Evaluation of craters formation in hypervelocity impact of debris particles on solid structures

The aim of this work is to develop simplified model of space debris particle collision on solid structures, which would provide closed form solution formulas for determining crater depth, radius and ejected mass being functions of impactor mass, speed and material of both impactor and target. The model will be verified with results of experiments.     

Asymmetric wedging of elastic material with the formation of separation zones

The problem of asymmetrical movement of a thin rigid impactor in elastic material is considered with subsonic and transonic velocities. For all considered range of velocities the flow diagram was determined for contours in the forms of wedge and ogive. There is a limiting speed value when the impactor moves with velocity higher than the speed of transverse wave at which the separation zone in the nasal part of the body disappears. At this velocity forces acting on the impactor are independent of its shape.     

一种提升近地小行星防御中拦截效率的方法

利用核爆直接炸毁小行星或改变小行星的轨道以避免其与地球相撞,是近地小行星防御最主要的手段之一。文章基于美国爱荷华州立大学的超高速小行星拦截器(HAIV)概念,提出一种将原撞击引导器改为长杆撞击器的方案,采用自主研发的欧拉型冲击动力学仿真软件NTS模拟长杆撞击器对小行星连续开坑的过程,并在仿真中加入能量源以模拟核爆装置在不同深度爆炸对小行星产生的偏转与破坏效应。研究结果表明,采用长杆撞击器并合理控制撞击速度,能够引导核爆装置进入更深的地下爆炸,从而更加高效地耦合核爆能量,提升偏转小行星或直接摧毁小行星的能力。     

Prediction of the consequences of a high-velocity collision between meteoric particles and elements of a titanium alloy protective structure

Calculation-experimental studies of a high-velocity collision between VT1-0 titanium plates and ultrafine- and coarse-grained structures with a steel spherical impactor are illustrated. Fine-grained VT1-0 titanium plate samples have been obtained using the abc pressing method. Ballistic measurements have been performed using a 30-mm smooth-bore ballistic installation at velocities of about 2500 m/s. A high-velocity collision has been calculated in the scope of an elastoplastic model of interacting materials with regard to destruction and a different phase state at velocities reaching 15 km/s. It has been indicated that the mechanical properties of the VT1-0 alloy are improved when proceeding from a coarse-grained structure to an ultrafine- grained structure; however, in this case, the result of shock loading is hardly affected in the considered velocity range. Titanium plates can be used as screens to protect the main structure of the aircraft from a high-velocity collision.     

航天器典型防护结构节点分离FEM的数值模拟

建立了一种航天器防护结构超高速碰撞数值模拟的节点分离有限元方法。通过重合节点网格转换和添加节点集约束建立了节点分离有限元模型。在显式积分迭代中,将达到断裂判据的节点集解离,从而生成裂纹。对网格畸变问题进行分析,并建立了几何识别方法,进而删除畸变单元,改善了算法的稳定性。应用节点分离方法模拟了单层板超高速撞击问题,并分析了撞击速度对弹丸变形程度和碎片云形状的影响。应用节点分离方法对Whipple防护结构、填充式防护结构和多层网结构进行了模拟,获得了与实验一致的结果。多种算例表明,节点分离有限元方法改善了以往断裂侵蚀有限元方法处理网格畸变、碎片云模拟以及二次碎片云碰撞等方面的能力,对典型防护结构模拟具有很好的适用性,能够成为光滑粒子流体动力学(SPH)方法的有效补充和替代。     

Impact seeding and reseeding in the inner solar system

Assuming that asteroidal and cometary impacts onto Earth can liberate material containing viable microorganisms, we studied the subsequent distribution of the escaping impact ejecta throughout the inner Solar System on time scales of 30,000 years. Our calculations of the delivery rates of this terrestrial material to Mars and Venus, as well as back to Earth, indicate that transport to great heliocentric distances may occur in just a few years and that the departure speed is significant. This material would have been efficiently and quickly dispersed throughout the Solar System. Our study considers the fate of all the ejected mass (not just the slowly moving material), and tabulates impact rates onto Venus and Mars in addition to Earth itself. Expressed as a fraction of the ejected particles, roughly 0.1% and 0.001% of the ejecta particles would have reached Venus and Mars, respectively, in 30,000 years, making the biological seeding of those planets viable if the target planet supported a receptive environment at the time. In terms of possibly safeguarding terrestrial life by allowing its survival in space while our planet cools after a major killing thermal pulse, we show via our 30,000- year integrations that efficient return to Earth continues for this duration. Our calculations indicate that roughly 1% of the launched mass returns to Earth after a major impact regardless of the impactor speed; although a larger mass is ejected following impacts at higher speeds, a smaller fraction of these ejecta is returned. Early bacterial life on Earth could have been safeguarded from any purported impact-induced extinction by temporary refuge in space.     

Impacts and evolution: future prospects

The discipline of astrobiology includes the dynamics of biological evolution. One of the major ways that the cosmos influences life is through the catastrophic environmental disruptions caused when comets and asteroids collide with a planet. We now recognize that such impacts have caused mass extinctions and played a major role in determining the evolution of life on Earth. The time-averaged impact flux as a function of projectile energy can be derived from lunar cratering statistics as well as the current population of near Earth asteroids (NEAs). Effects of impacts of various energies can be modeled, using data from historic impacts [such as the Cretaceous-Tertiary (KT) impactor 65 million years ago] and the observed 1994 bombardment of Jupiter by fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9. It is of particular interest to find from such models that the terrestrial environment is highly vulnerable to perturbation from impacts, so that even such a small event as the KT impact (by a projectile 10-15 km in diameter) can lead to a mass extinction. Similar considerations allow us to model the effects of still smaller (and much more likely) impacts, down to the size of the asteroid that exploded over Tunguska in 1908 (energy approximately 10 megatons). Combining the impact flux with estimates of environmental and ecological effects reveals that the greatest contemporary hazard is associated with impactors near 1 million megatons in energy (approximately 2 km in diameter for an asteroid). The current impact hazard is significant relative to other natural hazards, and arguments can be developed to illuminate a variety of public policy issues. The first priority in any plan for defense against impactors is to survey the population of Earth-crossing NEAs and project their orbits forward in time. This is the purpose of the Spaceguard Survey, which has already found more than half of the NEAs >1 km in diameter. If there is an NEA on a collision course with Earth, it can be discovered and the impact predicted with decades or more of warning. It is then possible to consider how to deflect or disrupt the NEA. Unlike other natural hazards, the impact risk can be largely eliminated, given sufficient advanced knowledge to take action against the threatening projectile.     

A low-orbit experiment on modeling superhigh-velocity impact of a meteorite reproducing abiogenic synthesis of complex organic compounds in torch plasma

We present the results of model experiments confirming that in torch plasma, arising under the superhigh-velocity impact action of a meteorite, synthesis of complex polymer molecules takes place, if this plasma contains elements forming organic compounds. Based on these results we suggest a new concept of the prebiotic stage of evolution, according to which the processes in plasma torches of meteorite impacts could facilitate origination of primordial forms of living matter. In order to investigate the processes of plasma synthesis one needs to carry out direct impact experiments with impactors whose dimensions would range from 1 to 20 cm. Ground-based accelerators of dust particles allow one to reach the necessary impact velocity only for particles with dimensions below 10–3 cm in diameter. In order to overcome this difficulty, we suggest a low-orbit experiment with original technique, in which impact of a impactor into a target with a diameter of up to 300 cm proceeds on oppositely directed orbits, the products of synthesis being detected with the use of remote mass-spectrometric measurements.     

模拟自由边界对卫星动力学特性的影响

为了研究高精度航天器微振动试验中模拟自由边界附加质量对卫星动力学特性的影响，建立考虑附加质量的卫星地面微振动试验模拟自由边界理论模型，与卫星结构动力学模型仿真结合，分析附加质量对卫星模态频率和频率响应的影响规律。在此基础上，以施加不同附加质量的卫星结构模拟试验件为实验对象，测试验证了附加质量对卫星结构动力学特性的影响。结果表明，附加质量对结构模态频率和频率响应产生明显影响，附加质量越大，对卫星动力学特性影响越大，且对频率响应峰值的影响更加突出。据此，提出附加质量应控制在卫星总质量的5%以内，以避免其在地面微振动试验中给卫星的动力学特性及微振动响应带来严重影响。     

脉冲展开式飞网质量分布与展开稳定性优化

针对脉冲展开式飞网的展开稳定性问题，从网面质量分布角度开展研究。首先基于传递矩阵方法、集中质量法和反比例函数推导建立了较优的网面质量分布模型。然后结合遗传算法优化得到了网面最优的质量分布状态，并通过大量数值仿真和回归分析得到了网面质量分布经验公式。提出的网面质量分布模型有效降低了网面质量分布问题中的优化变量个数，提升了网面质量分布最优解的求解效率。网面质量分布最优解所对应的网面展开稳定性得到大幅提升，网面质量分布经验公式对应的网面展开状态与最优解对应的网面展开状态基本一致。结果表明，将网面质量分布模型和网面质量分布经验公式应用到脉冲展开式飞网将有效提升飞网的展开稳定性。     

氢氧发动机实现单级入轨的优化分析

根据现有材料和技术，分析了给定任务下氯氧发动机实现单级入轨的最小起飞质量。由单级入轨弹道、运载器质量和氯氧发动机性能计算模型，优化得到为实现单级入轨的氯氧发动机基本参数。最后还提出一种渐变式氯氧发动机，用该发动机实现单级入轨，能使起飞质量降低16．7％。     

泵压式氢/氧液体火箭发动机质量分析

在文献资料研究的基础上,根据泵压式氢/氧液体火箭发动机的实际特点,考虑发动机性能参数及结构尺寸等影响因素,利用理论推导、统计学及面密度等方法建立发动机质量模型。通过对SSME、RD-0120等8台氢/氧发动机质量的计算,验证了质量模型的合理性。为发动机在系统方案论证时,其质量、性能等参数的估算和优化奠定了基础。     

火星环境下降落伞拉直过程的动力学建模

文章在简要介绍火星探测器的物伞系统组成以及火星探测器降落伞拉直过程的基础上,根据拉直过程中各物体的运动属性,建立了火星探测器降落伞拉直过程的三维动力学模型。模型将伞包视为变质量六自由度刚体,进入器视为六自由度刚体,伞绳/伞衣采用质量阻尼弹簧模型,即将伞衣、伞绳、连接绳以及吊带离散成若干绳段,每个绳段处理为质量集中在端点的三自由度质点,各质点之间以阻尼弹簧相连。利用所提出的动力学模型对“海盗号”第一次气球发射试验进行了仿真,并与Moog R.D.的仿真计算结果和试验数据进行了对比,验证了该文数学模型的正确性与有效性。     

真空紫外辐照引起的聚合物材料质量损失模型及实验验证

基于扩散理论及辐射化学反应理论,建立真空紫外(VUV)辐照引起的聚合物材料质量损失数学模型。采用分离变量法与特征函数展开法,获得材料中挥发物质量随辐照剂量变化的函数关系式。通过实验得到聚酰亚胺(PI)薄膜和聚酯(PET)薄膜的质量损失数据,拟合求解模型中的参数,验证模型的适用性。实验结果表明,该质量损失模型适用于PI薄膜及PET薄膜,借助该模型可预估VUV辐照引起的材料的质量损失。     

用于空间探测飞行时间质谱仪的真空系统和取样系统设计

文章介绍了可用于空间探测飞行时间质谱仪的真空系统和取样系统设计,并建立了该TOFMS原理样机的地面试验系统。为适应空间探测和地面试验2种不同工作模式,设计了2套不同的真空系统。根据文章建立的气体样本进样的理论分析模型进行理论分析计算,并通过地面适应性试验测定了质谱室的真空度、空气的Voltage-Amu谱图、Kr样本Voltage-Amu谱图及进样时间。试验结果表明:真空系统和取样系统设计合理,能够满足试验需求;理论分析模型正确,能够用于指导试验。     

离子与霍尔电推进性能和质量的工程数据模型

为了提供航天工程任务设计时优选离子或霍尔电推进的通用对比分析方法,基于工程数据建立了包括推力器、电源处理单元、推力器选择单元、控制单元、推进剂气瓶、调压单元、流率单元、推力器支架、电缆、管路等产品的电推进的性能和质量经验模型。在此基础上通过推导建立了电推进系统干质量通用模型,模型变量参数包括推力器功率、推力器数量和推进...     

空间轨道转移飞行器推进系统静态仿真分析

采用模块化方法建立了空间轨道转移飞行器推进系统的静态数学模型,用C语言开发出对应静态模型的仿真计算软件,应用该软件分别对N2O4/MMH、N2O4/UDMH、LO2/LH2、LO2/RP-1等推进剂组合推进系统进行静态仿真计算,并把计算结果导入相关质量模型,估算各系统在特定条件下的质量,再对上述几种推进系统进行单干扰因素分析,确定了敏感度较大的干扰因素。     

固体运载火箭抗强电磁脉冲优化设计方法

本文分析了火箭在飞行过程中的强电磁脉冲(EMP)环境，建立了箭上敏感设备受强电磁脉冲干扰的优化设计模型，包括传导干扰及辐射干扰两种设计模型。针对起飞质量对火箭总体参数设计的制约问题，以最小质量增量为目标函数，采用模拟退火(SA)算法，对箭上典型电气系统抗强电磁脉冲防护进行优化设计研究，为箭上敏感设备抗强电磁脉冲指标与质量增量提供了平衡选取方法。优化结果表明,火箭在飞行过程中典型电气系统的抗强电磁脉冲性能指标达到要求的同时，实现了火箭质量增量最小的目标。     

Refined dynamical analysis of multi-tethered satellite formations

The dynamics of a multi-tethered satellite formation is considered here, in order to derive a minimum complexity model that successfully represents its dynamics under the action of gravity gradient force and tether tension, where tethers are modeled by means of a sequence of point-masses and massless springs (bead model). The results thus obtained are compared with those derived for a simple, massless tether model, in order to highlight the effects of tether mass on the resulting open-loop behavior. The analysis is performed by means of numerical simulation of the considered models. Once the dynamic behavior of the formation is identified for the nominal values of tether characteristics, the problems raised by the presence of tether mass are highlighted and possible solutions are outlined, when possible. A parametric analysis with respect to the tether linear mass, damping and stiffness is also discussed.     

Conceptual design of a hypervelocity asteroid intercept vehicle (HAIV) and its flight validation mission

An intercept mission with nuclear explosives is the most effective of the practical mitigation options against the impact threat of near-Earth objects (NEOs) with a short warning time (e.g., much less than 10 years). The existing penetrated subsurface nuclear explosion technology limits the intercept velocity to less than approximately 300 m/s. Consequently, an innovative concept of blending a hypervelocity kinetic impactor with a subsurface nuclear explosion has been developed for optimal penetration, fragmentation, and dispersion of the target NEO. A proposed hypervelocity asteroid intercept vehicle (HAIV) consists of a kinetic-impact leader spacecraft and a follower spacecraft carrying nuclear explosives. This paper describes the conceptual development and design of a baseline HAIV system and its flight validation mission architecture for three mission cost classifications (e.g., $500 M, $1 B, and $1.5 B).