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Space Science Reviews - Particles are accelerated to very high, non-thermal energies in solar and space plasma environments. While energy spectra of accelerated electrons often exhibit a power law,...     

Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass for the International Space Station (ISS-CREAM)

The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) instrument is configured with a suite of particle detectors to measure TeV cosmic-ray elemental spectra from protons to iron nuclei over a wide energy range. The goal is to extend direct measurements of cosmic-ray composition to the highest energies practical, and thereby have enough overlap with ground based indirect measurements to answer questions on cosmic-ray origin, acceleration and propagation. The balloon-borne CREAM was flown successfully for about 161 days in six flights over Antarctica to measure elemental spectra of Z = 1–26 nuclei over the energy range 10¹⁰ to >10¹⁴ eV. Transforming the balloon instrument into ISS-CREAM involves identification and replacement of components that would be at risk in the International Space Station (ISS) environment, in addition to assessing safety and mission assurance concerns. The transformation process includes rigorous testing of components to reduce risks and increase survivability on the launch vehicle and operations on the ISS without negatively impacting the heritage of the successful CREAM design. The project status, including results from the ongoing analysis of existing data and, particularly, plans to increase the exposure factor by another order of magnitude utilizing the International Space Station are presented.     

Comprehensive data reduction package for the Immersion GRating INfrared Spectrograph: IGRINS

We present a Python-based data reduction pipeline package (PLP) for the Immersion GRating INfrared Spectrograph (IGRINS), an instrument that covers the complete H- and K-bands in one exposure with a spectral resolving power of 40,000. The reduction steps carried out by the PLP include flat-fielding, background removal, order extraction, distortion correction, wavelength calibration, and telluric correction using spectra of A type standard stars. As the spectrograph has no moving parts, the PLP automatically reduces the data using predefined functions for the processes of order extraction, distortion correction, and wavelength calibration. Before the telluric correction of the target spectra, the intrinsic hydrogen absorption features of the standard A star are removed with a Gaussian fitting algorithm. The final result is the flux of the target as a function of wavelength. Users can customize the predefined functions for the extraction of the spectrum from the echellogram and adjust the parameters for the fitting functions for the spectra of celestial objects, using “fine-tuning” options, as necessary. Presently, the PLP produces the best results for point-source targets.     

热障涂层喷涂质量微焦点CT检测

采用微焦点X射线源对热障涂层样品进行了高分辨率X射线成像研究,采用多尺度对比度增强算法提高了热障涂层与基体之间的对比度.X射线图像显示热障涂层各处厚度差异较大,热障涂层内部可能存在大量孔隙.通过微焦点计算机层析成像(CT)对样品进行了高分辨率CT扫描与重建,得到了样品的CT重建图像.从热障涂层CT图像观察到热障涂层内部存在大量孔隙,且不同层孔隙尺寸、数量不同.结合3个坐标方向的切片图像分析了热障涂层深度方向的热障涂层厚度,得到了热障涂层厚度的二维分布,测量得到热障涂层平均厚度约为40μm.对沿热障涂层深度方向850~1131层切片图像,利用可视化软件VGstudio MAX得到了热障涂层内部孔隙三维分布.研究结果表明:微焦点CT可用于热障涂层制备工艺质量检测.      

Day-to-day variability of equatorial anomaly in GPS-TEC during low solar activity period

The ionospheric total electron content (TEC) in the northern hemispheric equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) crest region is investigated by using dual-frequency signals of the Global Positioning System (GPS) acquired from Rajkot (Geog. Lat. 22.29°N, Geog. Long. 70.74°E; Geom. Lat. 14.21°N, Geom. Long. 144.90°E), India. The day-to-day variability of EIA characteristics is examined during low solar activity period (F10.7∼83 sfu). It is found that the daily maximum TEC at EIA crest exhibits a day-to-day and strong semi-annual variability. The seasonal anomaly and equinoctial asymmetry in TEC at EIA is found non-existent and weaker, respectively. We found a moderate and positive correlation of daily magnitude of crest, Ic with daily F10.7 and EUV fluxes with a correlation coefficient of 0.43 and 0.33, respectively indicating an existence of a short-term relation between TEC at EIA and the solar radiation even during low solar activity period. The correlation of daily Ic with Dst index is also moderate (r = −0.35), whereas no correlation is found with the daily Kp index (r = 0.14) respectively. We found that the magnitude of EIA crest is moderately correlated with solar flux in all seasons except winter where it is weakly related (0.27). The magnitude of EIA crest is also found highly related with EEJ strength in spring (r = 0.69) and summer (r = 0.65) than autumn (0.5) and winter (r = 0.47), though EEJ is stronger in autumn than spring.     

高动态GPS信号粗捕和精捕算法仿真实现

为了解决高动态下对GPS信号快速捕获的问题,提出了改进的部分匹配滤波(PMF)和快速傅里叶变换(FFT)相结合的粗捕方法,对其原理和结构进行了分析,并针对其引起的扇贝损失和捕获性能不高的问题,对传统PMF+FFT方法进行加窗处理;考虑到高动态下基于扩展卡尔曼跟踪的方法对捕获后参数的精度要求很高,因此在粗捕的基础上提出了基于线性调频Z变换(CZT)算法的精捕方法,并在GPS信号理论模型和模拟高动态轨迹的基础上,实现了高动态GPS数字中频信号的生成,为进一步加快捕获速度,对于冷启动时提出了一种组合码相关的卫星快速盲搜方法;最后通过MATLAB进行系统仿真实验,验证了所提出的高动态GPS信号粗捕和精捕算法能在加速度为100 g的高动态环境下有约10 Hz的捕获精度。     

Onboard orbit determination using GPS observations based on the unscented Kalman filter

Spaceborne GPS receivers are used for real-time navigation by most low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. In general, the position and velocity accuracy of GPS navigation solutions without a dynamic filter are 25 m (1σ) and 0.5 m/s (1σ), respectively. However, GPS navigation solutions, which consist of position, velocity, and GPS receiver clock bias, have many abnormal excursions from the normal error range for space operation. These excursions lessen the accuracy of attitude control and onboard time synchronization. In this research, a new onboard orbit determination algorithm designed with the unscented Kalman filter (UKF) was developed to improve the performance. Because the UKF is able to obtain the posterior mean and covariance accurately by using the second-order Taylor series expansion through the sampled sigma points that are propagated by using the true nonlinear system, its performance can be better than that of the extended Kalman filter (EKF), which uses the linearized state transition matrix to predict the covariance. The dynamic models for orbit propagation applied perturbations due to the 40 × 40 geo-potential, the gravity of the Sun and Moon, solar radiation pressure, and atmospheric drag. The 7(8)th-order Runge–Kutta numerical integration was applied for orbit propagation. Two types of observations, navigation solutions and C/A code pseudorange, can be used at the user’s discretion. The performances of the onboard orbit determination were verified using real GPS data of the CHAMP and KOMPSAT-2 satellites. The results of the orbit determination were compared with the precision orbit ephemeris (POE) of the CHAMP and KOMPSAT-2 satellites.     

航空航天复合材料应用的最新进展

文章介绍了先进复合材料的最新进展情况,内容包括用于最新复合材料体系的各种增强纤维、树脂基体,及复合材料结构设计的一些新概念。重点介绍了低成本和高效的制造技术。复合材料重要结构件的制造技术在不断改进,制造出的部件不仅精度和强度更高,而且更显成本效益。文章还介绍了航空航天领域一些新研发的复合材料结构件。     

Mistuned bladed disk forced vibration analysis based on standing wave formulation

Forced vibration analysis including a vortex lattice prediction given an external aerodynamic force is conducted in this paper based on a standing wave formulation. The starting point of the standing wave formulation is a set of blade disk normal modes that incorporate all forms of the blade, disk, and shroud elastic coupling. The Küssner gust function was used in a few previous investigations of forced vibration based on the standing wave formulation. However, it was found to be valid only for low engine-order excitation. Therefore, a two-dimensional unsteady vortex lattice method is employed in this paper to predict the gust excitation up to higher engine-order excitation. Thus, the present unsteady vortex lattice analytical model is capable of capturing compressibility and higher engine-order excitation. It features advantages in terms of its computational time and level of accuracy. The effects of mistuning a cascaded blade are also examined in the present aeroelastic analysis to determine the possible advantages obtained by doing this. Numerical results for the mistuned bladed disk are presented regarding its forced response characteristics. In a low engine-order excitation condition, it is shown that similar predictions are obtained between the present and earlier analyses. The maximum discrepancy in the blade amplitude is 70% for a single-blade mistuned rotor and 62.6% for an alternately mistuned rotor, in the worst case, compared to a completely tuned rotor. Single-peak frequencies are presented and analyzed in the higher engine-order excitation levels.