压力敏感元件新材料的实验研究

对非晶态的和局部晶化的Ni68Si15B17合金薄带和其他一些非晶态的合金薄带,以及对康铜丝,做了受拉力时电阻变化率的测量比较,并做了电阻随温度的变化以及其他一些测量。从比较中看出,非晶态Ni68Si15B17合金具有的特性可能使它成为优良的压力敏感元件的新材料,尤其适于制作飞行器中的传感元件。     

SC切石英晶体谐振器在甚高频低噪声振荡器中的应用

晶体控制的甚高频振荡器广泛应用于具有优良短期频率稳定度和低相位噪声的信号发生器中。这种振荡器均采用工作在泛音模的 AT 切晶体。由于 AT 切晶体谐振器的幅频效应,使相位噪声难以进一步减小。双旋转切晶体(例如 SC 切晶体)的幅频效应较 AT 切的小得多。因此,可使 SC 切晶体工作在较 AT 切晶体所允许的更大的激励电流上。如果能使振荡器固有的相位起伏不随晶体电流的增大而显著增大,则采用 SC 切晶体元件可以改善晶体控制甚高频信号发生器的短期频率稳定度和噪声。曾用三次泛音 SC 切晶体(而不是用五次泛音 AT 切晶体)进行过100MHz 低噪声振荡器的实际可行性试验。对 SC 切和 AT 切晶体元件的相频特性进行了测量。测量结果表明,晶体元件的功耗能够比使用 AT 切晶体增加6-10dB。对用双极结型晶体管振荡器的噪声源的检查表明,二次及三次失真是造成实际振荡器呈现显著相位闪变的原因。从解凡得堡(微分)方程中出现的频率校正项可了解到减小频率闪变的要求。桥式 T 形振荡器适合于作 SC 切甚高频晶体振荡维持电路。曾研究过这种电路的噪声源(包括调幅闪变噪声的幅相变换),并得到了对上述振荡器所预期的 L(f)的估算值。对相同的一对振荡器进行了测量,预计的 L(f)和所测得的 L(f)很一致。结果表明,和 AT 切甚高频晶体控制振荡器相比较,SC 切晶体控制的甚高频振荡器的L(f)得到了显著改善。     

非晶态镍磷合金电沉积的研究

研究了亚磷酸—镍盐型电解液中主要工艺因素对电沉积非晶态镍磷合金的影响。结果表明,亚磷酸与氯化镍浓度比的影响最明显,该比值小于1:3时,难于形成非晶态镀层。随该比值增加,电沉积速度降低而镀层含磷量增大。镀液pH值和阴极电流密度增大时,镀层含磷量降低,不利于非晶结构的形成。从磷的阴极析出机理及其与析氢反应的相关性讨论了上述实验结果。     

低噪声晶体振荡电路相频特性的分析

本文以相频特性(dφ)/(df)这一参数来研究低噪声晶体振荡电路的性能,并对晶体网络和振荡电路进行了分析和计算。结果表明,为了使晶体的相频特性得到充分发挥,不同形式的晶体网络应与符合要求的有源网络相配合,并应据此要求设计其电路参数。此外,文中还介绍了几种可供选用的低噪声振荡电路。     

非晶态Ni-Si-B合金薄膜的霍耳效应和磁阻效应

本文对非晶态Ni-Si-B合金薄膜的霍耳效应和磁阻随磁场变化等电磁性能进行了实验研究。在室温条件下,测量了非晶态Ni-Si-B合金薄膜的霍耳电势差,得出了该薄膜的霍耳系数和相应的每个原子的有效传导电子数Z≈0.3。结果表明,非晶态Ni-S-i-B合金薄膜具有正常的霍耳效应,可用自由电子模型的观点进行(?)述,本文还对非晶态Ni-Si-B合金薄膜的磁阻作了简要讨论。     

等离子体处理对非晶态合金镀层表面改性研究

通过微波等离子体处理方法对Ni-W、Ni-W-B非晶态合金镀层表面进行改性的研究,测量了表面改性对非晶态镀层耐蚀性、表面成分及结构的影响.结果表明,经过微波等离子体处理过的Ni-W、Ni-W-B非晶态合金镀层,提高了在H₂SO₄、HNO₃溶液中的耐蚀性以及在700℃环境下的抗氧化性能;微波等离子体处理过的非晶态合金镀层表面含W量和含O量相对提高了;镀层结构仍然是非晶态.     

用国产装置进行的空间蛋白质结晶实验

使用国内研制的管式汽相扩散结晶装置,在我国返回式卫星上,成功地完成了两次空间蛋白质晶体生长实验,10种不同种类的蛋白质配制的48个样品在空间的出晶率分别达52%和80%,其中少数蛋白质生长出了较高质量的蛋白质晶体。结果表明,空间的微重力环境利于改善蛋白质晶体的生长,而且在结晶条件优化足够好的条件下,在空间里能生长出比地面晶体尺寸较大、形态较好和内部有序性较高的蛋白质晶体。本文还就微重力对蛋白质晶体生长的具体作用及其开发利用做了讨论。      

非晶态合金传感器的发展

本文对近十年来国际上非晶态合金传感器的发展进行了综合评述。其中讨论了用于传感器的非晶态合金的特性,构成传感器的要素,介绍了非晶态合金传感器的分类、结构形式、实例及若干应用。按所利用的合金的磁致伸缩特性和物理效应把非晶态合金传感器分成5类:(1)利用零磁致伸缩合金制作的传感器;(2)利用超声传播效应的传感器;(3)利用应力-磁效应的传感器;(4)利用大巴克好森效应和迈悌欧锡斯效应的传感器;(5)利用电阻-应变等等其他物理效应的传感器。     

相路径与群路径同斜向传输距离的关系

本文从电离层为均匀球面分层的假设, 得出了一组联系斜传播中相路径P、群路径P'和传输距离D的微分关系式, 导出了P～D和P'～D曲线的斜率公式, 并简短地讨论了这些曲线的可能应用.      

铬镀层结构转变的氢效应

研究了常规六价铬镀铬并同时渗氢对镀层组织结构的影响。发现常规的薄镀铬层是一种不稳定的非晶态结构,在特定的渗氢条件下可以转变为稳定的非晶态结构或微晶结构。     

Learning in an immersive digital theater

The Houston Museum of Natural Science, in collaboration with Rice University has an outreach program taking portable digital theaters to schools and community sites for over five years and has conducted research on student learning in this immersive environment. By using an external independent evaluator, the effectiveness of NASA-funded Education and Public Outreach (EPO) projects can be assessed. This paper documents interactive techniques and learning strategies in full-dome digital theaters. The presentation is divided into Evaluation Strategies and Results and Interactivity Strategies and Results. All learners from grades 3–12 showed statistically significant short-term increase in knowledge of basic Earth science concepts after a single 22-min show. Improvements were more significant on items that were taught using more than one modality of instruction: hearing, seeing, discussion, and immersion. Thus immersive theater can be an effective as well as engaging teaching method for Earth and Space science concepts, particularly those that are intrinsically three-dimensional and thus most effectively taught in an immersive environment. The portable system allows taking the educational experience to rural and tribal sites where the underserved students could not afford the time or expense to travel to museums.     

Scaling analysis and model estimation of solar corona index

A monthly average solar green coronal index time series for the period from January 1939 to December 2008 collected from NOAA (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has been analysed in this paper in perspective of scaling analysis and modelling. Smoothed and de-noising have been done using suitable mother wavelet as a pre-requisite. The Finite Variance Scaling Method (FVSM), Higuchi method, rescaled range (R/S) and a generalized method have been applied to calculate the scaling exponents and fractal dimensions of the time series. Autocorrelation function (ACF) is used to find autoregressive (AR) process and Partial autocorrelation function (PACF) has been used to get the order of AR model. Finally a best fit model has been proposed using Yule-Walker Method with supporting results of goodness of fit and wavelet spectrum. The results reveal an anti-persistent, Short Range Dependent (SRD), self-similar property with signatures of non-causality, non-stationarity and nonlinearity in the data series. The model shows the best fit to the data under observation.     

Stochastic particle acceleration by the forced interaction of relativistic current sheets

We address the problem of interacting relativistic current sheets in self-consistent kinetic plasma simulations within the framework of the Particle-In-Cell model. The interaction is enforced in head-on collisions of up to 10 current sheets at relativistic bulk speeds. The simulations are motivated by the general problem of Poynting flux dissipation in ‘striped wind’ configurations presumably governing the relativistic outflows pervasive in pulsar winds and gamma-ray bursts. We identify the generation of non-thermal particles and formation of a stable power-law shape in the particle energy distributions f(γ) dγ ∝ γ^−s dγ. In 1D, a spectral index s ∼ 2 is observed and attributed to a stochastic Fermi-type acceleration mechanism. In 2D, the generic index of s ∼ 3–4 is retained as in previous simulations of individual current sheets. Whereas in 2D the high energy cut-off is constrained by the limited dissipation of magnetic energy, in 1D the process converts the bulk motion of current sheets towards directed particle momentum of an exclusive class of non-thermal particles.     

Development of a gas chromatography compatible Sample Processing System (SPS) for the in-situ analysis of refractory organic matter in martian soil: preliminary results

In the frame of the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission a new sample preparation system (SPS) compatible with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) has been developed for the in situ analysis of complex organic molecules in the Martian soil. The goal is to detect, if they exist, some of the key compounds that play an important role in life on Earth including carboxylic acids, amino acids and nucleobases.     

Concept options for the aerial survey of Titan

Various aerial platforms intended for long endurance survey of the Titan surface are presented. A few novel concepts are introduced, including a heated methane balloon and a balloon with a tethered wind turbine. All the concept options are predicted to have lower scientific payload fractions than the Huygens probe. It is concluded that the selection of the best aerial platform option depends on more accurate mass estimates and a clear decision on whether, or not, in situ surface composition measurements are required in conjunction with aerial remote sensing.     

Heterogeneous solid/gas chemistry of organic compounds related to comets,meteorites, Titan,and Mars: Laboratory and in lower Earth orbit experiments

To understand the evolution of organic molecules involved in extraterrestrial environments and with exobiological implications, many experimental programs in the laboratory are devoted to photochemical studies in the gaseous phase as well as in the solid state. The validity of such studies and their applications to extraterrestrial environments can be questioned as long as experiments conducted in space conditions, with the full solar spectrum, especially in the short wavelength domain, have not been implemented. The experiments that are described here will be carried out on a FOTON capsule, using the BIOPAN facility, and on the International Space Station, using the EXPOSE facility. Vented and sealed exposition cells will be used, which will allow us to study the chemical evolution in the gaseous phase as well as heterogeneous processes, such as the degradation of solid compounds and the release of gaseous fragments.     

基于LuGre模型的电液加载系统摩擦补偿

为了提高电液加载系统控制精度,针对摩擦问题提出了基于LuGre摩擦模型的前馈补偿方法.建立了用于摩擦仿真分析和补偿器设计的电液加载系统数学模型;通过实验获取并分析了相关的摩擦数据;基于实验数据进行LuGre模型参数辨识,把LuGre模型和辨识结果引入电液加载系统数学模型,并进行仿真结果与实际摩擦数据的对照,证明了LuGre摩擦模型的准确性.设计前馈补偿器,进行了实验对比,实验结果表明前馈补偿器可将摩擦产生的控制误差有效地降至未补偿时的30%左右.      

The ESA scientific programme

The ESA scientific programme has, so far, provided several significant astrophysics experiments and further important missions are scheduled for execution during the next decade. These missions are briefly summarised together with several astrophysics investigations presently under study.     

CoRoT and Kepler results: Solar-like oscillators

The space-borne observatories CoRoT (Convection Rotation and planetary Transits) and Kepler have provided photometric time series data of unprecedented precision for large numbers of stars. These data have revolutionized the fields of transiting exoplanets and asteroseismology. In this review some important asteroseismic results obtained using data from the CoRoT and Kepler space missions concerning stars that show solar-like oscillations are discussed. These results comprise, among others, measurements of the location of the base of the convection zone and helium second-ionization zone in main-sequence stars, the presence (or not) of core-helium burning in red-giant stars, as well as differential rotation in these stars.     

Return to Europa: Overview of the Jupiter Europa orbiter mission

Missions to explore Europa have been imagined ever since the Voyager mission first suggested that Europa was geologically very young. Subsequently, the Galileo spacecraft supplied fascinating new insights into this satellite of Jupiter. Now, an international team is proposing a return to the Jupiter system and Europa with the Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM). Currently, NASA and ESA are designing two orbiters that would explore the Jovian system and then each would settle into orbit around one of Jupiter’s icy satellites, Europa and Ganymede. In addition, the Japanese Aerospace eXploration Agency (JAXA) is considering a Jupiter magnetospheric orbiter and the Russian Space Agency is investigating a Europa lander.