Integration of lessons from recent research for “Earth to Mars” life support systems

Development of reliable and robust strategies for long-term life support for planetary exploration must be built from real-time experimentation to verify and improve system components. Also critical is incorporating a range of viable options to handle potential short-term life system imbalances. This paper revisits some of the conceptual framework for a Mars base prototype which has been developed by the authors along with others previously advanced (“Mars on Earth^®”) in the light of three years of experimentation in the Laboratory Biosphere, further investigation of system alternatives and the advent of other innovative engineering and agri-ecosystem approaches. Several experiments with candidate space agriculture crops have demonstrated the higher productivity possible with elevated light levels and improved environmental controls. For example, crops of sweet potatoes exceeded original Mars base prototype projections by an average of 46% (53% for best crop) ultradwarf (Apogee) wheat by 9% (23% for best crop), pinto bean by 13% (31% for best crop). These production levels, although they may be increased with further optimization of lighting regimes, environmental parameters, crop density etc. offer evidence that a soil-based system can be as productive as the hydroponic systems which have dominated space life support scenarios and research. But soil also offers distinct advantages: the capability to be created on the Moon or Mars using in situ space resources, reduces long-term reliance on consumables and imported resources, and more readily recycling and incorporating crew and crop waste products. In addition, a living soil contains a complex microbial ecosystem which helps prevent the buildup of trace gases or compounds, and thus assist with air and water purification. The atmospheric dynamics of these crops were studied in the Laboratory Biosphere adding to the database necessary for managing the mixed stands of crops essential for supplying a nutritionally adequate diet in space. This paper explores some of the challenges of small bioregenerative life support: air-sealing and facility architecture/design, balance of short-term variations of carbon dioxide and oxygen through staggered plantings, options for additional atmospheric buffers and sinks, lighting/energy efficiency engineering, crop and waste product recycling approaches, and human factor considerations in the design and operation of a Mars base. An “Earth to Mars” project, forging the ability to live sustainably in space (as on Earth) requires continued research and testing of these components and integrated subsystems; and developing a step-by-step learning process.     

基于SimulationX的可调静子导叶机械滞后效应系统仿真

为了解决压气机可调静子导叶(VSV)机械滞后问题,基于Simulat ionX系统仿真平台,建立了VSV调节系统仿真模型。通过仿真结果与台架试验数据对比分析,验证了模型的有效性。在此基础上,结合FMEA方法分析了不同因素对VSV角度滞后的影响程度。分析结果表明:发动机个体分散度和不同热状态之间的驱动负载、驱动能力、活门特性的差别是引发问题的主要因素,当由2种以上因素共同作用时,VSV角度的机械滞后效应增加。提出了1种新的故障模式,并通过台架试验完成了验证。     

基于CST方法的吸附式压气机叶型及抽吸方案耦合优化设计

为了探索吸附式叶型设计特点,研究了一种将类别形状函数变换法(CST)方法和人工蜂群算法相结合,利用2D程序作为流场求解器,对吸附式叶型和抽吸方案进行耦合优化设计的新型吸附式压气机叶型设计方法,并且详细论证了CST方法用于吸附式叶型优化设计的可行性。研究结果表明:耦合优化设计之后在保证叶型强度未下降的基础上总压损失降低了65%,气流转折角增加了3°,气动性能得到较大的提升。针对所优化的进口高亚声速的吸附式叶型,通过适当改变叶型前缘处的型面,可以较好地控制气流马赫数,避免产生激波,从而防止附面层厚度增加,降低叶型损失。     

周向总压畸变对对转压气机影响效应分析

以对转压气机为研究对象,在数值方法校验的基础上,应用全通道定常流场分析手段计算了对转压气机不同周向畸变条件下的三维流场,获取了周向总压进气畸变对该压气机性能以及流场结构的影响效应,确定了对转压气机的临界畸变角,分析了不同畸变强度对压气机性能的影响规律,探讨了周向总压畸变在对转压气机中的发展演化过程。结果表明:(a)所研究的对转压气机临界畸变角约为72°,略高于传统动-静叶排交替的压气机临界畸变角;(b)相比均匀进气工况,当畸变指数为0.24时,对转压气机失速点压比和失速裕度分别下降3%和9.6%,当畸变指数为0.5时二者分别下降8.3%和19.8%;(c)未畸变区与畸变区流体之间存在的压力梯度影响转子叶片相对来流速度。进入畸变区叶片来流相对速度减小,负荷降低,退出畸变区叶片来流相对速度增大,负荷增大;(d)上游转子使得畸变水平提高,下游转子反向旋转效应抑制了来流相对速度变化趋势,增强了气流在其叶片通道中的掺混,使得畸变水平有所下降。     

A strategic flight conflict avoidance approach based on a memetic algorithm

Conflict avoidance （CA） plays a crucial role in guaranteeing the airspace safety. The cur- rent approaches, mostly focusing on a short-term situation which eliminates conflicts via local adjust- ment, cannot provide a global solution. Recently, long-term conflict avoidance approaches, which are proposed to provide solutions via strategically planning traffic flow from a global view, have attracted more attentions. With consideration of the situation in China, there are thousands of flights per day and the air route network is large and complex, which makes the long-term problem to be a large-scale combinatorial optimization problem with complex constraints. To minimize the risk of premature convergence being faced by current approaches and obtain higher quality solutions, in this work, we present an effective strategic framework based on a memetic algorithm （MA）, which can markedly improve search capability via a combination of population-based global search and local improve- ments made by individuals. In addition, a specially designed local search operator and an adaptive local search frequency strategy are proposed to improve the solution quality. Furthermore, a fast genetic algorithm （GA） is presented as the global optimization method. Empirical studies using real traffic data of the Chinese air route network and daily flight plans show that our approach outper- formed the existing approaches including the GA .based approach and the cooperative coevolution based approach as well as some well-known memetic algorithm based approaches.     

Collision risk-capacity tradeoff analysis of an en-route corridor model

Flow corridors are a new class of trajectory-based airspace which derives from the next generation air transportation system concept of operations. Reducing the airspace complexity and increasing the capacity are the main purposes of the en-route corridor. This paper analyzes the collision risk-capacity tradeoff using a combined discrete–continuous simulation method. A basic two-dimensional en-route flow corridor with performance rules is designed as the operational environment. A second-order system is established by combining the point mass model and the proportional derivative controller together to simulate the self-separation operations of the aircrafts in the corridor and the operation performance parameters from the User Manual for the Base of Aircraft Data are used in this research in order to improve the reliability. Simulation results indicate that the aircrafts can self-separate from each other efficiently by adjusting their velocities,and rationally setting the values of some variables can improve the rate and stability of the corridor with low risks of loss of separation.     

基于人工蜂群算法与NURBS的吸附式叶型优化设计

为提高轴流压气机吸附式叶型优化设计的质量,设计了一套基于人工蜂群(ABC)算法和非均匀有理B样条(NURBS)的自动优化设计系统.对人工蜂群算法的运行机制进行了深入分析,并与目前广泛使用的遗传算法(GA)进行了对比.对比发现人工蜂群算法可以更好地逼近全局最优值且收敛效率提高50%.使用NURBS对叶型进行参数化,并研究了参数化过程中的畸变问题.将抽吸参数与叶栅参数同时作为优化变量,使用该系统对一吸附式叶栅进行了优化.结果显示:抽吸槽设置在58.44%轴向弦长位置处流动损失下降明显,与优化前未抽吸叶型相比流动损失降低64.8%,气流分离得到有效抑制.     

超燃冲压发动机燃烧室空气节流技术研究

为考察空气节流对超燃冲压发动机燃烧室的影响,非定常数值模拟和地面实验相结合证实了空气节流可以实现超燃燃烧室燃料稳定燃烧,研究了节流位置、节流流量、节流撤去时间对节流效果的影响。结果表明:在燃烧室入口马赫数2,静温548.8K,静压101555.9Pa条件下,745mm处节流时,激波串稳定时间较短,稳焰失败;875mm处节流时,火焰稳定成功。随着节流流量和节流撤去时间的增加,燃烧越来越剧烈,壁面压力逐渐升高,可能影响进气道的起动,对于本文来流条件,30%入口空气流量作为节流流量是合适的,440ms以前撤去空气节流是恰当的。     

桨尖喷气驱动系统的实验与数值模拟研究

桨尖喷气驱动是一种很有应用前景的动力驱动类型,针对桨尖喷气驱动系统进行设计研究。通过建立压气机式桨尖喷气驱动系统的实验平台,改变入口条件,测量得到喷气管道内部的流动参数以及桨尖喷口的静推力,进而计算此驱动系统的输出功率,对整个驱动系统的性能进行试验分析,然后采用CFD数值模拟方法对试验的各个流动状态进行仿真计算。结果表明:CFD数值计算结果与试验值吻合的很好,随着入口总压的提高,推力及功率变大,同时说明了CFD数值方法的可靠性,也为CFD数值模拟技术在喷气驱动系统的效率以及动力来源的选择与适配研究提供了参考。     

无线电陆空通话英语交际能力模型研究

民航无线电陆空通话语言是以英语为载体的一种空地交流的特殊语言。本文在应用语言学的研究成果之上,提出了该语言的交际能力模型,该模型包括语言能力、策略能力、背景知识和心理生理机制四个部分。笔者结合民航陆空通话实际,对模型各个部分进行了分析,重点解析了策略能力在模型中的核心功能。