ABAQUS二次开发在发射场坪参数化建模与分析中的应用

发射场坪是发射系统的重要组成部分,为了能够快速准确地建立含场坪效应的发射装备非线性有限元动力学模型,实现仿真分析的自动化,引入ABAQUS二次开发技术,利用ABAQUS自带的RSG编制发射场坪参数化建模分析的插件界面,并编写对应的内核脚本程序与之级联,级联成功之后即可实现场坪建模、分析的参数化操作。该方法避免了重复建模,有效提高了仿真分析过程的自动化程度,为场坪的响应特性研究提供了有力的支撑。     

基于样块改进的图像修复算法

图像修复是指对图像破损区域进行填充或者将图像中多余物体进行移除。在Criminisi算法的基础上进行改进,在待修复块优先权的计算过程中,由于等照度线的曲率可以反映图像的局部特征,块与块之间的方差值可以反映图像的边缘信息,因此,将二者考虑进来,确保修复过程能够准确有序地进行。在寻找最佳匹配块时,将等照度线的曲率也作为一个因素增加进来,有效地提高了最佳匹配块搜索的精确性。经过仿真实验证明,改进后的算法不仅在PSNR值上比原算法有所提高,而且修复结果也比原算法更加准确可靠。     

基于战例数据的制胜要素选择方法

针对战争制胜机理定量研究需求,提出了一种基于混合评估的制胜要素选择算法。针对战例数据特点,该算法选择两种过滤方法分别从不同方面对要素全集进行评估排序而后加权得到综合排序结果;将结果作为遗传算法的初始种群,而后以分类精度作为个体适应度函数。选择几种典型的分类器综合比较,筛选出规模较小、性能较好的要素子集。测试结果表明,该算法不仅能有效地减少要素子集规模,还可以进一步提高制胜机理分析模型的准确率和效率。     

基于滑模控制的某型起落架落震联合仿真

飞机起落架是飞机起落的安全保证。给出了在ADAMS/Aircraft中建立某型飞机起落架的虚拟样机模型,设计并实现基于磁流变液的飞机起落架滑模缓冲控制算法,通过MATLAB/Simulink和ADAMS完成了该型飞机起落架着陆缓冲联合仿真分析。经过联合仿真得到缓冲器的位移-时间曲线,速度-时间曲线,阻尼力-时间曲线等特性数据,通过与被动式起落架的缓冲性能进行比较,验证了设计的滑模控制算法能够有效提高飞机起落架着陆缓冲性能。     

防空导弹指挥控制系统火力单元动态调整方法

多火力单元责任扇区的动态调整是防空导弹指挥控制系统的核心功能之一,通过引入可打击目标数和覆盖目标数的概念及计算方法,提出了一种新的多火力单元责任扇区调整方法。该方法能快速有效地确定多火力单元责任扇区调整方案。     

Responsibility in Complex Conflicts: An Afghan Case

This paper discusses soldiers’ moral responsibility in today’s complex conflicts. The point of departure is the increased focus on soldiers as moral decision-makers in war, illustrated by the introduction of core values in the Norwegian Armed Forces. Responsibility is one of these core values, but it is not clear exactly how we should understand responsibility. I use a case where a group of Norwegian soldiers in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sought the cooperation of a group of mujahedeen to solve the military mission of establishing security. As confidence between the parties grew, the soldiers became horrified witnesses to a practice of bacha bazi, where a young boy is dressed up for entertainment and sexual abuse. This situation gives reason to question the limits of role responsibility, the status of soldiers’ legitimacy, and the challenges of making morally sound judgments in a multicultural context. The discussion demonstrates that, even if there are restrictions on the soldiers’ freedom to act, a responsibility reaching beyond or extending their role should be recognized as part of the moral reality of modern soldiers.     

From Nationalism to Factionalism: Faultlines in the Naga Insurgency

Do ceasefires or peace talks create fragmentation in the insurgent groups? Rather than proposing claims that can offer predictions about armed groups behaviour under ceasefires or peace processes, the analysts tend to focus largely on the dynamics between state and non-state actor. The experts pay little attention to overtime changes in social and local political context which might contribute to propelling a rebel group towards fragmentation and factionalism. The present study intends to fill this gap by exploring the shifting role of public opinion and ethnic support for the peace talks to ascertain whether it can increase the likelihood of factionalism in rebel groups or not. This article applies this approach to the case of Naga National Movement (1947–2015) in India, and finds that the proposed variable appears to have increased the frequency of factionalism in the movement.     

Explaining Cohesion in an Insurgent Organization: The Case of the Mizo National Front

Despite the prevalence of violent uprisings against the states, existing literature has produced a generalized explanation of the causes and onset of such uprisings ignoring crucial aspects of (non-state) armed group cohesion, such as their capabilities to manage intra-group tensions and rivalries. In this paper, I examine recent research in the field of civil conflict to understand the importance of investigating underlying constraints which can cause serious impediments to the capabilities of a state during the course of a war. The paper then focuses on the importance of internal strategic resources, such as pre-war and wartime sociopolitical networks in which insurgents mobilize, recruit new cadres and maintain intra-group cooperation, to suggest how it can contain the consequences of counterinsurgency operations and other state strategies on the internal cohesion of an insurgent group. A detailed case study of the Mizo National Front (MNF) in India demonstrates the argument’s plausibility.     

Civilian protection in Africa: How the protection of civilians is being militarized by African policymakers and diplomats

This article explores how the protection of civilians is being militarized by African policymakers and diplomats. I draw on practice approaches to analyze what social groups are doing when they claim to “protect civilians.” I show how innovative protection mechanisms can be seen as a function of officials and diplomats coping with the changing circumstances of increasingly militarized politics in Africa. Specifically, accountability mechanisms for unintended and intended civilian harm by African security operations have originated in connection with this development. I argue that these are results of anchoring practices, which means that everyday informal interactions in one context become linked to another context. I argue that these emerging accountability mechanisms represent a new combination of practices, with the potential of changing the routine activities and mutual learning between policymakers and diplomats.     

New directions for African security

African security, particularly conflict-related political violence, is a key concern in international relations. This forum seeks to advance existing research agendas by addressing four key themes: domestic politics and peacekeeping; security sector reform programs; peace enforcement; and the protection of civilians. Each of the articles in this forum makes a case for analyzing African agency when it comes to African security. As a way of introduction, this short article sets out the main debates and concludes by providing further directions for future research.