GPS scintillation and TEC depletion near the northern crest of equatorial anomaly over South China

This study presents a statistical analysis of GPS L-band scintillation with data observed from July 2008 to March 2012 at the northern crest of equatorial anomaly stations in Guangzhou and Shenzhen of South China. The variations of the scintillation with local time, season, solar activity and duration of scintillation patches were investigated. The relationship between the scintillation and TEC depletion was also reported. Our results revealed that GPS scintillation occurred from 19:30 LT (pre-midnight) to 03:00 LT (post-midnight). During quiet solar activity years, the scintillation was only observed in pre-midnight hours of equinox months and patches durations were mostly less than 60 min. During high solar activity years, more scintillation occurred in the pre-midnight hours of equinox and winter months; and GPS scintillation started to occur in the post-midnight hours of summer and winter. The duration of scintillation patches extended to 180 min in high solar activity years. Solar activity had a larger effect to strong scintillations (S₄ > 0.6) than to weak scintillations (0.6 ? S₄ > 0.2). Strong scintillations were accompanied by TEC depletion especially in equinox months. We also discussed the relationship between TEC depletion and plasma bubble.     

隐身等离子体的几个相关问题研究

在目标的雷达隐身方面,等离子体具有巨大的应用潜力。对隐身应用时产生等离子体的气压、放电气体种类以及放电方式进行了论述。指出在大气压下,适宜利用惰性气体放电来产生等离子体。而目前许多文献中所报道的隐身等离子体的产生方法离工程应用还有一定距离,还有许多问题亟待解决。     

碳／碳材料烧蚀对电离边界层的影响

本文给出了碳/碳复合材料热化学烧蚀对层流和湍流电离边界层影响的计算方法。边界层中考虑了20个气体组元,并假设所有化学反应平衡。应用了边界层方程的新解法和简化的输运性质处理。算例表明,烧蚀对边界层的电离特性有很大影响,烧蚀产物中,碱金属的电离并不总占优势。     

脉冲等离子体推力器放电电离二维PIC建模与仿真

摘要： 针对脉冲等离子体推力器（PPT）的放电过程,利用粒子网格 蒙特卡洛（PIC MCC）方法建立仿真计算模型.以LES 6 PPT为例,加入电离碰撞进行电离仿真.通过粒子运动碰撞与电磁场耦合仿真计算得到电流与电路总电阻的变化规律,揭示了PPT放电过程中等离子体密度分布情况.通过对比不加入粒子预分布与加入粒子预分布的两种条件下的计算结果,得到了加入粒子预分布使带电粒子密度计算结果更接近实验结果的结论.根据PPT的工作过程,在放电之前推力器内存在等离子体,所以在仿真研究中应进行粒子的预分布.文中的研究方法对PPT的粒子方法模拟具有一定的参考意义.     

乙烯燃烧简化化学动力学模型及其验证

采用“准稳态”方法,从乙烯燃烧的详细化学反应动力学模型出发,建立了包含20个组分和16步总包反应的简化化学动力学模型。为检验动力学模型的有效性,在我国同步辐射实验室燃烧站上开展了乙烯／O2／Ar的层流预混火焰组分测量。应用一维数值方法对实验结果进行了模拟,计算的组分分布和实验测量数据进行了对比。结果表明：简化反应动力学模型能有效地再现详细基元反应模型的反应机理,具有较高精度;但采用乙烯详细化学动力学模型计算结果与实验测量还存在一定的差异,需要进一步改进。     

Variability study of the crest-to-trough TEC ratio of the equatorial ionization anomaly around 120°E longitude

In this paper, latitudinal profiles of the vertical total electron content (TEC) deduced from the dual-frequency GPS measurements obtained at ground stations around 120°E longitude were used to study the variability of the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA). The present study mainly focuses on the analysis of the crest-to-trough TEC ratio (TEC-CTR) which is an important parameter representing the strength of EIA. Data used for the present study covered the time period from 01 January, 1998 to 31 December, 2004. An empirical orthogonal function analysis method is used to obtain the main features of the TEC-CTR’s diurnal and seasonal variations as well as its solar activity level dependency. Our results showed that: (1) The diurnal variation pattern of the TEC-CTR at 120°E longitude is characterized by two remarkable peaks, one occurring in the post-noon hours around 13–14 LT, and the other occurring in the post-sunset hours around 20–21 LT, and the post-sunset peak has a much higher value than the post-noon one. (2) Both for the north and south crests, the TEC-CTR at 120°E longitude showed a semi-annual variation with maximum peak values occurring in the equinoctial months. (3) TEC-CTR for the north crest has lower values in summer than in winter, whereas TEC-CTR for the south crest does not show this ‘winter anomaly’ effect. In other words, TEC-CTR for both the north and south crests has higher values in the northern hemispheric winter than in the northern hemispheric summer. (4) TEC-CTR in the daytime post-noon hours (12–14 LT) does not vary much with the solar activity, however, TEC-CTR in the post-sunset hours (19–21 LT) shows a clear dependence on the solar activity, its values increasing with solar activity.     

S781白漆低能质子辐照损伤的模拟研究

文章为研究低能质子与S781白漆的微观交互作用,利用SRIM-2003软件模拟了10～150 keV质子辐照S781白漆过程,计算了S781白漆及其ZnO颜料、粘结剂组分的核阻止本领、电子阻止本领、电离损失、位移损失以及质子的射程。结果表明,S781白漆的电子阻止本领远大于核阻止本领,辐照损伤以电离效应为主,电离损失主要发生在ZnO颜料上。