二维RayleighBénard对流系统非线性特征的DSMC研究

应用发端于微观分子动力学的蒙特卡罗直接模拟(DSMC)方法实现了RB(RayleighBénard)对流的数值模拟,并在此基础上得到了与线性稳定性理论分析结果相一致的RB系统第一次分叉的临界瑞利数;通过对大瑞利数下RB系统中心点处温度信号进行功率谱分析,得到RB系统通向混沌的倍周期分叉路径,同时应用现代混沌分析方法研究了RB对流系统的关联维、最大Lyapunov指数等非线性特征。     

Langmuir Turbulence and Solar Radio Bursts

Langmuir waves and turbulence resulting from an electron beam-plasma instability play a fundamental role in the generation of solar radio bursts. We report recent theoretical advances in nonlinear dynamics of Langmuir waves. First, starting from the generalized Zakharov equations, we study the parametric excitation of solar radio bursts at the fundamental plasma frequency driven by a pair of oppositely propagating Langmuir waves with different wave amplitudes. Next, we briefly discuss the emergence of chaos in the Zakharov equations. We point out that chaos can lead to turbulence in the source regions of solar radio emissions. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Magnetic Turbulence in the Geospace Environment

Magnetic turbulence is found in most space plasmas, including the Earth’s magnetosphere, and the interaction region between the magnetosphere and the solar wind. Recent spacecraft observations of magnetic turbulence in the ion foreshock, in the magnetosheath, in the polar cusp regions, in the magnetotail, and in the high latitude ionosphere are reviewed. It is found that: 1. A large share of magnetic turbulence in the geospace environment is generated locally, as due for instance to the reflected ion beams in the ion foreshock, to temperature anisotropy in the magnetosheath and the polar cusp regions, to velocity shear in the magnetosheath and magnetotail, and to magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause and in the magnetotail. 2. Spectral indices close to the Kolmogorov value can be recovered for low frequency turbulence when long enough intervals at relatively constant flow speed are analyzed in the magnetotail, or when fluctuations in the magnetosheath are considered far downstream from the bow shock. 3. For high frequency turbulence, a spectral index α?2.3 or larger is observed in most geospace regions, in agreement with what is observed in the solar wind. 4. More studies are needed to gain an understanding of turbulence dissipation in the geospace environment, also keeping in mind that the strong temperature anisotropies which are observed show that wave particle interactions can be a source of wave emission rather than of turbulence dissipation. 5. Several spacecraft observations show the existence of vortices in the magnetosheath, on the magnetopause, in the magnetotail, and in the ionosphere, so that they may have a primary role in the turbulent injection and evolution. The influence of such a turbulence on the plasma transport, dynamics, and energization will be described, also using the results of numerical simulations.     

Kinetic Excitation Mechanisms for ION-Cyclotron Kinetic Alfvén Waves in Sun-Earth ConnectionI

We study kinetic excitation mechanisms for high-frequency dispersive Alfvén waves in the solar corona, solar wind, and Earth's magnetosphere. The ion-cyclotron and Cherenkov kinetic effects are important for these waves which we call the ion-cyclotron kinetic Alfvén waves (ICKAWs). Ion beams, anisotropic particles distributions and currents provide free energy for the excitation of ICKAWs in space plasmas. As particular examples we consider ICKAW instabilities in the coronal magnetic reconnection events, in the fast solar wind, and in the Earth's magnetopause. Energy conversion and transport initiated by ICKAW instabilities is significant for the whole dynamics of Sun-Earth connection chain, and observations of ICKAW activity could provide a diagnostic/predictive tool in the space environment research. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Bursty Bulk Flow Driven Turbulence in the Earth’s Plasma Sheet

During the last several years significant progress has been made in understanding MHD turbulence in the Earth’s plasma sheet. Due to the statistically transitory properties of fluctuations, finite size and boundary effects, however, issues of fundamental importance remain unresolved. Here we concentrate on such intrinsic features of plasma sheet turbulence as its origin and dynamical nature. In particular, we investigate bursty bulk flow driven multi-scale transfer of energy towards the dissipation scale, and provide evidence for the presence of non-linear interactions. We show that, in contrast with previous results, Alfvénic fluctuations together with 2D eddy interactions may appear as important constituents of turbulence in the plasma sheet.     

Small Scale Alfvénic Structure in the Aurora

This paper presents a comprehensive review of dispersive Alfvén waves in space and laboratory plasmas. We start with linear properties of Alfvén waves and show how the inclusion of ion gyroradius, parallel electron inertia, and finite frequency effects modify the Alfvén wave properties. Detailed discussions of inertial and kinetic Alfvén waves and their polarizations as well as their relations to drift Alfvén waves are presented. Up to date observations of waves and field parameters deduced from the measurements by Freja, Fast, and other spacecraft are summarized. We also present laboratory measurements of dispersive Alfvén waves, that are of most interest to auroral physics. Electron acceleration by Alfvén waves and possible connections of dispersive Alfvén waves with ionospheric-magnetospheric resonator and global field-line resonances are also reviewed. Theoretical efforts are directed on studies of Alfvén resonance cones, generation of dispersive Alfvén waves, as well their nonlinear interactions with the background plasma and self-interaction. Such topics as the dispersive Alfvén wave ponderomotive force, density cavitation, wave modulation/filamentation, and Alfvén wave self-focusing are reviewed. The nonlinear dispersive Alfvén wave studies also include the formation of vortices and their dynamics as well as chaos in Alfvén wave turbulence. Finally, we present a rigorous evaluation of theoretical and experimental investigations and point out applications and future perspectives of auroral Alfvén wave physics.     

Nonlinear aeroelastic analysis of airfoils: bifurcation and chaos

Different types of structural and aerodynamic nonlinearities commonly encountered in aeronautical engineering are discussed. The equations of motion of a two-dimensional airfoil oscillating in pitch and plunge are derived for a structural nonlinearity using subsonic aerodynamics theory. Three classical nonlinearities, namely, cubic, freeplay and hysteresis are investigated in some detail. The governing equations are reduced to a set of ordinary differential equations suitable for numerical simulations and analytical investigation of the system stability. The onset of Hopf-bifurcation, and amplitudes and frequencies of limit cycle oscillations are investigated, with examples given for a cubic hardening spring. For various geometries of the freeplay, bifurcations and chaos are discussed via the phase plane, Poincaré maps, and Lyapunov spectrum. The route to chaos is investigated from bifurcation diagrams, and for the freeplay nonlinearity it is shown that frequency doubling is the most commonly observed route. Examples of aerodynamic nonlinearities arising from transonic flow and dynamic stall are discussed, and special attention is paid to numerical simulation results for dynamic stall using a time-synthesized method for the unsteady aerodynamics. The assumption of uniform flow is usually not met in practice since perturbations in velocities are encountered in flight. Longitudinal atmospheric turbulence is introduced to show its effect on both the flutter boundary and the onset of Hopf-bifurcation for a cubic restoring force.     

Chaotic Temporal Variability of Magnetospheric Radio Emissions

Nonthermal magnetospheric radio emissions provide the radio signatures of solar-terrestrial connection and may be used for space weather forecasting. A three-wave model of auroral radio emissions at the fundamental plasma frequency was proposed by Chian et al. (1994) involving resonant interactions of Langmuir, whistler and Alfvén waves. Chaos can appear in the nonlinear evolution of this three-wave process in the magnetosphere. We discuss two types of intermittency in radio signals driven by temporal chaos: the type-I Pomeau-Manneville intermittency and the interior crisis-induced intermittency. Examples of time series for both types of intermittency are presented. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Chaos theory and radio emission

The application of chaos theory has become popular to understand the nature of various features of solar activity because most of them are far from regular. The usual approach, however, that is based on finding low-dimensional structures of the underlying processes seems to be successful only in a few exceptional cases, such as in rather coherent phenomena as coronal pulsations. It is important to note that most phenomena in solar radio emission are more complex. We present two kinds of techniques from nonlinear dynamics which can be useful to analyse such phenomena:

1. Fragmentation processes observed in solar spike events are studied by means of symbolic dynamics methods. Different measures of complexity calculated from such observations reveal that there is some order in this fragmentation.
2. Bursts are a typical transient phenomenon. To study energization processes causing impulsive microwave bursts, the wavelet analysis is applied. It exhibits structural differences of the pre- and post-impulsive phase in cases where the power spectra of both are not distinct.

     

Chaos and Determinism: A Paradigm

Policy makers depend upon ability to predict the outcome of their policies. Increasingly, in the field of international security ? in matters of war and peace ? prediction is based upon quantitative models. The point made here is that just because a model is mathematical, it does not follow that it can be used to make predictions, that non-linear models allow both predictive and chaotic regimes. After illustrating these matters with physical models, the paper turns to the modeling of an arms race between two antagonistic nations (or groups of nations). After discussing static and dynamic arms race models which are predictive, we turn to a simple non-linear arms race model which allows a transition from predictabililty to chaos. We then postulate that such a transition describes the transition from peace to war in the two party hostile competitive system being modeled by the nonlinear equations, that peace is to war in reality as determinism is to chaos in a mathematical model of that reality. Thus, escalation from peace to war through various levels of hostility may not be controllable, the ``slipping' from peace to war may be as inadvertent as the slipping from laminar flow to turbulence as an aircraft stalls and loses control. The lessons to be learned are to stay away from critical transition points if at all possible and ? more importantly ? to be very wary of claims of controllability in any escalation of a crisis.     

自由流湍流度对某低压涡轮级气动影响的数值研究

基于Langtry-Menter转捩模型,定常求解雷诺平均的三维粘性N-S方程组,数值研究了不同雷诺数工况下,自由流湍流度(FST)变化对某低压涡轮级流场及性能的影响,揭示了FST对该低压涡轮级叶片吸力面表面流动及涡轮级效率雷诺数效应的影响规律;并基于一种损失分离方法,细分了FST对该低压涡轮级内部各损失分量,如叶型损失、端壁边界层损失,叶尖泄漏损失的影响.      

转子-基础系统的随机不确定建模与振动分析

以具有基础弹性支承的Jeffcott转子为研究对象,并考虑到外部随机激励对基础的作用和转定子间的碰摩现象,建立了带碰摩故障的转子-基础随机外激励系统的动力学微分方程.应用相应的数值仿真方法,给出了该系统随外部随机激励变化影响下的轴心轨迹、频谱图和Poincaré图等;分析了随机外激励的变化对转子-基础系统的影响.结果表明随机外激励强度和谱宽的变化以及周期外激励频率的改变将引起振动模式(如频率和波形等)的改变,并将导致转子出现周期、倍周期和混沌等复杂的动力学行为.      

Plasma Diagnostics of the Interstellar Medium with Radio Astronomy

We discuss the degree to which radio propagation measurements diagnose conditions in the ionized gas of the interstellar medium (ISM). The “signal generators” of the radio waves of interest are extragalactic radio sources (quasars and radio galaxies), as well as Galactic sources, primarily pulsars. The polarized synchrotron radiation of the Galactic non-thermal radiation also serves to probe the ISM, including space between the emitting regions and the solar system. Radio propagation measurements provide unique information on turbulence in the ISM as well as the mean plasma properties such as density and magnetic field strength. Radio propagation observations can provide input to the major contemporary questions on the nature of ISM turbulence, such as its dissipation mechanisms and the processes responsible for generating the turbulence on large spatial scales. Measurements of the large scale Galactic magnetic field via Faraday rotation provide unique observational input to theories of the generation of the Galactic field.     

Self-consistent Simulations of Alfv��n Wave Driven Winds from the Sun and Stars

We review our recent results of Alfvén wave-driven winds. First, we present the result of self-consistent 1D MHD simulations for solar winds from the photosphere to interplanetary region. Here, we emphasize the importance of the reflection of Alfvén waves in the density stratified corona and solar winds. We also introduce the recent Hinode observation that might detect the reflection signature of transverse (Alfvénic) waves by Fujimura and Tsuneta (Astrophys. J. 702:1443, 2009). Then, we show the results of Alfvén wave-driven winds from red giant stars. As a star evolves to the red giant branch, the properties of stellar winds drastically change from steady coronal winds to intermittent chromospheric winds. We also discuss how the stellar evolution affects the wave reflection in the stellar atmosphere and similarities and differences of accretion disk winds by MHD turbulence.     

具有不对称间隙的二元机翼自激振动的混沌分析

利用数值方法分析了无预荷载情况下具有不对称间隙的气动弹性非线性与结构非线性耦合的二元机翼颤振问题的动力学响应.通过研究速度比U*/U*L从零逐渐增大到1时系统的全局演化规律,发现在无预荷载的不对称分段线性系统中存在混沌运动形式,并对其进行具体分析,得到产生混沌的原因,为进一步控制和减小颤振提供理论帮助,对飞机的飞行结构设计及飞机结构的日常维护具有指导意义.     

Order out of Randomness: Self-Organization Processes in Astrophysics

Self-organization is a property of dissipative nonlinear processes that are governed by a global driving force and a local positive feedback mechanism, which creates regular geometric and/or temporal patterns, and decreases the entropy locally, in contrast to random processes. Here we investigate for the first time a comprehensive number of (17) self-organization processes that operate in planetary physics, solar physics, stellar physics, galactic physics, and cosmology. Self-organizing systems create spontaneous “order out of randomness”, during the evolution from an initially disordered system to an ordered quasi-stationary system, mostly by quasi-periodic limit-cycle dynamics, but also by harmonic (mechanical or gyromagnetic) resonances. The global driving force can be due to gravity, electromagnetic forces, mechanical forces (e.g., rotation or differential rotation), thermal pressure, or acceleration of nonthermal particles, while the positive feedback mechanism is often an instability, such as the magneto-rotational (Balbus-Hawley) instability, the convective (Rayleigh-Bénard) instability, turbulence, vortex attraction, magnetic reconnection, plasma condensation, or a loss-cone instability. Physical models of astrophysical self-organization processes require hydrodynamic, magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD), plasma, or N-body simulations. Analytical formulations of self-organizing systems generally involve coupled differential equations with limit-cycle solutions of the Lotka-Volterra or Hopf-bifurcation type.     

非线性转子—SFD支承系统的分叉

利用Ｎｅｗ ｔｏｎ－ Ｆｏｘ 打靶法和伪弧长连续算法计算了非线性转子—ＳＦＤ支承系统的周期解。基于多变量Ｆｌｏｑｕｅｔ理论,分析了该系统的分叉和稳定性。基于Ｐｏｉｎｃａｒé映射得到了系统的分支图。结果表明,转子系统的运动呈现倍周期分叉、切分叉等非线性动力学现象     

用于直升机在大气紊流中的旋翼状态反馈控制

发展了一种集成旋翼状态反馈(Rotor-State Feedback,RSF)控制的飞行控制系统,以提升直升机在大气紊流环境中低速飞行时的飞行品质。基于经典显模型跟踪控制系统,对机体和旋翼状态反馈增益进行协同设计,以综合优化旋翼/机体耦合动稳定性和直升机在飞行品质相关频率范围(1~12rad/s)内的紊流缓和能力。同时,设计了一个旋翼前馈控制以增强直升机的操纵响应特性。对直升机飞行品质的线性分析表明:RSF控制的引入能够在实现旋翼/机体耦合动稳定性控制的同时使滚转和俯仰通道的指令跟踪延迟时间分别降低21.87%和25.82%,扰动抑制带宽分别提升243.22%和72.56%。最后以飞行试验验证的高阶非线性飞行动力学模型进行数值模拟验证控制系统。结果表明:RSF控制的引入使直升机滚转、俯仰角速率对紊流响应的标准差分别降低55.68%和26.81%。集成RSF的控制系统能够提升直升机在紊流中的飞行品质。     

考虑表面波纹度的滚动轴承-转子系统非线性动力特性

提出了考虑滚动轴承内外圈滚道表面波纹度、Hertzian弹性接触力和径向游隙等非线性因素的滚动轴承模型,建立了滚动轴承-转子系统的动力学微分方程,并用Runge-Kutta-Felhberg算法对其求解.利用分岔图、Poincaré映射图和频谱图,分析了参数变化时的滚动轴承-转子系统的分岔、混沌等非线性动力特性.结果表明:外圈波纹度波数与滚动轴承滚珠数目相等时,转子系统会产生强烈振动;转子系统进入混沌的主要途径是倍周期分岔;内圈波纹度引起的振动频率与波数有明确的函数关系.