Recent active thermal management technologies for the development of energy-optimized aerospace vehicles in China

Recently, the development of modern vehicles has brought about aggressive integration and miniaturization of on-board electrical and electronic devices. It will lead to exponential growth in both the overall waste heat and heat flux to be dissipated to maintain the devices within a safe temperature range. However, both the total heat sinks aboard and the cooling capacity of currently utilized thermal control strategy are severely limited, which threatens the lifetime of the on-board equipment and even the entire flight system and shrink the vehicle’s flight time and range. Facing these thermal challenges, the USA proposed the program of “INVENT” to maximize utilities of the available heat sinks and enhance the cooling ability of thermal control strategies. Following the efforts done by the USA researchers, scientists in China fought their ways to develop thermal management technologies for Chinese advanced energy-optimized airplanes and spacecraft. This paper elaborates the available on-board heat sinks and aerospace thermal management systems using both active and passive technologies not confined to the technology in China. Subsequently, active thermal management technologies in China including fuel thermal management system, environment control system, non-fuel liquid cooling strategy are reviewed. At last, space thermal control technologies used in Chinese Space Station and Chang’e-3 and to be used in Chang’e-5 are introduced. Key issues to be solved are also identified, which could facilitate the development of aerospace thermal control techniques across the world.     

伺服机构负载模拟系统设计与动态特性分析

针对火箭发动机喷管伺服机构的负载模拟问题,采用机械的方式,设计了一种可对伺服机构的惯性负载、摩擦力矩负载、弹性力矩负载、安装刚度以及发动机喷管柔性特征进行模拟的负载模拟器,并建立了模拟器和伺服机构数学模型。仿真分析了惯性负载、弹性力矩以及喷管柔性对伺服机构负载多自由度特性的影响。通过对伺服机构扫频实验,负载模拟器中的负载在一定范围内调节,可复现伺服机构实际工作中的动态特性。说明该负载模拟器结构设计合理,从而为具有多自由度特性的火箭伺服机构的负载模拟系统设计提供参考。该系统已经得到实际应用。     

Manifold dynamics in the Earth–Moon system via isomorphic mapping with application to spacecraft end-of-life strategies

Recently, manifold dynamics has assumed an increasing relevance for analysis and design of low-energy missions, both in the Earth–Moon system and in alternative multibody environments. With regard to lunar missions, exterior and interior transfers, based on the transit through the regions where the collinear libration points L₁ and L₂ are located, have been studied for a long time and some space missions have already taken advantage of the results of these studies. This paper is focused on the definition and use of a special isomorphic mapping for low-energy mission analysis. A convenient set of cylindrical coordinates is employed to describe the spacecraft dynamics (i.e. position and velocity), in the context of the circular restricted three-body problem, used to model the spacecraft motion in the Earth–Moon system. This isomorphic mapping of trajectories allows the identification and intuitive representation of periodic orbits and of the related invariant manifolds, which correspond to tubes that emanate from the curve associated with the periodic orbit. Heteroclinic connections, i.e. the trajectories that belong to both the stable and the unstable manifolds of two distinct periodic orbits, can be easily detected by means of this representation. This paper illustrates the use of isomorphic mapping for finding (a) periodic orbits, (b) heteroclinic connections between trajectories emanating from two Lyapunov orbits, the first at L₁, and the second at L₂, and (c) heteroclinic connections between trajectories emanating from the Lyapunov orbit at L₁ and from a particular unstable lunar orbit. Heteroclinic trajectories are asymptotic trajectories that travels at zero-propellant cost. In practical situations, a modest delta-v budget is required to perform transfers along the manifolds. This circumstance implies the possibility of performing complex missions, by combining different types of trajectory arcs belonging to the manifolds. This work studies also the possible application of manifold dynamics to defining suitable, convenient end-of-life strategies for spacecraft orbiting the Earth. Seven distinct options are identified, and lead to placing the spacecraft into the final disposal orbit, which is either (a) a lunar capture orbit, (b) a lunar impact trajectory, (c) a stable lunar periodic orbit, or (d) an outer orbit, never approaching the Earth or the Moon. Two remarkable properties that relate the velocity variations with the spacecraft energy are employed for the purpose of identifying the optimal locations, magnitudes, and directions of the velocity impulses needed to perform the seven transfer trajectories. The overall performance of each end-of-life strategy is evaluated in terms of time of flight and propellant budget.     

空间在轨服务物理仿真系统有效性研究

研究典型在轨服务机器人气浮式物理仿真系统的有效性问题。针对在轨逼近和操作（抓取、移动和释放）这两种关键工作模式,从动力学原理和干扰下响应的一致性两个方面,系统分析了仿真数据的有效性。基于对误差模型的分析,研究仿真系统中干扰因素对仿真数据有效性的影响,给出物理仿真系统的可应用条件。将该结果应用到具体物理仿真系统中,可以对物理仿真试验起指导作用。     

航天器火工冲击技术研究进展

系统总结了国内外航天器火工冲击环境预示、地面试验和减冲击技术三个方面的研究进展,并分析了国内在以上三个方面与国外航天强国的差距。在此基础上,从我国航天工程实际需求出发,分析指出了今后航天器火工冲击领域应重点开展的研究方向。     

柔性绳网动力学建模与天地差异性分析

采用有限元模型研究了柔性绳网系统的动力学特性。针对空间绳网直接弹射展开方式,首先将绳网离散为若干单元,各单元处理为非线性“半阻尼弹簧”模型,然后分别计算各单元所受气动力和重力,最终建立绳网系统多柔体动力学模型。基于所建立的动力学模型分别对柔性绳网在地面和太空展开的动力学过程进行了仿真分析,研究了绳网在展开面积、空间位形和飞行距离等方面的天地差异性及其动力学机理,为未来空间绳网系统的分析设计提供理论参考。     

NEPE推进剂/衬层结构-性能MD模拟（Ⅱ）--复杂体系组分分子迁移和配方设计示例

用分子动力学( MD)方法,对( PEG/NG/BTTN)/NPBA/HMX/AP/PEG/N-100//HTPB/TDI复杂的推进剂/衬层模型体系进行295 K-NVT模拟研究,展示了组分分子的浓度分布和迁移状况,发现HMX和NPBA分子有向界面层迁移趋势,而AP则呈平均分布态势。以RDX等量取代HMX后所得新配方的MD模拟研究表明,前者拉伸模量( E)、体模量( K)和剪切模量( G)、柯西压( C12-C44)和K/G值均有明显下降,表明新配方的刚性、强度和延展性均有下降;新配方中引发键(N—NO2)最大键长(1.528?)明显大于原配方中相应值(1.503?),预示新配方感度增大、安全性将下降;比较RDX、HMX与其他组分之间的结合能,前者小于后者,预示新配方的相容性较差。     

复合喷管结构温度场流固耦合仿真分析

为了评估复合喷管热防护性能以及获取喷管烧蚀和结构应力分析的工况条件,运用Fluent流体动力学软件,对复合喷管的结构温度场进行了数值仿真。分析中,采用了两方程RNG k?ω湍流模型和增强型壁面函数,利用流固耦合的计算方法,获得了喷管结构瞬态温度场的计算结果,重点分析了结构温度场最终分布状态和初期传播特点,以及喉衬温度随时间的变化规律,估算了喉衬的烧蚀。分析结果表明,喷管结构热防护性能满足要求,温度最高区域位于喷管收敛段中后部,喉衬线烧蚀量约为2．1 mm,为喷管结构进一步优化设计提供了重要参考依据。     

激波引燃冲压发动机一体化流场数值模拟

激波引燃冲压发动机是一种采用爆轰形式组织燃烧的吸气式高超声速飞行器动力系统。采用AUSMPW+迎风格式、氢氧7组分8步基于反应模型,在非结构网格离散域上求解二维多组分化学非平衡流Euler方程。采用发展的数值方法求解了激波引燃冲压发动机内外一体化流场,研究了台阶长度、斜劈尖角度对发动机流场结构和发动机性能参数的影响规律。计算结果表明,所发展的数值方法能用于激波引燃冲压发动机的一体化流场和性能预示计算;台阶长度和斜劈尖角度影响发动机流场结构和预混气体能量释放程度。推力和燃料比冲均随台阶长度的增大而增大,随斜劈尖角度的增大而减少。     

粉末火箭发动机燃烧室燃烧流动特性研究

选取颗粒轨道模型,对Al／AP粉末颗粒在粉末火箭发动机内流动和燃烧进行三维数值模拟,为以Al粉末燃料和AP粉末氧化剂作为推进剂的新型燃烧室的设计以及实验研究提供参考。文中提出了一种粉末火箭发动机构型,通过对发动机燃烧室进行冷态和热态数值模拟,研究了氧燃比、Al粉末颗粒大小、燃烧室体积等因素对粉末火箭发动机燃烧室燃烧性能的影响。结果表明,一定范围内氧燃比较高时,燃烧室温度反而较低;较小粉末颗粒在燃烧室内更易离散;Al颗粒粒径越小越易燃烧,Al燃烧率也越高;验证了在Al／AP粉末火箭发动机的设计中引入特征长度来匹配Al粉粒径与燃烧室体积的合理性。