Scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China’s first Mars exploration mission

This paper describes the scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China’s first exploration mission to Mars. An orbiter, carrying a lander and a rover, lifted-off in July 2020 for a journey to Mars where it should arrive in February 2021. A suite of 13 scientific payloads, for in-situ and remote sensing, autonomously commanded by integrated payload controllers and mounted on the orbiter and the rover will study the magnetosphere and ionosphere of Mars and the relation with the solar wind, the atmosphere, surface and subsurface of the planet, looking at the topography, composition and structure and in particular for subsurface ice. The mission will also investigate Mars climate history. It is expected that Tianwen-1 will contribute significantly to advance our scientific knowledge of Mars.     

Measurement of mass diffusion coefficients of O_2 in aviation fuel through digital holographic interferometry

The experimental apparatus to measure the mass diffusion coefficients of O2 in aviation fuel was constructed based on the digital holographic interferometry method. The theory of mass diffusion coefficient and interference image processing were introduced in detail. The accuracy of the experiment was verified by measuring the mass diffusion coefficient of 0.33 mol/L KCl in aqueous solution at 298.15 K. The mass diffusion coefficients of O_2 in RP3 and RP5 aviation fuels were measured at temperature from 278.15 K to 333.15 K, and the Arrhenius equation was employed to fit the experimental data. In terms of the Stokes-Einstein equation, the viscosities of these two aviation fuels were tested to estimate the correlation among mass diffusion coefficient, viscosity and temperature. A uniform polynomial calculation correlation was proposed to predict the mass diffusion coefficients of O_2 in both RP3 and RP5 aviation fuels, and its accuracy is considerably higher than that of the Stokes-Einstein equation.     

横流中空心锥形喷雾的扩散特性与影响因素

为了更好地理解和认识空心锥形喷雾射流与横向气流的掺混过程，基于可视化实验测量，针对空心锥形喷雾的初始雾化状态、喷射角度和雾化锥角以及横流速度等因素对空心锥形喷雾射流在横流中的扩散特性进行了系统分析。研究结果表明，随着横流速度的提高，流场中对称反旋涡对（CVP）结构变小，但其稳定性及产生的卷吸气流则是先增强而后减小；提高喷雾初始液滴的动量和数流率，均可以增大射流剪切层的贯穿深度和射流尾迹的伸展高度，同时使流场中CVP的涡量强度增大。基于实验测量结果，建立了空心锥形喷雾垂直入射横流条件下掺混流场液滴群CVP结构特征尺寸和剪切层轨迹的预测关联式。另外针对喷嘴雾化锥角和喷射角度的分析表明，当喷雾初始雾化状态相近时，随着雾化锥角的减小，流场中CVP的水平尺度减小但竖直方向尺度增大且结构更为稳定，同时喷雾液滴的贯穿深度增大；相比喷雾垂直于横流入射，当喷嘴以一定角度逆向横流入射时，CVP结构稳定性减弱，流场剪切层涡结构变大且剪切层区域液滴富集现象减弱，射流尾迹紊乱程度增加，反之，则流场剪切层涡拟序结构变小，射流尾迹现象减弱，CVP结构变小。     

液液同轴离心式喷嘴喷雾过程研究进展

内部流动主要研究了流量系数、液膜厚度和气核半径,分析了内部流场,少量研究涉及内外喷嘴液膜互击、液膜表面波振幅和频率等方面。液液喷嘴外部液膜流动及喷雾特性的研究开展较多,观测了不同工况、结构参数下内外液膜流动形态,少数学者使用理论方法分析了液膜破碎机理。对喷雾特性的研究主要是获得了喷雾锥角、破碎长度、液膜振荡频率等的变化规律,并进一步研究了SMD、液滴速度、混合特性等的变化规律。     

一种冲击响应谱试验设备校准装置的研制

介绍了冲击响应谱基本概念及其试验设备的分类与工作原理，参考现行冲击试验台检定规程提出了针对该设备的校准方法，设计了一种基于虚拟仪器技术的新型冲击响应谱试验设备校准装置，给出了典型冲击波形（半正弦、矩形、后峰锯齿）的冲击响应谱仿真计算结果并进行了验证，计算结果与理论结果完全一致，证明算法准确可靠，能够实现对冲击响应谱试验设备的校准。     

基于功率流理论的星上飞轮隔振效能研究

为分析隔振系统对星上飞轮扰动的衰减效果,需要对隔振系统的隔振效能进行评价。文章运用功率流理论进行飞轮隔振效能研究。建立柔性基础上飞轮隔振系统动力学模型,推导出系统的功率流传递表达式,并通过数值仿真计算初步分析了隔振系统结构参数对功率流传递谱的影响。研究结果可为系统结构参数的优化设计提供参考依据。     

高效空间应用燃料电池热能利用技术研究

首先介绍了空间应用燃料电池高效散热及温控技术。高精度控温主要是利用被动散热技术,将产生的热量快速传导至外部冷却介质,从而保证产热面的温度均匀性,实现电池稳定工作。通过嵌入式被动散热和双端散热的冷却方式,实现电堆内部最大温差小于5℃,换热系数达1000W/(m·K)。     

基于Hilbert-Huang变换的航天器发射段力学环境分析

文章基于Hilbert-Huang变换,对某载人航天器发射过程中整流罩分离期间测量的力学环境参数进行处理分析,利用HHT的基函数自适应性特点,得到振动时间历程信号的时频域Hilbert谱,准确识别出信号主频率及对应时间范围。此应用案例可为地面力学试验条件制定以及运载接口条件确定提供参考。     

翼型低雷诺数层流分离现象随雷诺数的演化特征

层流分离现象是翼型低雷诺数条件下出现的典型流场特征。层流分离流动中包含流动分离、转捩、再附等非定常流动结构，层流分离流动的形成与演化会对翼型气动特性产生恶化作用。采用大涡模拟（LES）方法对低雷诺数范围内不同雷诺数下的翼型层流分离流动开展精细数值模拟，研究了雷诺数对翼型气动特性的影响规律及作用机理。LES方法采用隐式亚格子模型，基于结构化拼接网格，对流项离散和时间推进方法分别采用AUSM⁺格式以及双时间步方法。验证算例计算结果表明数值模拟方法的正确性及可靠性，雷诺数对翼型气动特性具有显著影响。随雷诺数降低，时均分离泡外形增大、位置后移，平均阻力系数增大，特别是在较低雷诺数下，翼型升阻力系数随时间出现振荡现象。进一步研究表明，造成不同时均分离泡形态和气动特性的原因在于翼型上表面分离剪切层的失稳与转捩特征。随雷诺数降低，流动黏性增大，导致分离剪切层速度梯度减小，流动发生转捩及再附位置后移，直至翼型表面不再发生转捩和再附。     

Global ionospheric scintillations revealed by GPS radio occultation data with FY3C satellite before midnight during the March 2015 storm

Global observations of S4 amplitude scintillation index by the GPS Occultation Sounder (GNOS) on FengYun-3 C (FY3C) satellite reveal global dynamic patterns of a strong pre-midnight scintillations in F-region of the ionosphere during the St. Patrick’s Day geomagnetic super storm of 17–19 March 2015. The observed strong scintillations mainly occurred in the low latitudes, caused by equatorial plasma bubbles. During the main storm phase (March 17), the scintillations were first triggered in the New Zealand sector near 160°E longitudes, extending beyond 40°S dip latitude. They were also enhanced in the Indian sector, but significantly suppressed in East Asia near 120°E longitude and in Africa around 30°E longitude. During the initial recovery phase (March 18–19), the global scintillations were seldom observed in GNOS data. During the later recovery phase (after March 19), the scintillations recovered to the pre-storm level in Indian, African, and American sectors, but not in East Asian and any of Pacific sectors. These results closely correlate with observations of the density depletion structures by the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) satellite, and ground-based instruments. Such consistency indicates reliability of our scintillation sensing approach even in a case-by-case comparison study. The prompt penetration electric field and disturbance dynamo electric field are suggested as the main factors that control the enhancement and inhibition of the scintillations during the storm, respectively.