Corrosion and aging of organic aviation coatings: A review

Organic anticorrosive aviation coatings are an effective guarantee for aviation structure,since aircraft corrosion can lead to great economic losses. Whether it is during ground parking or air cruises, organic aviation coatings are important barriers to the corrosion of aviation structure.With the vigorous development of the aviation industry, organic aviation coatings continue to meet the challenges of diverse, complex, and harsh service environments. This review analyzes and summarizes the res...     

A novel inflatable rings supported design and buoyancy-weight balance deformation analysis of stratosphere airships

Owing to the unique advantages in flight altitude, dwelling time and wide coverage area,stratospheric airships provide permanent monitoring and surveillance for both civil and military applications. Here we propose a semi-rigid stratosphere airship design with circumferential highpressure inflatable rings and a longitudinal carbon fiber skeleton supported inside. We perform numerical simulations to analyze the deformation characteristics during the whole ascending and descending process. An equi...     

Repair Welding of Casting Magnesium Alloys： A Review

Magnesium (Mg) alloys have broad application prospects in the fields of aerospace, national defense, and military industries, owing to their advantages of high specific strength and stiffness, good damping properties, and excellent castabilities. However, defects such as oxidation inclusions, shrinkage cavities and porosities, and hot cracks are readily generated in Mg alloy components, which seriously reduce the performance stability of the products. Related repair welding technologies for Mg alloys can greatly reduce the rejection rate and production cost, and exhibit significant value in scientific research and engineering application. In this review, the weldability of Mg alloys is introduced firstly according to their physical and chemical properties. Then, various repair welding technologies and pre-weld treatments applicable to Mg alloys are systematically summarized, and the effects of welding parameters as well as heat treatments on the microstructure and performance of the repaired joints are clarified. Finally, the existing problems and development trends of repair welding technologies for Mg alloys are summarized based on the actual engineering application requirements.     

Space Life Science of China in 2015

With the human space exploration activities, space life science is an emerging interdisciplinary and it covers a wide range of research. Based on our country's manned space station and recoverable satellite science experimental platform, the development of space life science research is very important to acquire new knowledge or new innovation in technology, to give further services to the human space exploration activities, to improve the national economic and social development. Based on present situation, both theoretical and applied researches were continuously performed in 2015. Here, we review and summarize the researches on space life sciences which were contributed by Chinese scientists.      

Progress in China's Lunar Exploration Program

Chang'E-1 and Chang'E-2 of China's Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP) have successfully achieved their mission. At the present time, only Chang'E-3 is still in operation, which was successfully launched on December 2, 2013. Chang'E-3 probe is the third robotic lunar mission of CLEP, which consists of a lander and a rover, with eight payloads on board the spacecraft. Up to December 21, 2015, more than 2.86TB raw data were received from these instruments onboard Chang'E-3 probe. A series of research results have been achieved. This paper gives a detailed introduction to the new scientific results obtained from Chang'E-3 missions.      

A Brief Review of Interplanetary Investigations in China from 2014 to 2016

Great progress has been made in the research of solar corona and interplanetary physics by the Chinese scientists during the past two years (2014-2016). Nearly 100 papers were published in this area. In this report, we will give a brief review to these progresses. The investigations include:solar corona, solar wind and turbulence, superhalo electron and energetic particle in the inner heliosphere, solar flares and radio bursts, Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) and their interplanetary counterparts, Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) numerical modeling, CME/shock arrival time prediction, magnetic reconnection, solar variability and its impact on climate. These achievements help us to better understand the evolution of solar activities, solar eruptions, their propagations in the heliosphere, and potential geoeffectiveness. They were achieved by the Chinese solar and space scientists independently or via international collaborations.      

Initial corrosion behavior and mechanism of 7B04 aluminum alloy under acid immersion and salt spray environments

The initial corrosion behavior and mechanism of 7B04 aluminum alloy under acid immersion and salt spray environments（pH = 3.5） are studied by Scanning Electron Microscope（SEM）, optical microscope, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy（FT-IR）, X-Ray Diffraction（XRD）, potentiodynamic polarization, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy（EIS）, and Scanning Kelvin Probe（SKP）. The results show that pitting corrosion occurs at the initial corrosion stage, and the potential difference between the seco...     

Vortex dynamics and entropy generation in separated transitional flow over a compressor blade at various incidence angles

The transition process within a Laminar Separation Bubble（LSB） that formed on a compressor blade surface was investigated using Large Eddy Simulations（LESs） at a Reynolds number of 1.5×10⁵ and incidence angles of 0°,+3°,and+5°.The vortex dynamics in the separated shear layers were compared at various incidence angles and its effects on the loss generation were clarified through entropy analysis.Results showed that transition onset,which was accurately identified by the Linear Stabilit...     

Relative roll control of satellite docking using electromagnetic coils

An electromagnetic coil topology and its control strategy, which can be incorporated into the electromagnetic docking device, have been proposed for the relative roll control of two satellites in space. The target satellite and the chaser satellite are respectively embarked with four and six coils evenly arranged around the docking axis. All the coils on the target satellite are Direct Current(DC) energized, while the currents in the coils of the chaser satellite are regulated to achieve the rel...     

Robust formation control for missiles with obstacle avoidance

This paper investigates the robust formation control for missiles with obstacle avoidance.A sliding mode surface that is asymptotically stable is firstly presented by the collision avoidance potential function and hyperbolic tangent function. Based on the sliding mode surface, a robust formation controller with obstacle avoidance is designed for missiles. To improve the convergence rate,a finite-time controller which can deal with the formation control for missiles is given using an improved sli...