Nontraditional energy-assisted mechanical machining of difficult-to-cut materials and components in aerospace community:a comparative analysis

The aerospace community widely uses difficult-to-cut materials,such as titanium alloys,high-temperature alloys,metal/ceramic/polymer matrix composites,hard and brittle materials,and geometrically complex components,such as thin-walled structures,microchannels,and complex surfaces.Mechanical machining is the main material removal process for the vast majority of aerospace components.However,many problems exist,including severe and rapid tool wear,low machining efficiency,and poor surface integrity.Nontraditional energy-assisted mechanical machining is a hybrid process that uses nontraditional energies(vibration,laser,electricity,etc)to improve the machinability of local materials and decrease the burden of mechanical machining.This provides a feasible and promising method to improve the material removal rate and surface quality,reduce process forces,and prolong tool life.However,systematic reviews of this technology are lacking with respect to the current research status and development direction.This paper reviews the recent progress in the nontraditional energy-assisted mechanical machining of difficult-to-cut materials and components in the aerospace community.In addition,this paper focuses on the processing principles,material responses under nontraditional energy,resultant forces and temperatures,material removal mechanisms,and applications of these processes,including vibration-,laser-,electric-,magnetic-,chemical-,advanced coolant-,and hybrid nontraditional energy-assisted mechanical machining.Finally,a comprehensive summary of the principles,advantages,and limitations of each hybrid process is provided,and future perspectives on forward design,device development,and sustainability of nontraditional energy-assisted mechanical machining processes are discussed.

Mega-Constellations Based TT&C Resource Sharing: Keep Reliable Aeronautical Communication in an Emergency

With the development of the transportation industry, the effective guidance of aircraft in an emergency to prevent catastrophic accidents remains one of the top safety concerns. Undoubtedly, operational status data of the aircraft play an important role in the judgment and command of the Operational Control Center(OCC). However, how to transmit various operational status data from abnormal aircraft back to the OCC in an emergency is still an open problem. In this paper, we propose a novel Telemetry, Tracking,and Command(TT&C) architecture named Collaborative TT&C(CoTT&C) based on mega-constellation to solve such a problem. CoTT&C allows each satellite to help the abnormal aircraft by sharing TT&C resources when needed, realizing real-time and reliable aeronautical communication in an emergency. Specifically, we design a dynamic resource sharing mechanism for CoTT&C and model the mechanism as a single-leader-multi-follower Stackelberg game. Further, we give an unique Nash Equilibrium(NE) of the game as a closed form. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed resource sharing mechanism is effective, incentive compatible, fair, and reciprocal. We hope that our findings can shed some light for future research on aeronautical communications in an emergency.

Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance更名前后对比分析及启示

目的研究Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance更名前后的主要报道方向、国别、发文机构的变化情况等,以期为国内同行提供参考。方法主要利用CiteSpace的共词网络功能来对期刊报道方向、发刊国别、发文机构等变化进行分析。数据来自Web of Science核心合集的SCI拓展版,以期刊名“Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine”检索,时间跨度为1991年1月1日至2014年12月31日,剔除征稿启事、会议通知等非学术文献。导入NoteExpress软件进行去重,共有4830篇文章。该刊于2015年更名为“Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance”,检索策略为:时间跨度为2015年1月1日至2023年6月13日,数据清洗方法同上,共检索到1076篇文章。结果(1)主要发文机构:更名前主要供稿机构为美国空军(160篇)、美国国防部(93篇)和美国宇航局(NASA,77篇);更名后主要供稿机构未发生变化,但发文数量均较更名前减少,美国空军47篇,美国国防部24篇,NASA 24篇。(2)主要关键词对比:更名后主要关键词与飞行、航天相关的连接强度显著增加,而对一般健康问题的关注相对减少,出现了spaceflight、air travel等直接与飞行行为相关的内容。(3)主要国别:更名前美国发文2411篇(49.91%)、加拿大发文314篇(6.50%)、英国发文279篇(5.77%)、法国发文167篇(3.45%)、德国发文160篇(3.31%);更名后美国发文501篇(46.56%)、英国发文98篇(9.10%)、中国发文54篇(5.01%)、加拿大发文53篇(4.92%)、法国发文42篇(3.90%)。(4)年均发文量:根据检索结果,更名前共24年,年均发文201篇;更名后从2015年至本文检索截止时间共8.5年,年均发文127篇,年均报道量下降较多。(5)影响因子:截止2014年更名前共发文164篇,影响因子1.0051(含自引);2016年是该刊更名有影响因子等统计数据的第一年,共发文132篇,影响因子0.8250;2022年发文109篇,影响因子1.0001(含自引)。综合考量发文量和影响因子,该刊的综合影响力更名后并无显著提升。结论该刊在更名后,对于飞行环境的影响报道有所减少,主要讨论范围从之前的所有飞行类型聚焦为以太空飞行为主,关于飞行行为对人体健康的影响和绩效表现的报道大幅增长,同时也增加了关于飞行装备对飞行安全影响的讨论。随着航空航天技术的进步和航空装备的发展,更深入地探讨航空活动中环境因素对人体长时间复合作用的影响是必然。在该刊更名后,我国的发文数量排名第三,也在一定程度上说明存在高质量原创性成果外流的情况。我国期刊在坚持刊物原有特色的前提下,根据领域研究的发展,与时俱进,探索可持续发展的办刊模式;要进一步明确期刊定位与服务对象,以国家重大需求为导向,聚焦航空航天领域前沿、热点,适时调整栏目设置,提升期刊的学术质量和学科影响力,打造高质量的学术交流平台。

Thermal stress simulation analysis of aerospace optical fibers and connectors and related extensions to high-speed railway area

Aerospace optical cables and fiber-optic connectors have numerous advantages(e.g.,low loss,wide transmission frequency band,large capacity,light weight,and excellent resistance to electromagnetic interference).They can achieve optical communication interconnections and high-speed bidirectional data transmission between optical terminals and photodetectors in space,ensuring the stability and reliability of data transmission during spacecraft operations in orbit.They have become essential components in high-speed networking and optically interconnected communications for spacecrafts.Thermal stress simulation analysis is important for evaluating the temperature stress concentration phenomenon resulting from temperature fluctuations,temperature gradients,and other factors in aerospace optical cables and connectors under the combined effects of extreme temperatures and vacuum environments.Considering this,advanced optical communication technology has been widely used in high-speed railway communication networks to transmit safe,stable and reliable signals,as high-speed railway optical communication in special areas with extreme climates,such as cold and high-temperature regions,requires high-reliability optical cables and connectors.Therefore,based on the finite element method,comprehensive comparisons were made between the thermal distributions of aerospace optical cables and J599III fiber optic connectors under different conditions,providing a theoretical basis for evaluating the performance of aerospace optical cables and connectors in space environments and meanwhile building a technical foundation for potential optical communication applications in the field of high-speed railways.

Applications of magnesium alloys for aerospace:A review

With the increasingly excellent performance of magnesium alloy materials, magnesium alloys are increasingly widely used under the urgent need for weight reduction in aerospace applications. However, due to the severe aviation environment, the strength, corrosion resistance and electrical conductivity of magnesium alloy materials need to be further improved. Many scholars are committed to studying higher comprehensive mechanical properties. Besides, they have studied surface treatment processes with space application characteristics, such as high emissivity oxidation and high anti-corrosion electroplating. To further improve the safety and reliability of magnesium alloys and expand their applications, this paper discusses several kinds of magnesium alloys and summarizes their research progress. The whole manuscript should be revised by an expert who has more experience on English writing. At the same time, the surface treatments of magnesium alloy materials for aerospace are analyzed. Besides, the application of magnesium alloy in aerospace field is summarized. With the in-depth research of many scholars, the improvement of material properties and the development of surface protection and functional technology, it is believed that magnesium alloys will be used in more and more aerospace applications and make more contributions to the aerospace field.

Development of the Supply Chain Oriented Quality Assurance System for Aerospace Manufacturing SMEs and Its Implementation Perspectives

Aerospace manufacturing SMEs are continuously facing the challenge on managing their supply chain and complying with the aerospace manufacturing quality standard requirement due to their lack of resources and the nature of business. In this paper, the ERP system based approach is presented to quality control and assurance work in light of seamless integration of in-process production data and information internally and therefore managing suppliers more effectively and efficiently. The Aerospace Manufacturing Quality Assurance Standard （BS/EN9100） is one of the most recognised and essential protocols for developing the industry-operated-and-driven quality assurance systems. The research investigates using the ERP based system as an enabler to implement BS/EN9100 quality management system at manufacturing SMEs and the associated implementation and application perspectives. An application case study on a manufacturing SME is presented by using the SAP based implementation, which helps fiarther evaluate and validate the approach and application system development.

Energy Consumption Analysis and Characterization of Aerospace Manufacturing Facilities in the United States–A Step towards Sustainable Development

In this study,information on energy usage in the United States(U.S.)aerospace manufacturing sector has been analyzed and then represented as energy intensities(kWh/m2)to establish benchmark data and to compare facilities of varying sizes.First,public sources were identified and the data from these previously published sources were aggregated to determine the energy usage of aerospace manufacturing facilities within the U.S.From this dataset,a sample of 28 buildings were selected and the energy intensity for each building was estimated from the data.Next,as a part of this study the energy data for three additional aerospace manufacturing facilities in the U.S.were collected firsthand.That data was analyzed and the energy intensity(kWh/m2)for each facility was calculated and then compared with the energy intensities of the 28 buildings from the sample.Three different indicators of energy consumption in aerospace manufacturing facilities were used as comparators to assist facility managers with determining potential energy savings and help in the decision-making process.On average,aerospace manufacturing facilities in the United States spent 4 cents for each dollar of sale on energy.The energy intensity(kWh/m2)and the power intensity(W/m2)for each facility were calculated based on the actual facility energy bills.The power intensity for these facilities ranges from 34 to 134 W/m2.The energy intensity ranged from 232 to 949 kWh/m2.We found that the power intensity could be used to estimate energy consumption when the annual operating hours of the facility are considered.and to estimate the energy-related carbon dioxide emissions.

Beamforming of Whole Airspace Phased Array TT&C System Based on Linear Subarrays

The whole airspace phased array telemetry,track and command(TT&C)system is regarded as the development tendency of next generation TT&C system,and the distribution of the antenna units and the beamforming technology have sparked wide interest in this field.A method for antenna distribution is proposed based on the linear subarrays technology.A symmetrical truncated cone conformal array is composed of the linear subarrays placed on the generatrix.The impact of truncated cone bottom radius and elevation angle on beamforming are studied and simulated.Simulation results verify the system design.

Durability Testing of Composite Aerospace Materials Based on a New Polymer Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Resin

In this study,the durability of a new polymer carbonfiber-reinforced epoxy resin used to produce composite material in the aerospacefield is investigated through analysis of the corrosion phenomena occurring at the microscopic scale,and the related infrared spectra and thermal properties.It is found that light and heat can con-tribute to the aging process.In particular,the longitudinal tensile strength displays a non-monotonic trend,i.e.,itfirst increases and then decreases over time.By contrast,the longitudinal compressive and inter-laminar shear strengths do not show significant changes.It is also shown that the inter-laminar shear strength of carbonfiber/epoxy resin composites with inter-laminar hybrid structure is better than that of pure carbonfiber materials.The related resistance to corrosion can be improved by more than 41%.

基于氮化镓的反激同步整流DC/DC变换器设计

给出了一种适合低轨商用航天的中小功率DC/DC变换器的设计方法。该方法采用了反激同步整流拓扑和表贴器件,可以覆盖常见的航天用中小功率单路及多路输出DC/DC变换器需求,具备低成本、高性能、高可靠、可批量化生产的优点。为了进一步提高转换效率和功率密度,还应用了氮化镓GaN(gallium nitride)功率开关。并且对不同工作条件下拓扑中主要功率器件的损耗进行了计算和对比分析。最后,以一款宽输入电压范围(23~47 V),输出5 V@30 W的电源变换器为例对所提方法进行了验证。

SPOC+翻转课堂教学模式在飞行人员盐敏感性高血压营养防护实践课的应用

目的研究SPOC+翻转课堂混合教学模式在飞行人员盐敏感性高血压营养防护实践课的应用并评价其应用效果。方法研究对象为2019级五年制航空航天医学专业本科学员,根据不同的教学模式将学员随机分为SPOC+翻转课堂组和传统教学组。比较两组学生的考核成绩;同时对教学模式的满意度及自主学习效果的满意度两个维度进行问卷评分,通过客观成绩和主观评分来评价两种教学模式的应用成效。结果与对照组相比,SPOC+翻转课堂组考核成绩提高,并且SPOC+翻转课堂组学生对教学实施过程和自主学习效果满意度的平均评分也高于对照组。结论基于SPOC+翻转课堂混合教学模式能够提高学员的学习成绩、提升自主学习能力、合作交流能力;该教学模式受到学员的认可和欢迎,为毕业后胜任航空军医的第一任职能力提供有力支持。

改进的RetinaFace复杂构件关键点检测算法

为了解决航天装备复杂构件进行喷涂作业时难以定位、缺少关键点数据集等问题,在三维建模软件上搭建构件模型,通过截图和标记关键点制作数据集,并针对数据集量少的问题采取数据增操作。研究现有的RetinaFace关键点检测算法并进行改进,将主干特征提取网络采用优化的MobileNet结构,学习率采用余弦退火衰减,算法输入、输出张量长度与不同构件对应的关键点数相一致。实验结果表明,模型迭代500轮后在验证集上的平均误差降至0.062,能够有效地检测出待喷涂构件的关键点,性能优于同类算法。

C/C三维纺织复合材料细观结构及力学性能研究进展

C/C三维纺织复合材料因其可设计性强、力学性能优异和耐高温等特点而被广泛地应用于航空航天、轨道交通和光伏热场等高温端部件。然而,C/C三维纺织复合材料内部纱线结构复杂且孔隙率高,呈现出高度各向异性和非均匀性,这些因素都会给力学性能及损伤机制揭示带来巨大困难。因此,本工作从实际应用出发,围绕C/C三维纺织复合材料,从细观重构、力学性能表征和数值模拟三个方面阐述近几年的国内外研究现状,并在此基础上重点对C/C三维纺织复合材料结构功能一体化制备、深度学习模型的发掘和高温实验环境下渐进损伤实验平台的搭建做出了展望。

Recent innovations in laser additive manufacturing of titanium alloys

Titanium(Ti)alloys are widely used in high-tech fields like aerospace and biomedical engineering.Laser additive manufacturing(LAM),as an innovative technology,is the key driver for the development of Ti alloys.Despite the significant advancements in LAM of Ti alloys,there remain challenges that need further research and development efforts.To recap the potential of LAM high-performance Ti alloy,this article systematically reviews LAM Ti alloys with up-to-date information on process,materials,and properties.Several feasible solutions to advance LAM Ti alloys are reviewed,including intelligent process parameters optimization,LAM process innovation with auxiliary fields and novel Ti alloys customization for LAM.The auxiliary energy fields(e.g.thermal,acoustic,mechanical deformation and magnetic fields)can affect the melt pool dynamics and solidification behaviour during LAM of Ti alloys,altering microstructures and mechanical performances.Different kinds of novel Ti alloys customized for LAM,like peritecticα-Ti,eutectoid(α+β)-Ti,hybrid(α+β)-Ti,isomorphousβ-Ti and eutecticβ-Ti alloys are reviewed in detail.Furthermore,machine learning in accelerating the LAM process optimization and new materials development is also outlooked.This review summarizes the material properties and performance envelops and benchmarks the research achievements in LAM of Ti alloys.In addition,the perspectives and further trends in LAM of Ti alloys are also highlighted.

The foundation and analysis of polarized magnetic system’s unified mathematical model in aerospace electromagnetic relay

Polarized magnetic system has a series of features, such as small volume, light weight, low power consumption, high sensitivity, quick movement and so on, widely used in the products of the military aerospace electromagnetic relay. The typical polarized magnetic system has mainly four structures and its simplified equivalent magnetic circuits model is the base of the design of the electromagnetic relay with permanent magnet. In the past, the analysis method that people used was difficult to build the unified mathematical models, which divided the work gap magnetic flux into "permanent magnet flux" and "electromagnetic flux". Based on the analysis method of the work gap magnetic voltage, this paper founds the unified mathematical model of the polarized magnetic system and divides the attractive torque into permanent magnet torque, polarized torque and electromagnetic torque through the energy balance formula. It analyses the influence of permanent magnet sizes on permanent magnet torque, polarized torque and electromagnetic torque through the energy balance formula and the conclusions can direct the design of aerospace electromagnetic relay with permanent magnet.

Continuous-Wave Interference Mitigation for Acquisition Method in Unified Carrier TT&C Systems

An interference mitigation for acquisition method,based on both energy center and spectrum symmetry detection,has been proposed as a possible solution to the problem of signal acquisition susceptibility to continuous-wave interference(CWI)in unified carrier telemetry,tracking,and command(TT&C)systems.With subcarrier modulation index as a priori condition,the existence of CWI is determined by comparing the energy center with the symmetric center.In the presence of interference,the interference frequency point is assumed and culled;sequentially,the spectral symmetry is used to verify whether the signal acquisition is realized.Theoretical analysis,simulations,and experimental results demonstrate that the method can realize the acquisition of the main carrier target signal with an interference-to-signal ratio of 31 dB,which represents an improvement over the existing continuous-wave interference mitigation for acquisition methods.

多光谱TDICCD航天相机快视一体化地面检测系统设计与实现

针对多光谱时间延迟积分电荷耦合器件(Time Delay Integration Charge Coupled Devices,TDICCD)航天相机的产品研发,提出快视一体化地面检测系统的设计方案,并依托项目实现该设计方案。设计包括主机系统搭建、CXP(CoaXPress)高带宽数传采集卡、测控采集卡、图采测控上位机、光电参数测试、非均匀性校正以及刷新芯片重注等实现。采用一体化设计,所有软硬件全部集成于地检主机系统,方便携带和使用。采用模块化设计方法,使用通用的主机接口,实现多种采集卡在不同主机系统之间交叉使用;使用通用的数据传输接口、RS-422传输接口,使得采集卡不仅适用于本相机的接口协议,也能在修改现场可编程逻辑门阵列(Field Programmable Gate Array,FPGA)代码后适用于其他相机。经验证,该地面检测系统能有效完成多光谱TDICCD航天相机的功能测试、光电参数性能测试的要求,为项目顺利进行提供有力保障。

Exploring the Promises and Challenges of Urban Air Mobility (UAM)

This paper is focused on a higher-level report of a new generation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technologies. Starting from the structural scalability of civil tiltrotors, design strategy and requirements for UAVs, and advanced composite materials, the increased speed and productivity requirements for tiltrotors have spawned several investigations associated with proprotor aero elastic stability augmentation and aerodynamic performance enhancements. The research emphasized the Large Civil Tilt Rotor as the configuration with the best potential to meet the technology goals, and the design, including the challenges of the Large Civil Tilt Rotor (LCTR). The design presented was economically competitive, with the potential for substantial impact on the air transportation system. The research includes some manufacturers of helicopters, drones and tiltrotors carrying out design studies and production of prototypes, as well as research projects aimed at designing, manufacturing, qualifying, and flight-testing the new wing of the Next-Generation Civil Tiltrotor Technology Demonstrator. Promises of Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft, UAVs, Digitalization of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), and the “U-space” concept are discussed in the paper. The eight SUMP principles and possibilities of future advancements are emphasized.

Identification of Backflow Vortex Instability in Rocket Engine Inducers

Bayesian estimation is applied to the analysis of backflow vortex instabilities in typical three-and four bladed liquid propellant rocket(LPR)engine inducers.The flow in the impeller eye is modeled as a set of equally intense and evenly spaced 2D axial vortices,located at the same radial distance from the axis and rotating at a fraction of the impeller speed.The circle theorem and the Bernoulli’s equation are used to predict the flow pressure in terms of the vortex number,intensity,rotational speed,and radial position.The theoretical spectra so obtained are frequency broadened to mimic the dispersion of the experimental data and parametrically fitted to the measured pressure spectra by maximum likelihood estimation with equal and independent Gaussian errors.The method is applied to three inducers,tested in water at room temperature and different loads and cavitation conditions.It successfully characterizes backflow instabilities using the signals of a single pressure transducer flush-mounted on the casing of the impeller eye,effectively by-passing the aliasing and data acquisition/reduction complexities of traditional multiple-sensor cross correlation methods.The identification returns the estimates of the model parameters and their standard errors,providing the information necessary for assessing the accuracy and statistical significance of the results.The flowrate is found to be the major factor affecting the backflow vortex instability,which,on the other hand,is rather insensitive to the occurrence of cavitation.The results are consistent with the data reported in the literature,as well as with those generated by the auxiliary models specifically developed for initializing the maximum likelihood searches and supporting the identification procedure.

基于BERT+Bi-LSTM+CRF的航天领域命名实体识别研究

针对互联网开放数据中文本表述模糊、实体边界不清等问题,构建航天语料库Space-Corpus,提出一种基于BERT+Bi-LSTM+CRF的航天领域命名实体识别模型。基于微调的多层双向Transformer编码器(bidirectional encoder representations from transformer,BERT)模型生成输入语料的向量化表示,结合双向长短期记忆网络(bi-directional long short-term memory,Bi-LSTM)获取上下文特征,通过条件随机场(conditional random field,CRF)层进行序列解码标注,输出得分最高的预测标签。实验结果表明,该模型在Space-Corpus语料库上较基于BERT模型、基于BERT+Bi-LSTM以及基于CNN+Bi-LSTM+CRF识别模型的准确率、召回率及F1值均有提升。