用于核动力攻击潜艇的全综合容错(FIFT)指挥、控制、通信和测量(C~3I)系统

目前,美国实用的潜艇用电气和电子系统设计实际上是彼此独立的。这样的实践限制了利用过去几十年所获得的技术进步的优点。为了使潜艇平台的能力最大化,必须综合传统的、具有类似处理和通信要求的各个系统。本文研究和分析一种可能的称之为FIFT C~3I系统的实现,该系统综合支援潜艇任务的所有主要的电气和电子系统。这样的系统必须有容错能力,以致于使综合系统的可靠性、可用性和安全性等于或优于要替换的现有系统。这种方法的优点很多且可用现有技术和部件实现。     

多传感器航迹融合的有效算法

本文介绍了一种通过把不同传感器产生的航迹之间的互协方差结合在一起进行航迹对航迹融合的有效算法。若考虑跟踪同一目标的传感器之间的互相关,这个问题的解析解是很复杂的。根据某个积分推导出稳态的互协方差矩阵的显解。可以看出,这个积分的解包含着某矩阵的逆,其中的各个元素是每个跟踪器参数的函数。分析了这个矩阵的结构,得到了这个矩阵逆的有效解析解。对于相同传感器的数据融合,已证明,这个矩阵可简化为劳斯—霍尔维茨矩阵,它是在研究线性定态系统稳定性时提出的。通过考虑融合候选航迹之间互相关效果,本文还介绍了表明减少融合航迹协方差时的数字结果。     

纯方位目标运动分析的离散时间可观测性和可估计性分析(续)

6 源速度变化的未知时刻 到目前为止(第四、五部分),假定源机动的时刻是已知的。下面,象上述那样,假定一个边接边的源轨迹,我们把前面的可观测性分析推广到源速度变化的未知时刻。 我们考虑下面的阶跃线性系统(参见(5)、(14)、(24)、(30)式)     

The Pervasive Role of Rank in the Health of U.S. Veterans

The following article tests the hypothesis that veterans have better health if they were officers when they were in the U.S. military than if they served in the enlisted ranks. It examines this hypothesis by presenting results from logistic regressions that are based on four surveys: the National Survey of Veterans, the Survey of Retired Military, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. In all four of these surveys, the evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that military rank is associated with health, particularly among veterans who served longer. It also suggests that the health gradient by rank is independent of similar gradients by education and income as well as health differences by race. These findings indicate that health may be influenced not just by differences in civilian society but also by those in the military.     

Aerial multi-spectral AI-based detection system for unexploded ordnance

Unexploded ordnance(UXO) poses a threat to soldiers operating in mission areas, but current UXO detection systems do not necessarily provide the required safety and efficiency to protect soldiers from this hazard. Recent technological advancements in artificial intelligence(AI) and small unmanned aerial systems(sUAS) present an opportunity to explore a novel concept for UXO detection. The new UXO detection system proposed in this study takes advantage of employing an AI-trained multi-spectral(MS...     

High-Velocity Projectile Impact Behaviour of Friction Stir Welded AA7075 Thick Plates

In this study, high velocity impact behaviour of friction stir welded AA7075-T651 25 mm thick plates were investigated using a 7.62 mm × 51 mm lead core and 7.62 mm × 39 mm steel core projectiles. Prior to ballistic trails, mechanical and metallurgical properties of friction stir welded AA 7075-T651 25 mm thick plates were studied. Microstructural and hardness studies revealed that friction stir welds constituted three distinct regions namely Weld Nugget(WN), Thermo-Mechanically Affected Zone(TM...     

Burning rate analysis of laser controlled 5-aminotetrazole propellant

As an innovative propulsion technique, laser augmented chemical propulsion(LACP) seems superior to the traditional ones. However, the corresponding combustion theories have still to be ascertained for LACP. Burning rate of 5-aminotetrazole(5-ATZ) propellant has been studied by testing pressed samples under different combustor pressures and laser powers. Based on micro computed tomography(Micro CT),an advanced thickness-over-time(TOT) method to characterize the regression of the produced nonplana...     

Microwave absorption properties of carbonyl iron-based paint coatings for military applications

The paper explores the possibilities of using carbonyl iron in the form of a powder for the manufacture of radar-absorbing paints-reducing the radar signature of the objects that they cover. The attenuation values in the range of 4-18 GHz for various coating thicknesses, ranging from 0.5 to 2.00 mm with 0.5 mm increment, and for different absorber content-75% and 80%, as well as the use of two different binders in the form of epoxy resins with hardeners, were investigated. For the frequency of 1...     

使用低分辨率雷达和神经网络进行舰船目标识别

本文研究使用低分辩率下靶区雷达包络线、预处理和神经网络工具进行舰船目标分类的方法。文中使用改进的傅里叶离散梅林变换来提取对雷达姿态角变化不太敏感的某些特征。使用Kohonen的学习矢量量化(LVQ)自组织映射对这些特征矢量进行分类。文中也研究了使用反向传播算法进行训练的前馈网络在目标分类中的应用,并将这一分类系统用于模拟和真实两种数据。对于目标姿态角误差不超过30度的真实数据,分类的正确率高达90％。