Optimal design of a novel cylindrical sandwich panel with double arrow auxetic core under air blast loading

The increasing threat of explosions on the battle field and the terrorist action requires the development of more effective blast resistance materials and structures. Curved structure can support the external loads effectively by virtue of their spatial curvature. In review of the excellent energy absorption property of auxetic structure, employing auxetic structure as core material in curved sandwich shows the potential to improve the protection performance. In this study, a novel cylindrical sandwich panel with double arrow auxetic (DAA) core was designed and the numerical model was built by ABAQUS. Due to the complexity of the structure, systematic parameter study and optimal design are conducted. Two cases of optimal design were considered, case1 focuses on reducing the deflection and mass of the structure, while case2 focuses on reducing the deflection and increasing the energy absorption per unit mass. Parameter study and optimal design were conducted based on Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHD) method, artificial neural networks (ANN) metamodel and the nondominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-Ⅱ). The Pareto front was obtained and the cylindrical DAA structure performed much better than its equal solid panel in both blast resistance and energy absorption capacity. Optimization results can be used as a reference for different applications.     

From Westphalian Failure to Heterarchic Governance in MENA: The Case of Syria

Abstract

The problematic export of the Westphalian system to MENA is examined, taking Syria as exemplar. The export model is juxtaposed to actual non-lineal trajectories, semi-sovereignty and hybrid or failing states. This is manifested in post-uprising Syria in failing statehood, fragmented and overlapping governance, permeable and collapsing borders, the loss of sovereignty to trans-state movements, “competitive regime-building” between the Asad regime and jihadist warlords, and “competitive interventionism” by external powers filling the governance vacuum with their own proxies. The result is heterarchic zones of limited statehood in which state sovereignty is contested by both international (supra-state) penetration and sub-state fragmentation.     

Impacts of sequential acquisition,market competition mode,and confidentiality on information flow

We investigate information flow in a setting in which 2 retailers order from a supplier and sell to a market with uncertain demand. Each retailer has access to a signal. The retailers can disclose signals to each other (horizontal information sharing), while the supplier can solicit signals by offering retailers differential payments as incentives for signal disclosure (vertical information acquisition). In the base setting, market competition is in quantity, and a retailer can fully infer the signal that the other retailer discloses to the supplier. We show that the supplier prefers to sequentialize the procedure for information acquisition. Moreover, vertical information acquisition by the supplier is a strategic complement to horizontal information sharing between the retailers to establish information flow. In the equilibrium, the retailers have no incentive to exchange signals, but system wide information transparency can be realized through a combination of information acquisition and inference. We further study the signaling effect, whereby the supplier utilizes wholesale pricing as an instrument to affect the retailers' inference of the shared signals, and price competition to explore their impacts on the supplier's preference for sequential acquisition and the sustainability of information flow.     

载人航天器在轨保障性

本文针对载人航天器在轨运行所面临的保障需求,在简要分析航天器在轨保障特点基础上,介绍了在轨保障性的基本内涵,载人航天器综合保障工作的任务与步骤,以及在轨保障性分析的基本方法,提出了开展载人航天器保障性分析与设计应关注的突出问题。     

一类二阶Hamilton系统周期解的存在性

Hamilton系统是非线性科学中的一个重要领域,很多人在超二次或次二次条件及其他一些条件下对Hamilton系统的周期解进行了研究。此文则研究了非自制二阶Hamilton系统在零点局部环绕及“非二次”条件下周期解的存在性,并利用局部紧性条件(C)条件以及极大极小方法证明了其周期解的存在性。     

铝合金板材相对均匀性的声-超声评价研究

基于Ritec-SNAP系统建立了声-超声技术实验系统,阐述了该实验系统的原理及应力波因子的定义,分析了在声-超声技术评价过程中用声信号的幅频特性及应力波因子表征材料相对均匀性的可行性。利用建立起来的实验系统,对铝板的相对均匀性进行了声-超声评价的实验研究。实验结果表明,用应力波因子评价铝合金板材的相对均匀性具有可行性。     

复杂作战任务弹药配备模型

多阶段任务系统(PMS)是一种典型的复杂系统,它包括多个在时间上连续且无相互重叠的基本任务,武器系统的作战过程多数属于这种复杂系统.以某作战单元的一次作战任务流程为例,详细地讨论了多阶段复杂任务系统的特点,并从基本任务阶段的系统可信性、可用度的角度出发,分析了在满足给定火力指标的前提下,建立整个复杂作战任务流程中弹药配备模型的方法.     

大气层内滚转角速度稳定动能拦截器姿态控制系统设计

针对大气层内滚转角速度稳定动能拦截器具有反应快速、耦合性强等特点,本文首先分析了传统的小扰动法设计姿控系统的优缺点,然后提出了基于极点区域配置的变增益控制系统设计方法。该方法通过在整个参数空间寻求单一李亚普诺夫函数来保证系统的全局稳定,与小扰法相比,它不仅可保证理论上的稳定,而且离散计算量小。最后的仿真表明,基于该方法设计的控制器具有良好的控制性能。     

基于变量节点串行消息传递的LDPC码译码研究

针对标准LDPC码译码中洪水消息传递机制的不足,提出以串行机制进行消息传递,按照变量节点的顺序进行消息处理和传递,对每个变量节点同时接收校验消息和发送变量消息。该方法使更新的消息能够很快进入当前迭代计算,改善了LDPC迭代译码的收敛性能。通过对几种常用译码算法的仿真比较,验证了在复杂度不增加的情况下,该方法性能优于其它几种最大后验概率准则的译码方法,且算法收敛快,是一种能较好兼顾性能与实现复杂度的译码方法。     

混合EMS型磁浮列车的悬浮磁铁设计与分析

研究适用于EMS型磁浮列车的全尺寸电磁永磁混合悬浮磁铁的设计问题。通过比较永久磁铁的不同安装位置的影响,给出混合磁铁的结构方案。根据混合磁铁吸力公式,得出只有在永久磁铁矫顽力大于一定值时利用混合磁铁才能减小悬浮能耗。分析了混合磁铁的设计要求,研究满载起浮、稳态悬浮、空载吸死三种典型情况下对电磁线圈窗口高度的约束,得出混合磁铁的优化设计参数。最后利用Ansoft有限元磁场分析软件对钕铁硼永磁材料的拼装影响进行分析,给出校正后的悬浮磁铁设计结果。