Abstract In this study, the Computational Fluid Dynamics code in SolidWorks was used to predict the aerodynamic coefficients of 122 mm rocket in order to get more accurate aerodynamic coefficients and derivatives for flight simulation. This paper presented the governing equations of fluid dynamics applied in SolidWorks and developed the computational model of the rocket. The results were compared against calculated data from an empirical method. The conducted analyses showed that the comparison results are nearly the same. However, the empirical method provided a faster way to obtain results.
A novel optical duobinary detection scheme that optimises the sampling phase of the receiver based on preliminary sequence decision is proposed. Simulation results show significant improvement in dispersion tolerance and back-to-back sensitivity. An implementation using an over-sampling frontend, which is compatible with other designs of electrical dispersion compensation receivers, is also proposed.
Nowadays, web servers are suffering from application layer distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, to which network layer solutions is not applicable as attackers are indistinguishable based on packets or protocols. In this study, the authors propose trust management helmet (TMH) as a partial solution to this problem, which is a lightweight mitigation mechanism that uses trust to differentiate legitimate users from attackers. Its key insight is that a server should give priority to protecting the connectivity of good users during application layer DDoS attacks, instead of identifying all the attack requests. The trust to clients is evaluated based on their visiting history and used to schedule the service to their requests. The authors introduce license, for user identification (even beyond NATs) and storing the trust information at clients. The license is cryptographically secured against forgery or replay attacks. The authors realise this mitigation mechanism and implement it as a Java package and use it for evaluation. The simulation results show that TMH is effective in mitigating session flooding attack: even with 20 times number of attackers, more than 99% of the sessions from legitimate users are accepted with TMH; whereas less than 18% are accepted without it. Moreover, we found that the additional computation cost on the deployed server is neglectable and the bandwidth overhead is acceptable.
The side sealing technology is crucial for ensuring the quality and process stability in twin‐roll casting (TRC). Investigating the temperature and stress distribution in side dams under operational conditions is vital, especially in understanding the causes of side dam fractures. Optimal performance of side dam materials is achieved when the boron nitride (BN) matrix is fine and homogeneous, with zirconium dioxide (ZrO 2 ) and silicon carbide (SiC) particles evenly dispersed throughout. The fracture of the side dam after casting is mainly caused by BN interlamellar tear. The coexistence of BN lamellar tearing and BN layer fracture leads to the fracture of the side dam during the casting process. Through finite element simulation, the effects of variables such as pouring temperature, preheating temperature, and side dam thickness on temperature and stress distribution were analyzed. The findings indicate that a preheating temperature range of 1200–1300 °C minimizes thermal stress in the side dam. Building on these findings, a composite structure for the side dam is developed. Both internal and external composite structures have shown significant effectiveness in reducing thermal stress. These results are pivotal in extending the service life of side dams and enhancing the stability of the TRC process.