

An energetic nano-fiber composite based on polystyrene and 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane fabricated via electrospinning technique

Electrospinning is a simple technique used to fabricate polymeric nano-fibrous membranes. These nano-fibers have found a wide range of valuable applications in the biomedical field. However, it has not been utilized with solid high explosives yet. Herein, the electrospinning technique has been used to fabricate polystyrene(PS)/1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane(RDX) composite nanofibers. The governed electrospinning parameters, voltage, distance from the collector, flow rate, mandrel rotating speed...