The first two Medium Earth Orbit(MEO) satellites of the third generation of Bei Dou satellite navigation System(BDS-3) were successfully launched on November 5, 2017. This historical launch starts the new era of the g...The first two Medium Earth Orbit(MEO) satellites of the third generation of Bei Dou satellite navigation System(BDS-3) were successfully launched on November 5, 2017. This historical launch starts the new era of the global navigation satellite system of Bei Dou. Before the first two satellites of BDS-3, a demonstration system for BDS-3 with five satellites,including two Inclined Geosynchronous Orbit satellites(IGSO) and three MEO satellites, was established between 2015 and2016 for testing the new payloads, new designed signals and new techniques. In the demonstration system, the new S frequency signal and satellite hydrogen clock as well as inter-satellite link(ISL) based on Ka-band signals with time-division multiple addresses(TDMA) were tested. This paper mainly analyzes the performances of the demonstration system, including the signalto-noise ratios, pseudorange errors and the multipath errors of the civilian signals of BDS-3. The qualities of signals in space,time synchronization and timing precision were tested as well. Most of the performances were compared with those of the regional Bei Dou satellite navigation system(BDS-2). At last, the performances of positioning, navigation and timing(PNT) of the future Bei Dou global system(BDS-3) were evaluated based on the signal quality of the present demonstration satellite system.展开更多
The forecast of growing air transport in the upcoming decades faces the challenge of an increasing environmental impact.Aviation industry is working on promising technologies to mitigate this environmental impact.Ligh...The forecast of growing air transport in the upcoming decades faces the challenge of an increasing environmental impact.Aviation industry is working on promising technologies to mitigate this environmental impact.Lightweight design is a strong lever to lower the fuel consumption and,consequently,with it the emissions of aviation.High performance composites are a key technology to help achieve these aims thanks to their favourable combination of mechanical properties and low weight in primary structures.However,mainly synthetic materials such as petrol based carbon fibres and epoxy resins are used nowadays to produce composite in aviation.Renewable materials like bio-based fibres and resin systems offer potential environmental advantages.However,they have not found their way into aviation,yet.The reasons are reduced mechanical properties and,especially for the use of natural fibres,their flammability.Improvements of these shortcomings are under investigation.Therefore the application of bio-based and recycled materials in certain areas of the aircraft could be possible in the future.Good examples for applications are furnishings and secondary structures.The motivation for this paper is to give an overview of potential environmental properties by using such eco-materials in aviation.Life cycle assessment(LCA) is a tool to calculate environmental impacts during all life stages of a product.The main focus is laid on the bio-fibres flax and ramie,recycled carbon fibres and bio-based thermoset resin systems.Furthermore an overview of environmental aspects of existing composite materials used in aviation is given.Generally,a lack of LCA results for the substitution of synthetic materials by bio-based/recycled composite materials in aviation applications has been identified.Therefore,available information from other transport areas,such as automotive,has been summarized.More detailed LCA data for eco-composite materials and technologies to improve their properties is important to understand potential environmental effects in aviation.展开更多
基金supported by National Key R&D Program of China (Grant Nos. 2016YFB0501700, 2016YFB0501701)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41374019)
文摘The first two Medium Earth Orbit(MEO) satellites of the third generation of Bei Dou satellite navigation System(BDS-3) were successfully launched on November 5, 2017. This historical launch starts the new era of the global navigation satellite system of Bei Dou. Before the first two satellites of BDS-3, a demonstration system for BDS-3 with five satellites,including two Inclined Geosynchronous Orbit satellites(IGSO) and three MEO satellites, was established between 2015 and2016 for testing the new payloads, new designed signals and new techniques. In the demonstration system, the new S frequency signal and satellite hydrogen clock as well as inter-satellite link(ISL) based on Ka-band signals with time-division multiple addresses(TDMA) were tested. This paper mainly analyzes the performances of the demonstration system, including the signalto-noise ratios, pseudorange errors and the multipath errors of the civilian signals of BDS-3. The qualities of signals in space,time synchronization and timing precision were tested as well. Most of the performances were compared with those of the regional Bei Dou satellite navigation system(BDS-2). At last, the performances of positioning, navigation and timing(PNT) of the future Bei Dou global system(BDS-3) were evaluated based on the signal quality of the present demonstration satellite system.
基金supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme(Grant No.690638)the Ministry for Industry and Information of the People's Republic of China(Grant No.[2016]92)
文摘The forecast of growing air transport in the upcoming decades faces the challenge of an increasing environmental impact.Aviation industry is working on promising technologies to mitigate this environmental impact.Lightweight design is a strong lever to lower the fuel consumption and,consequently,with it the emissions of aviation.High performance composites are a key technology to help achieve these aims thanks to their favourable combination of mechanical properties and low weight in primary structures.However,mainly synthetic materials such as petrol based carbon fibres and epoxy resins are used nowadays to produce composite in aviation.Renewable materials like bio-based fibres and resin systems offer potential environmental advantages.However,they have not found their way into aviation,yet.The reasons are reduced mechanical properties and,especially for the use of natural fibres,their flammability.Improvements of these shortcomings are under investigation.Therefore the application of bio-based and recycled materials in certain areas of the aircraft could be possible in the future.Good examples for applications are furnishings and secondary structures.The motivation for this paper is to give an overview of potential environmental properties by using such eco-materials in aviation.Life cycle assessment(LCA) is a tool to calculate environmental impacts during all life stages of a product.The main focus is laid on the bio-fibres flax and ramie,recycled carbon fibres and bio-based thermoset resin systems.Furthermore an overview of environmental aspects of existing composite materials used in aviation is given.Generally,a lack of LCA results for the substitution of synthetic materials by bio-based/recycled composite materials in aviation applications has been identified.Therefore,available information from other transport areas,such as automotive,has been summarized.More detailed LCA data for eco-composite materials and technologies to improve their properties is important to understand potential environmental effects in aviation.
