The ‘first’ surge: the repulse of the Easter Invasion in South Vietnam, 1972 – implications for Iraq and Afghanistan

In a military intervention, do surges work? I compare the failed ‘surge’ in Vietnam, the repulse of the Easter Invasion in 1972, as a means of assessing the more ambiguous surges in Iraq and Afghanistan. I identify four features of a surge for this analysis: the military dimensions and strategy of the surging forces, the military capabilities of the host forces, the political vitality and will of the host country, and the political commitment in the domestic politics of the intervener. I find that the last feature is the most critical; and, in all three surges, the American political commitment was lacking.     

转管炮降低机心组导轨摩擦力研究

为了使转管炮机心组消耗的驱动功率最小,对机心组速度、主滚轮相对机体位置、机心体左右导轨及倾角关系等对驱动功率的影响进行研究。表明最好选用机心组凸轮加速度最小,主滚轮相对机体质心位置等于零,最好用无横向位移以及有夹角的关系最好。优化结果表明:9 000 rpm的射速,驱动功率由机心组加速度变化引起140kw下降到31 kw,降到不足于原设计曲线的22%;射速为3 300 rpm的主滚轮压力峰值参数化峰值1 086.5 N,升高到10 000 rpm的峰值9 779.3 N。无横向以及有夹角降低压力有横向以及无夹角90.9%。     

Northern Ireland and minimum force: the refutation of a concept?

The debate over whether there exists a British counter-insurgency tradition of minimum force is one that has been thoroughly discussed. Is there anything left to say? This study suggests there is further insight to be attained if one explicitly evaluates the concept of minimum force in relation to the conduct of the security forces in the years of the Northern Ireland conflict. Through an examination of three key periods in the conflict, it will be shown that while there was invariably an awareness of the need to act with restraint among senior officers at the strategic level, this was often difficult to apply at the tactical level in the heat of confrontation. The argument demonstrates that the British Army, and other instruments of the state, rarely acted in a manner that could be described as ‘minimal’. Instead, it was the broader liberal values of the British state that explains largely the degrees of restraint exhibited by the government and security forces.     

尾空泡对水下航行体流体阻尼力影响数值计算分析

针对航行体尾空泡对流体阻尼力影响的问题,结合动坐标系技术和空泡多相流数值模拟方法,通过求解雷诺平均的纳维-斯托克斯方程组,进行阻尼力计算研究。试验数据对比结果表明,该方法具有较好的精度。数值计算研究表明,尾空泡会削弱航行体尾部压力的不对称性,使航行体尾部流体阻尼力减小。当尾空泡增加到一定尺寸时,流体阻尼力减小的幅度逐渐趋缓,同时尾空泡也改变了流体阻尼力随攻角的变化趋势。研究充分表明了航行体流体力设计中考虑尾空泡影响的必要性。     

尾空泡对水下航行体流体阻尼力影响数值研究

针对航行体尾空泡对流体阻尼力影响问题,结合动坐标系技术和空泡多相流数值模拟方法,通过求解雷诺平均的NS方程组,进行了阻尼力计算研究。通过与试验数据对比,表明该方法具有较好的精度。数值计算研究表明,尾空泡会削弱航行体尾部压力的不对称性,使航行体尾部流体阻尼力减小。当尾空泡增加到一定尺寸时,流体阻尼力减小幅度逐渐趋缓,同时尾空泡也改变了流体阻尼力随攻角的变化趋势。研究充分表明了航行体流体力设计中考虑尾空泡影响的必要性。     

有限质量降落伞充气动力学数值模拟

为研究空投任务中降落伞有限质量充气过程的动力学行为,基于罚函数耦合方法和网格自适应技术分析了降落伞柔性结构与周围不可压缩流场的流固耦合特性。数值模拟开伞过程伞衣三维外形变化,获得降落伞系统下落速度、阻力面积等参数;对比分析初始投放速度对降落伞开伞时间、伞衣阻力面积的影响;通过试验数据对比分析开伞力变化。计算结果表明,该方法可以有效模拟降落伞系统有限质量充气过程的动力学特性,仿真结果与试验结果相符。     

飞机武器系统作战效能分析研究的进展

阐述了飞机武器系统的组成、作战任务、作战效能分析等发展概况。在此基础上就飞机武器系统作战效能分析研究进行了综述 ,并指出了飞机武器系统作战效能分析的发展趋势     

子母弹抛撒半径对机场毁伤效果影响分析

首先阐述了机场目标在未来战争中的地位与作用 ,在对机场目标及其子目标分析的基础上 ,建立了炮道失效率的计算模型。利用蒙卡模拟的方法重点研究了子母弹抛撒半径对机场毁伤效果的影响 ,并摸索了一些规律     

A nation-in-the-making,in arms: control of force,strategy and the Ukrainian Volunteer Battalions

At the core of waging war and strategy is the creation, control and use of force. This article investigates the volunteer battalions that mobilized in Ukraine during the spring of 2014. It contextualizes the volunteer phenomenon and focuses on the state strategies to establish control over these militias. As ambiguous entities arising from a situation characterized by rapid social change – revolution and war – the volunteer battalions threatened existing hierarchies and questioned state authority. The situation was exacerbated by the war, which deviated from the expectations of Ukrainian combatants and Western military observers alike. The state nevertheless enjoyed a modicum of success in reining in the militias through four strategies of undermining, co-option, incorporation and coercion. While predominantly integrated into a more rigid category of paramilitary forces, the volunteers continue to play a role in both the Ukrainian society and security sector to the unforeseeable future.     

The crisis of American military assistance: strategic dithering and Fabergé Egg armies

ABSTRACT

The United States has provided substantial amounts of military assistance and aid since the end of World War Two. During the Cold War, it proved vital in protecting numerous regimes from communist takeovers. Successful outcomes occurred when American leaders made large initial aid commitments, and the states had the capacity and political willpower to use it effectively. However, Vietnam was an example of how U.S. support lagged, as leaders in Saigon preferred political survival instead of creating regime legitimacy. Following 9/11, American security aid focused on making weak countries develop stronger security forces. Unfortunately, this created Fabergé egg militaries: expensive and easily broken by insurgents. This article suggests long-term strategic commitments need to be made alongside more resources for the American State Department and similar organizations to focus on the politics of state-building. Finally, this article suggests strategies, such as “whole-of-government” approaches, to improve long-term security and political institution building.