Observations of substorm-associated particle-flux variations at 6⩽L⩽8 with GEOS-1

Measurements made with the charged particle spectrometer of the Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie onboard GEOS-1 were used to investigate the behaviour of energetic electrons and ions in the dusk sector of the magnetosphere. During substorms the integral ion flux ( 24 KeV) increased whereas the integral electron flux ( 20 KeV) first decreased and later on also increased. The dependences of these flux variations on pitch-angle and particle energy are described and discussed in terms of particle drift in the geomagnetic and geoelectric fields and adiabatic energy variations. The results also provide some information on the source region of the drifting particles.     

New hard X-rays sources at 38° declination

We report the detection of three new hard X-Rays sources emitting in the range 15 – 150 KeV. Their observation was carried out by means of a balloon borne payload, consisting of two large area high spectral resolution Multiwire Spectroscopic Proportional Counters.     

材料表面改性的一种新技术

 本文提出了一种高功率脉冲等离子体束使材料表面改性的新技术。脉冲等离子体束的功率密度约为(1～40)×10~4W/cm~2,运动能为1～5KeV,沉积能为1～25J/cm~2,脉冲时间为60μs。碳钢经脉冲等离子体束处理后,表面有新的氮化物和碳化物相(Fe_3N,(Cr,Fe)_7C_3,Cr_(23)C_6)产生;SEM金相照片表明,在钢表面区域有一层白亮层,它是碳钢高速淬火后所具有的特征;注入元素浓度沿深度的公布近似为高斯分布。表面显微硬度有了显著的提高。     

The TESP electron spectrometer and correlator (F7) on Freja

The two-dimensional electron spectrometer onFreja consists of a top-hat-type electrostatic analyzer with the addition of entrance aperture deflection plates. The field of view of the concentric-hemisphere analyzer is modified from a plane to a cone up to 25° from this plane by application of bipolar high voltages to the deflection plates. Fast high-voltage sweeps allow full 10 eV–25 KeV, 500-point distribution function measurements in 32 ms. Constant-energy or limited energy-sweep modes allow time resolutions down to 1 ms.A set of electronics combines the electron data with F4 wave data to allow on-board calculations of cross-correlations between electron fluxes and wave electric fields. Additionally, a fast signal processor is capable of searching the electron pulse sequence from one or several channeltrons for high-frequency modulations in the electron flux.     

New EXOSAT results from the intermediate polar V1223 SGR

We report new results obtained from the EXOSAT AO- 1 observation of the intermediate polar V1223 Sgr. The detection of a 12.4 minute period in the medium energy X-ray flux with an associated hardness ratio variation has been previously reported in Osborne et al. (1984a). Further work has revealed: a narrow dip at the phase zero in the folded medium energy light curve; 30% modulation in the low energy X-ray (3000 Lexan) flux; a count rate ratio from 3 filters which allow the presence of a bright low temperature blackbody component (kT = .05 –. 40 KeV); and a phase resolved ME spectrum which must have two or more components when the source is bright. New optical ephemerides show that the X-ray and optical pulses are in phase at an orbital phase of = 0.31.Affiliated to the Astrophysics Division, Space Science Dept., ESA     

固化工艺参数对复合材料补片温度场的影响

基于热传导定律和固化动力学理论,建立了热固性树脂基复合材料固化过程的三维有限元模型,通过与文献实验结果的比较,验证了该模型具有较高的可靠性。采用该模型计算了AS4/3501层合板挖补修理固化过程的温度场和固化度场,并分析了固化温度及升温速率对补片中心点温度场和固化度场的影响。结果表明:在固化反应的起始阶段,固化温度和升温速率对补片温度和固化度的影响很小;随着固化反应的进行,固化温度和升温速率对补片温度和固化度的影响越来越大;在第二次升温阶段初期,固化温度对补片中心点温度的影响又逐渐缩小;在每次保温阶段末期,补片温度和固化度不再受升温速率的影响。     

9SiCr合金刃具钢在不同介质淬火后性能比较

通过对9SiCr合金刃具钢在清水、锭子油和高压气体等淬火介质中淬火对比实验,研究了9SiCr合金刃具钢在不同介质淬火工艺处理后的性能。研究结果表明,水淬火时试件表面与中心的温差较大,锭子油次之,高压气体较小;试件高压气体淬火时,温度梯度小,整个断面冷却比较均匀,可以预计,相应的热应力和热变形也比较小;应用适当压力的氮气能够实现淬透性比较好的9SiCr合金刃具钢的淬火处理。     

Ion Heating and Acceleration During Magnetic Reconnection Relevant to the Corona

The heating and acceleration of ions during magnetic reconnection relevant to coronal heating and flares is explored via particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations and analytic modeling. We show that the dominant heating mechanism of sub-Alvénic ions during reconnection with a guide field, the case of greatest relevance to the corona, results from pickup behavior during the entry into reconnection exhausts, which produces effective thermal speeds of the order of the Alfvén velocity based on the reconnecting magnetic field. There is a mass-to-charge (M/Q) threshold for pickup behavior that favors the heating of high-M/Q ions. Ions below the threshold gain little energy beyond that associated with convective flow. PIC simulations with protons and alphas confirm the pickup threshold. The enhanced heating of high M/Q ions is consistent with observations of abundance enhancements of such ions in impulsive flares. In contrast to anti-parallel reconnection, the temperature increment during ion pickup is dominantly transverse, rather than parallel, to the local magnetic field. The simulations reveal the dominance of perpendicular heating, which is also consistent with observations. We suggest that the acceleration of ions to energies well above that associated with the Alfvén speed takes place during the interaction with many magnetic islands, which spontaneously develop during 3-D guide-field reconnection. The exploration of particle acceleration in a full 3-D multi-island system remains computationally intractable. Instead we explore ion acceleration in a multi-current layer system with low initial β. Ion energy gain takes place due to Fermi reflection in contracting and merging magnetic islands. Particle acceleration continues until the available magnetic free-energy is significantly depleted so that the pressure of energetic ions approaches that of the reconnecting field. Depending on the strength of the ambient guide field and in spite of the low initial plasma β, the dominance of parallel heating can cause significant regions of the plasma to exceed the marginal firehose condition.     

温度对Al-Zn-Mg-Cu高强铝合金静态回复力学行为的影响

采用双道次热压缩实验,研究了新型Al-Zn-Mg-Cu高强铝合金铸态试样在温度300~400℃,应变速率0.01~0.1 s~(-1),变形程度33%+20%,保温0~900 s静态回复过程中的流变应力行为。结果表明:温度对该合金静态回复力学行为影响显著;(1)300℃和330℃温度较低时,变形过程中回复较慢,存储的变形能较高,保温期间的回复和再结晶使第二道次流变应力降低,表现为流变应力软化现象,且随着道次间保温时间的延长应力的软化程度增大;保温过程中析出相的出现减缓了应力软化速率;(2)温度升高到360℃和400℃时,变形过程中回复充分,存储的变形能低;变形保温后基体的固溶度高,第二道次流变应力升高,表现为流变应力硬化现象;360℃变形保温期间的回复/再结晶使得随着道次间保温时间的延长应力又逐渐降低软化,析出相减缓了应力的软化速率;而400℃变形保温期间没有回复/再结晶和析出相,所以硬化后的应力并不随着道次间保温时间的延长而发生变化。     

The Freja Hot Plasma Experiment—Instrument and first results

The Hot Plasma Experiment, F3H, on boardFreja is designed to measure auroral particle distribution functions with very high temporal and spatial resolution. The experiment consists of three different units; an electron spectrometer that measures angular and energy distributions simultaneously, a positive ion spectrometer that is using the spacecraft spin for three-dimensional measurements, and a data processing unit. The main scientific objective is to study positive ion heating perpendicular to the magnetic field lines in the auroral region. The high resolution measurements of different positive ion species and electrons have already provided important information on this process as well as on other processes at high latitudes. This includes for example high resolution observations of auroral particle precipitation features and source regions of positive ions during magnetic disturbances. TheFreja orbit with an inclination of 63° allows us to make detailed measurements in the nightside auroral oval during all disturbance levels. In the dayside, the cusp region is covered during magnetic disturbances. We will here present the instrument in some detail and some outstanding features in the particle data obtained during the first months of operation at altitudes around 1700 km in the northern hemisphere auroral region.     

Planar Structuring of Magnetic Fields at Solar Minimum and Maximum

Planar magnetic structures are regions of the solar wind where the magnetic field is oriented parallel to a fixed plane for several hours or more. Discontinuities in the field direction may be encountered during these periods, their surfaces also being parallel to the plane containing the field. A survey of Ulysses magnetic field data returned during 1990–1998 revealed that the solar wind's magnetic field was planar in nature for at least 9% of the time. A survey is presented of planar magnetic structures encountered by Ulysses during two periods when the spacecraft was travelling south from the ecliptic to high southern heliographic latitudes, in 1992–1994 and 1998–2000. The characteristics of the planar magnetic structures encountered during these times of declining and near-maximum solar activity are described, as well as their apparent relationships with interplanetary shocks and heliospheric current sheet crossings. Planar magnetic structures are more common near solar maximum. However, the proportion of structures coinciding with HCS crossings and shocks seems relatively constant. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

LMC X-4: 13.5 s pulsations and an X-ray flare observed by EXOSAT

EXOSAT observed LMC X-4 on November 17/19, 1983 for one 1.4 day binary period during the high state of the 30.5 day cycle. An eclipse with sharp ingress and slow egress was detected with an eclipse angle of 27.1±1.0 dgr. In the medium energy experiment the source showed a hard power law spectrum. Outside eclipse the source was remarkably constant and only one flare was detected on November 17 at 19 UT lasting for about 1 h. The energy spectrum of the source softens considerably during that time and shows an emission line of cold iron. 13.5 sec pulsations are strongly present during the flare and have also been detected during the quiescent period and during several 1 min flares in another EXOSAT LMC X-4 observation on November 22, 1983. A pulse delay time analysis results in the determination of the pulse period (13.5019±0.0002) s and of the semimajor axis of the orbit of the X-ray star (26.0±0.6) It-sec. These results, together with other available information on LMC X-4, allowed to improve the binary parameters. The mass of the neutron star is found to be 1.34 _±0.44 ^0.48 M_o (95% confidence errors).     

Substructure evolution in two phases based constitutive model for hot deformation of TC18 in α + β phase region

The α + β dual phase titanium alloys are key structural materials in aviation and aerospace industries, and the complicated flow behavior of these titanium alloys during hot deformation requires to establish a constitutive model incorporating physical mechanism for optimizing processing parameters and designing forming tools. This work aims to establish a constitutive model incorporating physical mechanism for hot deformation of TC18 in α + β phase region. Firstly, the flow behavior and microstructure evolution for hot deformation of TC18 in α + β phase region are characterized. The TC18 shows significant strain hardening rate and negative strain hardening exponent around and after peak flow stress, respectively. After peak flow stress, Dynamic Recovery (DRV) mechanism dominates the evolution of α and β phases according to the results of substructure evolution. Then, the internal state variables method is applied to establish a constitutive model incorporating physical mechanism for hot deformation of dual phase titanium alloys. The variation of dislocation density during the hot deformation of titanium alloys is modeled by considering the accumulation of dislocation due to the impediment to dislocation movement by substructure obstacles and the annihilation of dislocation due to the dynamic restoration effect. The interaction between dislocations, the subgrain boundaries and the grain/phase boundaries obstruct the dislocation movement in the α phase, and the first two obstructs the dislocation movement in the β phase during the hot deformation of TC18. The dislocation annihilation process in the α and β phases during the hot deformation of TC18 is dominated by DRV. Finally, the substructure evolution in the two phases based constitutive model for hot deformation of TC18 in α + β phase region is presented. This model is well applied to predict the flow stress and quantitively analyze the role of DRV effect in the evolution of α and β phases during the hot deformation of TC18.     

F100/F110发动机与F-15/F-16战斗机使用故障的统计与分析

为借鉴国外航空发动机在设计、研制和使用中积累的经验与教训,通过大量的数据统计与分析,描述美国F-15与F-16战斗机及其装配的F100与F110发动机在使用中发生的重大故障,归纳并总结这些故障在不同阶段、不同部件、不同影响因素的分布情况与规律.分析表明:发动机在前10年或工作35000h左右,故障率高,在之后的较成熟期,故障明显减少;无论是否考虑结构完整性,发动机各种故障会出现在整个使用过程中,但按结构完整性大纲研制的发动机的故障率明显低;在部件故障分布方面,发动机叶轮机是最主要的故障源;在影响因子分布方面,设计、维护、保障和使用不当是发动机出现故障的最主要原因.      

Modelling of the magnetic field of magnetospheric ring current as a function of interplanetary medium parameters

The models are examined which are proposed elsewhere for describing the magnetic field dynamics in ring-currentDR during magnetic storms on the basis of the magnetospheric energy balance equation. The equation parameters, the functions of injectionF and decay , are assumed to depend on interplanetary medium parameters (F and during the storm main phase) and on ring-current intensity ( during the recovery phase). The present-day models are shown to be able of describing theDR variations to within a good accuracy (the r.m.s. deviation 5 < < 15 nT, the correlation coefficient 0.85 <r < 1). The models describe a fraction of the geomagnetic field variation during a magnetic storm controlled by the geoeffective characteristic of interplanetary medium and, therefore responds directly to the variation of the latter. The fraction forms the basis of the geomagnetic field variations in low and middle latitudes. The shorter-term variations ofDR are affected by the injections into the inner magnetosphere during substorm intervals.During magnetic storms, the auroral electrojets shift to subauroral latitudes. When determining theAE indices, the data from the auroral-zone stations must be supplemented with the data from subauroral observatories. Otherwise, erratic conclusions may be obtained concerning the character of the relationships ofDR toAE or ofAE to interplanetary medium parameters. Considering this circumstance, the auroral electrojet intensity during the main phase is closely related to the energy flux supplied to the ring current. It is this fact that gives rise simultaneously to the intensification of auroral electrojets and to the large-scale decrease of magnetic field in low latitudes.The longitudinal asymmetry of magnetic field on the Earth's surface is closely associated with the geoeffective parameters of interplanetary medium, thereby making it possible to model-estimate the magnetic field variations during magnetic storms at given observatories. The inclusion of the field asymmetry due to the system of large-scale currents improves significantly the agreement between the predicted and model field variations at subauroral and midlatitude observatories. The first harmonic amplitude of field variation increases with decreasing latitude. This means that the long-period component of theD _st -variation asymmetry is due rather to the ring-current asymmetry, while the shorter-term fluctuations are produced by electrojets. The asymmetry correlates better with theAL indices (westward electrojet) than with theAU indices (eastward electrojet).The total ion energy in the inner magnetosphere during the storm main phase is sufficient for the magnetic field observed on the Earth's surface to be generated. The energy flux to the ring current is 15% of the -energy flux into the magnetosphere.     

LY12CZ板材冷挤压强化孔边残余应变场变化初探

 用实测方法初步探讨了ＬＹ１２ＣＺ板材冷挤压强化孔边残余应变场在３种不同交变应力幅作用下的衰减变化情况。结果表明：沿与作用应力垂直且过孔中心的轴线,孔边切向残余应变分量符合幂函数分布规律；在交变载荷作用下,当孔边实际最大应力小于材料屈服极限时,残余应变场在一定次数循环载荷作用下,会有一个突变性衰减变化,而且距孔边距离越近,衰减程度越严重。     

The Solar and Cosmic-Ray Synodic Periodicity (1969–1998)

The synodic recurrence of the Mt. Wilson plage index (MPSI) and the Calgary cosmic ray (CR) intensity is investigated, using the wavelet power spectra in the range of 18–38 days, during the last three solar cycles. The unique temporal coincidence between the quasi–synodic MPSI and the CR periods is detected in 1978–1982 (the 21st solar cycle). In the 22nd cycle there is a very strong MPSI synodic recurrence, from 1989.5 to 1990.5, but it is absent in the CR data. In 1992.5–1993.5 the MPSI and CR recurrence phenomenon is in good accordance with the solar wind speed and cosmic ray modulation as measured during the first Ulysses passage around the Sun. The Gnevyshev gap is present in the 27-day recurrence of CR, in agreement with Kudela et al. (1999). This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Numerical study of unsteady starting characteristics of a hypersonic inlet

The impulse and self starting characteristics of a mixed-compression hypersonic inlet designed at Mach number of 6.5 are studied by applying the unsteady computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The full Navier-Stokes equations are solved with the assumption of viscous perfect gas model, and the shear-stress transport (SST) k-x two-equation Reynolds averaged Navier- Stokes (RANS) model is used for turbulence modeling. Results indicate that during impulse starting, the flow field is divided into three zones with different aerodynamic parameters by primary shock and upstream-facing shock. The separation bubble on the shoulder of ramp undergoes a generating, growing, swallowing and disappearing process in sequence. But a separation bubble at the entrance of inlet exists until the freestream velocity is accelerated to the starting Mach number during self starting. The mass flux distribution of flow field is non-uniform because of the interaction between shock and boundary layer, so that the mass flow rate at throat is unsteady during impulse starting. The duration of impulse starting process increases almost linearly with the decrease of freestream Mach number but rises abruptly when the freestream Mach number approaches the starting Mach number. The accelerating performance of booster almost has no influence on the self starting ability of hypersonic inlet.     

A New Morphology of Solar Activity and Recurrent Geomagnetic Disturbances: The Late-Declining Phase of the Sunspot Cycle

Certain aspects of the Sun and resulting geomagnetic disturbances can be studied better on the source surface, an imaginary spherical surface of 3.5 solar radii, than on the photospheric surface. This paper presents evidence that the Sun exhibits one of the most fundamental aspects of activities most clearly during the late-declining phase of the sunspot cycle. It is the period when 27-day average values of the solar wind speed and of geomagnetic disturbances tend to be highest during the sunspot cycle. Important findings of this study on the late-declining phase of the sunspot cycle are the following:

1. By introducing a new coordinate system, modifying the Carrington coordinates, it is shown that various solar activity phenomena, solar flares, the brightest coronal regions, and also the lowest solar wind speed region, tend to concentrate in two quadrants, one around 90^° in longitude in the northern hemisphere (NE) and the other around 270^° in longitude in the southern hemisphere (SW). For this reason, the new coordinate system is referred to as the NESW coordinate system.
2. It is shown that the above results are closely related to the fact that the neutral line exhibits a single wave (sinusoidal or rectangular) in both the Carrington coordinates and the NESW coordinate system during the late-declining phase. The shift of the neutral line configuration during successive solar rotations during the late-declining phase causes longitudinal scatter of the location of solar flares with respect to the neutral line in a statistical study. The NESW coordinate system is designed to suppress the shift, so that the single wave location is fixed and thus a ‘nest’ of solar flares emerges in the NE and SW quadrants.
3. It is also shown that the single wave is the source of the double peak of the solar wind speed and two series of recurrent geomagnetic disturbances in each solar rotation, making the 27-day average solar wind and geomagnetic disturbances highest during the sunspot cycle. The double peak is a basic feature during the late-declining phase, but is obscured by several complexities which we identified in this paper; see item 8.
4. The single wave of the neutral line configuration can be approximated by three dipole fields, one which can be represented by a central dipole (parallel or anti-parallel to the rotation axis) and two hypothetical dipoles on the photosphere. This configuration is referred to as the triple dipole model.
5. The location of the two hypothetical photospheric dipoles coincide with the two active regions (solar flares, the brightest coronal region) and also the lowest solar wind speed region in the NESW coordinate system; the lowest solar wind regions are the cause of the valleys of the double peak of the solar wind speed.
6. The two hypothetical dipole fields actually do exist at the location of the two active regions in a coarse magnetic map (5 × 5^°). The two dipoles follow the Hale–Nicholson polarity law. Thus, they are real physical entities.
7. The apparent meridional rotation of the dipolar field on the source surface during the sunspot cycle results from combined changes of both the central dipole field and of the two photospheric dipoles, although the central dipole remains axially parallel or anti-parallel. Thus, the Sun has a general field that can be represented by an axially aligned dipole located at the center of the Sun throughout the sunspot cycle, except for the sunspot maximum period when the polarization reversal occurs.
8. The complexity of recurrent geomagnetic disturbances can also be understood by having the NESW coordinate system for various solar phenomena and the relative location of the earth with respect to the solar equatorial plane.
9. As the intensity of the two dipoles decreases toward the end of the sunspot cycle, the amplitude of the single wave decreases, and the neutral line tends to align with the heliographic equator.
10. The neutral line shows a double wave structure during certain epochs of the sunspot cycle. In such a situation, it can be considered that two NESW coordinate systems are present in one Carrington coordinate, resulting in four active regions.
11. The so-called classical “sector boundary” arises when the peaks (top and bottom) of the single wave reached 90^° in latitude in both hemispheres.
12. In summary: A study of the late-declining period of the sunspot cycle is very important compared with the sunspot maximum period. In the late-declining period, the Sun shows its activities in the simplest form. It is suggested that some of the basic features of solar activities and recurrent geomagnetic disturbances that have been studied by many researchers in the past can be synthesized in a simplest way by introducing the NESW coordinate system and the triple dipole model. There is a possibility that the basic results we learned during the late phase of the sunspot cycle can be applicable to the rest of the sunspot cycle.

     

大型飞机复合材料双曲面组件的装配

阐述了产品生产中,通过可预见性的模型计算与数字拟合装配、气动外缘公差尺寸链的分析,制定零件公差状态、调整工装设计补偿量、进行数字化工程数据控制,进而在装配过程中采用多种数字化手段:如激光跟踪仪的使用,CATIA的现场数字拟合产品零件最优装配等,进行数字装配时的工艺补偿.此种装配方案能够减少或避免干涉,确保按规范要求顺利完成复合材料结构件的装配;降低了组件的超差率,从而节省产品的生产成本;减少了装配过程中的误差累积,能够把产品的气动外形控制在设计要求公差的十分之一.