Statistical properties of the fluxes of energetic ions and solar wind in the region of intersection of shock wave fronts in the distant heliosphere

The character of statistical distributions of the intensity of energetic charged particles, solar wind flux, and the interplanetary magnetic field strength is analyzed using the data obtained by the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft in the distant heliosphere. A comparison of the distributions in the region of crossings of shock wave fronts in 1991 and in 2004 is carried out, and their similarities and differences are discussed.     

On flows with vibrational relaxation behind an attached shock wave

The flow conditions are represented by an oblique shock attached to the vertex of a straight edged wedge, placed symmetrically with respect to a uniform supersonic flow in front, so that the flow after the shcok is along the wedge surface. The curvature of the attached shock wave, and the flow variable gradients at the wedge tip caused by non-equilibrium vibrational effects are determined for a steady two-dimensional flow of a vibrationally relaxing gas. A relation between the curvature of the shock and that of the stream line is obtained at the wedge-tip. The variation of entropy and an expression for the vorticity generated by the shock towards down-stream flow are determined. Calculations have been carried out for the shock curvature and flow variable gradients for a wide range of wedge angle and the up-stream flow Mach number.     

Porphyrin as an ideal biomarker in the search for extraterrestrial life

A key issue in astrobiological research is identifying target molecules that are unambiguously biological in origin and can be easily detected and recognized. We suggest porphyrin derivatives as an ideal target, because these chromophores are global in distribution and found in virtually all living organisms on Earth, including microorganisms that may approximate the early evolution of life on Earth. We discuss the inherent qualities that make porphyrin ideally suited for astrobiological research and discuss methods for detecting porphyrin molecules in terrestrial sedimentary environments. We present preliminary data to support the use of ToFSIMS as a powerful technique in the identification of porphyrins.     

冷气发动机系统动态特性仿真研究

采用模块化建模方法,将冷气发动机划分为减压阀、管路、容腔和喷嘴等模块,建立了发动机系统模块化数学模型。对发动机启动过程和脉冲工作状态下的响应特性进行了仿真研究,仿真结果与试车结果相吻合,验证了所建立的数学模型的正确性。仿真计算结果还表明：安全阀的开启性能和减压阀动作的灵活性等都是影响冷气发动机动态响应特性的主要因素。提出了改进发动机工作性能及可靠性的措施。     

不同燃气环境下硅橡胶绝热材料烧蚀特性试验研究

在气相燃气环境、含Al2O3两相燃气环境中,对硅橡胶绝热材料开展了烧蚀试验研究,分析了不同燃气环境下燃气流速对材料的炭化烧蚀率、炭化层结构特征及炭化层成分分布的影响.试验结果表明,炭化层及热解层膨胀幅度很大,导致的热传导路径增长不可忽略;在烧蚀发动机高温燃气环境中,燃气流速增大对炭化层有明显减薄作用,热解气体溢出受阻对炭化层产生的内压作用以及热应力可能使炭化层结构破坏,炭化层主要成分的摩尔含量沿厚度方向有基本相同的变化趋势;富氧环境中的炭化烧蚀率最大,且烧蚀机理与烧蚀发动机环境有较大区别.     

燃气流速对EPDM绝热材料炭化层结构特征的影响

基于一种可变流速的烧蚀发动机,在含铝燃气环境中对三元乙丙绝热材料炭化层的结构特征开展了烧蚀试验研究,并对绝热材料表面炭化层进行了SEM分析及能谱分析.试验结果表明,绝热层表面燃气流速不同,所生成的炭化层表面、背面及侧面形貌及孔隙都有很大区别;燃气流速增大,炭化层厚度明显变薄,表面铝、硅氧化物沉积增加,同时炭化层材质疏松程度加大,结构强度减弱.     

Fine structure of interplanetary shock fronts from the data of the BMSW instrument of the PLASMA-F experiment

The paper is concerned with studying the thickness of fronts of 38 interplanetary shocks detected by the BMSW instrument, which is a part of the scientific payload of the SPEKTR-R spacecraft, which was launched into a highly elliptical orbit in 2011. The main parameters of the interplanetary shocks have been calculated as follows: the ratio of thermal pressure to magnetic pressure before the front β, the angle between the shock front normal and the undisturbed magnetic field θ_Bn, the ratio of the shock propagation velocity to the magnetosonic velocity in the undisturbed region M_ms, and the shock front velocity relative to the Earth. It has been shown that the front thickness determined from the plasma parameters approximately matches the front thickness obtained from the magnetic field measurements and lies between 0.5 and 5 proton inertial lengths. In some events, the oscillations have been observed (upstream and downstream of the shock) in plasma parameters and in the magnetic field data. The length has been found to be between 0.5 and 6 proton inertial lengths for the preceding oscillations and between 0.5 and 10 proton inertial lengths for the following oscillations. The average value of the proton inertial length is 62 km.     

滑盘式流量调节燃气发生器动态特性分析

分析了滑盘阀流量调节燃气发生器的工作原理,建立了滑盘式流量调节燃气发生器工作过程的动态模型,得出了燃气发生器的流量传递函数,并分析了系统增益、时间常数的影响因素,并通过实例仿真验证了理论推导结果.结果表明,调节系统为一个非最小相位系统,具有负调特性,为调节系统的进一步设计提供了参考.     

连续旋转爆轰发动机气液两相爆轰波传播特性二维数值研究

为了研究液体燃料连续旋转爆轰发动机(Continuous Rotating Detonation Engine,CRDE)中爆轰波形成与传播过程,采用二维CE/SE方法,对汽油、富氧空气两相连续旋转爆轰发动机爆轰过程进行数值模拟,分析了连续旋转爆轰发动机气液两相爆轰流场和爆轰波结构及入口和出口处的流场变化规律,揭示了CRDE自持传播机理。计算结果表明,燃料以时段阶梯填充方式来起爆旋转爆轰,可快速有效地形成单方向稳定传播的爆轰波;在周向方向上出口处的流场间断面要延后于入口处的间断面,出口流场间断面主要是由斜激波和接触间断面造成的,而入口流场间断面是由爆轰波引起的。通过对气液两相CRDE的二维数值模拟,可更好地了解液体燃料CRDE的工作过程,为液体燃料CRDE研究提供指导。     

Uniform solution for the flow past a slender body with an attached shock wave in radiative magnetogasdynamics

A systematic perturbation scheme is used to study the propagation of a weak shock wave attached to a slender body in a supersonic flow of plasma with thermal radiation and investigate as to how the coupling between the radiative transfer and magneto-hydrodynamic phenomena affects the flow field. The analytical solution of the flow field has been presented up to the second order of ε. The shape of the shock wave attached to the slender body of revolution is obtained, which however can be expressed explicitly in terms of known functions when the radiative decay length is of the same order as the typical body length. Also, the shock angle at the tip of the projectile is obtained.     

物体穿越斜激波干扰特性的数值研究

当物体以超声速穿越同向运动的斜激波时，它的飞行Mach数和攻角都会发生较大的变化。穿越过程中斜激波与物体脱体激波发生相互作用，形成复杂的激波干扰波系结构，基本的干扰形式为复合Mach反射结构。不同的穿越位置时，由于不同的来流条件，使物体上尾部凹坑内的流场和波系发生很大的变化，随着物体的穿越过程，当头部和凹坑下游壁面与翼面穿越激波时，阻力系数有两次剧烈的变化，法向力基本呈线性下降，压力中心先大幅度后移，物体逐渐穿过激波后又快速前移。因此穿越过程使物体加速，给物体的姿态带来很大的扰动。翼面穿过激波也造成阻力、法向力下降，压心后移。如果对有控制的飞行器，穿越激波时气动力特性和稳定性的急剧变化，将给控制系统带来很大的困难。     

Features of wave excitation of the electrostatic ion cyclotron type in the auroral ionosphere

Broadband electrostatic noise in the auroral ionosphere can be identified as a version of waves of an electrostatic ion cyclotron type, excited by plasma instability resulting from an inhomogeneous distribution of wave energy density. Broadband waves are generated due to both electric field inhomogeneities and plasma density inhomogeneities. The effect of the form of the distribution of electric field and plasma density inhomogeneities on the excitation of instabilities is studied. Also there is shown the role of the characteristic scale of inhomogeneities in the generation of electrostatic ion cyclotron waves due to the development of instability of this kind. The study of these issues, which are important for understanding the processes in the auroral region, is the subject of this paper. The work presents also a comparison of numerical results obtained using both satellite data and model approximations.     

Radio wave propagation in the turbulent solar plasma using three satellites

The radio wave propagation in the solar-wind plasma was investigated before and after Mars-2, Mars-7 and Venera-10's superior conjunction. It was found that the moving turbulent solar-wind plasma produced the amplitude and frequency fluctuations and the spectral broadening of monochromatic radio waves. When the Sun-Earth-spacecraft angle decreases from 6° to (0.6) the bandwidth of spectral broadening increases from (0.3) Hz to 300 Hz. The region of 2.5–4° is specific since the bandwidth of spectral broadening is independent of Sun-Earth-spacecraft angle. The spectrum of frequency fluctuations could be represented by a power law with a spectral index of 0.7 ± 0.2. The temporal frequency spectra of the amplitude have two distinct regions. In the low-frequency region the spectral density is approximately constant. The high-frequency portion of the amplitude spectrum follows the power law with a spectral index of 2.8 ± 0.4. The turbulence characteristics of a solar-wind plasma are determined from the experimental data obtained. The three-dimensional wave-number spectrum of irregularities is found to be close to the Kolmogorov-Oboukhov spectrum.The solar-wind density fluctuations decline with heliocentric distance very steeply, but in the distance interval of 7 × 10⁶ – 12 × 10⁶ km, there is a region of enhanced turbulence which could be caused by shock waves.     

固体火箭冲压发动机燃气发生器及燃气流量调节阀建模及仿真

研究了一种气动式的燃气流量调节阀,并建立了固体火箭冲压发动机燃气发生器和气动式燃气流量调节阀的数学模型及仿真模型,对燃气流量调节阀仿真模型进行了试验验证,动态误差和稳态误差都在5%以内。通过仿真获得了燃气发生器和燃气调节阀的动态响应特性。仿真结果表明,燃气调节系统开环响应速度较慢,并具有很强的非线性。     

Numerical investigation on the shock wave transition in a three-dimensional scramjet isolator

The scramjet isolator, which is used to prevent the hypersonic inlet from disturbances that arise from the pressure rise in the scramjet combustor due to the intense turbulent combustion, is one of the most critical components in hypersonic airbreathing propulsion systems. Any engineering error that is possible in the design and manufacturing procedure of the experimental model, and the intense heat release in the scramjet combustor, may cause the performance of the isolator to decrease, leading to its lack of capability in supporting the back pressure. The coupled implicit Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations and the two-equation standard k?ε turbulent model have been employed to numerically simulate the flow fields in a three-dimensional scramjet isolator. The effects of the divergent angle and the back pressure on the shock wave transition and the location of the leading edge of the shock wave train have been estimated and discussed. The obtained results show that the present numerical results are in very good agreement with the available experimental shadow-pictures, and the numerical method is more suitable for capturing the shock wave train and predicting the location of the leading edge of the shock wave train in the scramjet isolator than the present two-dimensional numerical methods. This is due to the small width-to-height ratio of the isolator and the intense three-dimensional flow structures. On increasing the divergent angle of the scramjet isolator, the static pressure along the central symmetrical line of the isolator decreases sharply. This is due to the strong expansion wave generated at the entrance of the isolator, and when the divergent angle of the isolator is sufficiently large, namely 1.5°, a zone of negative pressure is formed just ahead of the leading edge of the shock wave train. At the same time, the shock wave train varies from being oblique to being normal, and then back to oblique. With an increase in the prescribed back pressure at the exit of the scramjet isolator, the leading edge of the shock wave train moves forward towards the entrance of the isolator, and when the back pressure is sufficiently large, unstart conditions in the hypersonic inlet can take place if the shock train reaches the inlet.     

On the possibility of existence of an additional source of anomalous cosmic rays outside the solar system

On the basis of experimental data obtained at exposure of solid-state track detectors in the magnetosphere of the Earth during solar flares and in quiet Sun periods, an estimate of possible contribution of singly charged oxygen ions to the flare particle fluxes is made. A possibility is considered of the appearance in the vicinity of the solar system of singly ionized oxygen ions generated on stars.     

火箭推力室喷管内激波对RBCC性能影响分析

针对火箭基组合循环（RBCC）动力系统引射火箭喷管的工作状况,采用准一维方法,假设引射模态火箭推力室喷管内在某些条件下产生的激波为正激波,分析了正激波的存在条件及其对RBCC动力系统性能的影响.结果表明：引射火箭推力室室压越低或飞行器飞行马赫数越高,引射火箭喷管内越易产生正激波;火箭喷管正激波的产生对RBCC动力系统引射性能及比冲特性有一定影响.     

铍青铜波形弹簧磁脉冲精密校形工艺研究

铍青铜波形弹簧在热处理过程中发生了变形,因传统的手工校形方法劳动强度大,校形精度不高,采用磁脉冲精密校形工艺进行了研究,并与传统校形方法进行了综合对比。结果表明磁脉冲对经过热处理强化的铍青铜波形弹簧有明显的校形效果,减小了形状偏差;校形后的波形弹簧力值比手工方法提高10%以上;校形后铍青铜材料的显微组织结构未发生变化。     

Studying the change in characteristics of optical surfaces of a spacecraft

The change in the working characteristics of the optical element sample depending on the thickness of the contamination film applied to the sample has been estimated experimentally. As sources of contamination, the coatings of lens hoods were chosen, which are located in close proximity to the contamination- sensitive optical system of a spacecraft. A series of experiments for applying contamination films of different thickness to the sample of the optical element has been carried out. Based on preliminary estimations, the thickness of the contamination during the entire period of the active existence of the spacecraft will not exceed 3500 Å.