基于混合方法的霍尔推力器寿命预估及参数影响分析

为了预估霍尔推力器的寿命,改进了用于半经验公式法的点源模型使原方法计算精度获得优化.在文献已有实验条件和结果的基础上,考察了改进半经验公式法及简易解析模型法的可靠性,结果表明,简易解析模型法在1000h以后的误差逐渐扩大,改进半经验公式法虽然计算精度较好,但需要短寿命实验结果为其提供确定参数的依据.为了在推力器设计阶段和无实验结果的条件下提供保证精度的寿命预估手段,建立了将两种方法结合的混合方法,该方法与简易解析模型法对比表明,运行4000h后SPT内、外壁面计算值的平均相对误差由13.53％和45.28％下降到4.84％和21.2％.采用此方法考察了推力器运行参数改变对寿命的影响规律.     

Total electron content of the ionosphere at two stations in East Africa during the 24–25 October 2011 geomagnetic storm

The equatorial ionosphere has been known to become highly disturbed and thus rendering space-based navigation unreliable during space weather events, such as geomagnetic storms. Modern navigation systems, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) use radio-wave signals that reflect from or propagate through the ionosphere as a means of determining range or distance. Such systems are vulnerable to effects caused by geomagnetic storms, and their performance can be severely degraded. This paper analyses total electron content (TEC) and the corresponding GPS scintillations using two GPS SCINDA receivers located at Makerere University, Uganda (Lat: 0.3^o N; Lon: 32.5^o E) and at the University of Nairobi, Kenya (Lat: 1.3^o S; Lon: 36.8^o E), both in East Africa. The analysis shows that the scintillations actually correspond to plasma bubbles. The occurrence of plasma bubbles at one station was correlated with those at the other station by using observations from the same satellite. It was noted that some bubbles develop at one station and presumably “die off” before reaching the other station. The paper also discusses the effects of the geomagnetic storm of the 24–25 October 2011 on the ionospheric TEC at the two East African stations. Reductions in the diurnal TEC at the two stations during the period of the storm were observed and the TEC depletions observed during that period showed much deeper depletions than on the non-storm days. The effects during the storm have been attributed to the uplift of the ionospheric plasma, which was then transported away from this region by diffusion along magnetic field lines.     

A stationary bow shock model for plasmas: The spherical blunt obstacle problem

We present an analytic model of a stationary bow shock which describes the interaction between a supermagnetosonic ambient wind and an obstacle with spherical-like frontal shape. We develop expressions for the bow shock’s geometry and the physical properties of the plasma sheath as functions of the upstream conditions. The solution is limited to magnetic fields parallel to the upstream velocity. The model allows to use any value of the upstream alfvenic and sonic Mach numbers and the polytropic index (γ$\gamma$), pointing out the influence of γ$\gamma$ for the magnetosheath compression and the bow shock shape. When both Mach numbers are small, the upstream magnetic field intensity affects also the bow shock shape. We compare our results with other models finding important consistencies. We also compare our results with in-situ data, we fund a reasonable qualitative agreement; however, it seems that our model underestimates the magnetosheath size.     

国外隐身材料研究进展

简单回顾了从二次世界大战至今几十年间,国外隐身材料的发展历程;系统综述了国外在陶瓷材料,导电高分子材料,晶须材料,纳米材料,手征材料等新型隐身材料研究方面所取得的进展,从耐高温隐身材料,智能隐身材料,等离子体隐身三个方面入手,重点介绍了国外近年来在隐身材料领域的最新进展;并且指出了隐身技术未来的发展方向。     

卫星490N发动机安装位置优化研究

针对490N发动机推力在卫星变轨过程中不能始终通过卫星质心,由此形成额外力矩对卫星姿态控制造成干扰的问题,文章提出了一种根据发动机推力偏斜和卫星质心位置变化情况,优化发动机安装位置的方法。此方法通过平移和旋转两种方式调整发动机的安装位置,改变推力作用点和方向,使其指向卫星质心变化范围的中心,以缩小推力相对卫星质心的偏心距,从而达到减小干扰力矩的目的。以某卫星490N发动机安装的工程实施为例,对比优化安装位置前后推力形成的干扰力矩的变化情况。结果表明:优化方法对减小干扰力矩能起到显著作用,可为工程中确定卫星变轨发动机安装位置及实施安装提供参考。     

微型脉冲推力器点火启动过程计算与点火药量选择

建立了微型脉冲推力器点火启动模型,模型中考虑了两相流动和颗粒对推进剂表面的冲击传热。根据数值计算结果,给出了不同产物颗粒含量下的点火药量选择参考范围。该参考范围对于产物颗粒含量小于50%的点火药是适用的;由于过多的颗粒含量将对装药表面产生强烈的热力冲蚀破坏作用,产物颗粒含量超过50%的点火药不适合微型火箭发动机。     

Structural and collisional data for Mg III and Al IV

We present in this work energy levels, oscillator strengths, radiative decay rates and fine structure collision strengths for the Mg III and Al IV ions. The 11 configurations: (1s²) 2s²2p⁶, 2s²2p⁵3l, 2s2p⁶3l, 2s²2p⁵4l   (l?n-1$l?n-1$, where n is the principal quantum number), yielding the lowest 75 levels are used. The collisional data for these two ions are missing in the literature, especially the database CHIANTI, this is the principal motivation behind the present work. Calculations have been performed using the AUTOSTRUCTURE code. AUTOSTRUCTURE treats the scattering problem in the distorted wave approach. Fine structure collision strengths are calculated for a range of electron energies from 10 Ry to 240 Ry. The atomic structure data are compared to available experimental and theoretical results.     

Occurrence of equatorial plasma bubbles over Kolhapur

This paper reports the nightglow observations of OI 630.0 nm emissions, made by using all sky imager operating at low latitude station Kolhapur (16.8°N, 74.2°E and dip lat. 10.6°N) during high sunspot number years of 24th solar cycle. The images are analyzed to study the nocturnal, seasonal and solar activity dependence occurrence of plasma bubbles. We observed EPBs in images regularly during a limited period 19:30 to 02:30 LT and reach maximum probability of occurrence at 22:30 LT. The observation pattern of EPBs shows nearly no occurrence during the month of May and it maximizes during the period October–April. The equinox and solstice seasonal variations in the occurrence of plasma bubbles show nearly equal and large differences, respectively, between years of 2010–11 and 2011–12.     

200N Cf/SiC复合材料推力器研制

为了研制Cf/SiC复合材料推力器,对Cf/SiC复合材料物理性能进行了试验研究,测试了Cf/SiC复合材料在空间复杂环境下的适应性及力学性能;采用化学气象沉积法制备抗氧化涂层;采用自动缠绕成型工艺制备Cf/SiC复合材料喷管;采用Ti-Ni复合钎料进行了高温钎焊试验,获得了最优的钎焊工艺参数,完成了Cf/SiC复合材料与金属铌的钎焊连接;制备了试验样机并进行了热试车考核.结果表明,Cf/SiC复合材料在经历各种空间环境后,仍可保持良好的力学性能,涂层具有较好的抗氧化能力.热试车过程中,稳态试车室压平稳,脉冲工作时,推力器响应迅速,脉冲一致性好;燃烧效率达到设计要求,钎焊缝结构完好,Cf/SiC复合材料喷管无明显烧蚀,热试车圆满成功.     

离子发动机羽流空间电位诊断

离子发动机羽流空间电位分布不合理可能会造成一系列问题,以至于影响航天器的正常工作。试验使用发射探针对20 cm氙离子发动机束流区等离子体空间电位进行诊断,测点选取轴向距离发动机出口平面250～900 mm,径向0～450 mm,探针钨丝直径0.1 mm,加热电流1.5～2.5 A。发射探针诊断建立在电子热发射基础上,因其I-V曲线拐点较朗缪尔探针更为明显,所以测量得到的空间电位分布更为准确。国外已经广泛使用发射探针测量等离子体空间电位,发射探针的试验数据处理方法仍存在较大分歧。从发射探针工作时的物理过程着手,分析热电子发射多少对空间电位诊断结果的影响,采用不同的探针I-V曲线处理方法并对各种方法利弊进行讨论,分析偏离真实空间电位的原因,比较得到较为合理的结果,对发射探针的结构改造和加热电流的选取提供依据,为发动机性能的改善和羽流仿真模型提供参考。