失重飞机上进行的电泳分离实验

介绍了用A3—l连续自由流电泳仪在俄罗斯失重飞机上进行的实验情况及结果．进行了4个架次的飞行试验，获得了飞行试验的数据和电泳分离图像．试验结果表明，电泳仪装置工作良好，从分离图像可以看出重力变化对电泳分离过程的影响并证实微重力环境对生物材料的电泳分离是有利的．     

药用生物材料的空间电泳分离

文章综述了空间材料加工领域的重要组成部分——生物材料空间电泳分离研究的情况。重点介绍空间电泳分离的目的、内容、它的过去、现在和将来。     

基于Transition SST模型的高雷诺数圆柱绕流数值研究

为了研究高雷诺数下圆柱绕流边界层的转捩现象和圆柱尾迹近壁区的流动特征,首先通过在典型雷诺数下采用Transition SST四方程转捩模型模拟圆柱绕流得到的结果与实验结果及采用SST k-ω两方程湍流模型模拟结果的对比分析,验证了Transition SST模型在模拟高雷诺数下圆柱绕流的优越性,并较为准确地预测出了圆柱绕流边界层的转捩现象及尾迹近壁区的流动特征。然后分别对亚临界区、临界区、超临界区和过临界区的圆柱绕流问题进行了数值模拟,分析了不同雷诺数下圆柱绕流的流场结构及圆柱表面压力系数、摩擦力系数的变化规律,研究了圆柱绕流近壁区的流动特征、边界层转捩的流动机理、转捩位置及其随雷诺数的变化规律。结果表明,亚临界区二维圆柱绕流边界层发生层流分离,无分离泡和转捩现象;临界区和超临界区二维圆柱绕流边界层先产生了分离泡现象,之后流动发生了转捩并在转捩后发生湍流分离;过临界区二维圆柱绕流边界层流动在转捩之后发生湍流分离,无分离泡现象;在临界区、超临界区和过临界区,二维圆柱绕流边界层转捩位置随雷诺数增大向前驻点移动。     

空间连续流电泳电流体力学过程的地基模拟

通过相似性分析得到了空间连续流电流体力学过程地基模拟的相似性准则，数值模拟表明，所得相似性准则是有效（近似）的，基于此，建立了空间连续流电泳电流体力学过程地基模拟实验系统，并进行了生物样品分离实验，当然，相似准则的最终检验有待于空间实验。     

风挡防冰表面温度场计算

在研究国内外有关资料的基础上，采用了量纲分析的方法，建立了风挡外表面温度场的计算模型。回避了对自由流与射流相互干扰这一复杂问题的研究，同时对该计算模型进行了验证，并开发了相应的计算程序。该问题的解决，填补了国内在该领域中的空白。     

尖楔和半锥引起的激波／边界层干扰中相关特性研究

本文对于由尖楔和半锥等引起的后掠激波/边界层干扰中相关特性进行了实验研究。实验雷诺数Re=2.4×10~7/m,自由流马赫数Ma_∞=1.79,2.04和2.50。相关性研究的结果表明:在锥形干扰区域内,上游影响线和主分离线的斜率仅仅依赖于无粘激波强度,而无粘激波形状及湍流边界层特性对其影响不大。即在锥形干扰区域内,激波上游的流动特性主要依赖于无粘激波强度。     

喷管分离流动及其侧向载荷

利用商业软件CFX对某液体火箭大面积比喷管地面条件下的分离流动进行了三维数值模拟.计算获得了喷管入口总压从8MPa减小到1MPa时的流场参数分布和侧向力载荷情况.结果表明,随着入口总压的降低,喷管内流场会依次经历自由激波分离和受限激波分离两种分离激波模态.受限激波分离模态下喷管壁面压强具有较大波动,再附着点压强甚至高于环境压强.流动分离情况下,喷管将受到一定侧向载荷作用,载荷方向随机分布.入口总压为4MPa时计算得到的侧向载荷最大,实际侧向载荷峰值可能出现在自由激波分离与受限激波分离转换瞬间.     

微射流作用下的超声速流场控制机理研究

以24°压缩拐角为流场模型,针对不同注入总压微射流作用下来流马赫数为2.9的超声速压缩拐角流场进行了数值研究,喷射方向与来流垂直。研究表明,微射流阻挡作用下,其下游速度被减小,而减弱了分离激波强度。此外,微射流与来流耦合会产生正反向旋转流向涡对,在其下洗作用下,高能量流体被带入到边界层底部近壁面处,使此处低能流体被激活,进而增强了边界层的抗逆压能力不易发生分离,且这种激活能力会随注入总压的增加而增强。权衡控制效果和注入能量认为,注入压比(注入总压/来流总压)为0.60的微射流为最优方案,在其作用下,拐角区分离面积被减小了近70%、激波交汇点与壁面的距离被降低了近37%、分离激波强度被削弱近12%。     

用GAO-YONG湍流模式对分离流动的数值模拟

采用GAO-YONG湍流模式对二维管道内三角形钝体绕流问题以及槽道内后台阶分离流动进行了数值模拟.求解程序基于开源数值计算平台OpenFOAM (Open Field Operation and Manipulation),数值模拟结果很好地预测了钝体绕流问题中漩涡脱落的尾流的流动趋势以及后台阶流动中分离再附的流动结构,同时分析了速度分布以及摩擦系数等参数并与实验值进行了对比,结果符合很好.这表明GAO-YONG湍流模式对大分离流动有较好的预测能力,对工程实践具有指导性作用.     

用GAO-YONG湍流模式对分离流动的数值模拟

采用GAO-YONG湍流模式对二维管道内三角形钝体绕流问题以及槽道内后台阶分离流动进行了数值模拟.求解程序基于开源数值计算平台OpenFOAM (Open Field Operation and Manipulation),数值模拟结果很好地预测了钝体绕流问题中漩涡脱落的尾流的流动趋势以及后台阶流动中分离再附的流动结构,同时分析了速度分布以及摩擦系数等参数并与实验值进行了对比,结果符合很好.这表明GAO-YONG湍流模式对大分离流动有较好的预测能力,对工程实践具有指导性作用.     

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.