Modeling and simulation of spacecraft power systems

Modeling of a complete spacecraft power processing system is presented, using the Boeing EASYS software. Component models are developed, and several system models including a solar array switching system, a partially shunted solar system, and cosmic background explorer (COBE) system are simulated. The modes of operation of the power system, such as shunt mode, battery-charge mode, and battery-discharge mode, are simulated for a complete orbit cycle     

涡襟翼振动对三角翼涡的影响

 <正> 1.引言 许多实验表明,用主动干扰的方式是控制分离的一个有效方法,而且可以把分离区从一死水区(或紊乱的区域)变成一个有序流动区域。二维流动实验还表明非定常机动可以较大地改变流动结构。三维流态显示表明强迫振动对集中涡的形成过程等有显著影响,并影响涡和物面之间的距离。目前对三维非定常流动特性,以及非定常干扰对机翼绕流中涡破裂等的作用尚未充分了解。 影响集中涡破裂的关键因素是沿涡轴方向的压力梯度。涡环量对破裂的影响是双向的,涡强过大易使涡破裂;涡强过小时涡结构松散,也易于破裂,甚至迅速耗散掉。从二维结果看,非定常强迫扰动可使涡的结构更紧凑、清晰,而且扰动可以改     

CFAR for homogeneous part of high-resolution imagery

In high-resolution imaging, weak target pixel amplifiers may not be detected in the presence of clutter containing strong nonhomogeneities, when conventional approaches are used. The authors describe a constant false alarm rate (CFAR) approach that avoids the elimination of these significant target returns. The nonhomogeneous clutter as well as the weak target components are detected with this approach. The targets could then be discriminated from the homogeneities by discrimination techniques. It is shown how the lower amplitude components of the background noise and homogeneous clutter (which have Rayleigh statistics) can be detected in the presence of strong homogeneous clutter and targets. The average level of the homogeneous component is then determined using these lower-amplitude components. This CFAR approach avoids having a CFAR on the strong nonhomogeneities as well as the homogeneous component. The avoidance is what yields the ability to detect weak target pixel amplitudes     

非定常集中涡破裂形态及其对扰动的影响

本文中利用三角翼前缘涡襟翼的强制振动来推迟涡破裂。流场显示实验结果表明,在有强制扰动时,集中涡显示出两种不同形式的破裂,可分成六种不同的破裂形态。非定常集中涡的一个破裂过程涉及几种破裂形态之间的转换。涡襟翼振动产生的非定常效应对涡破裂的影响与三角翼后掠角有密切的关系,随后掠角增大非定常效应的影响变小。就实验迎角范围而言(α<35°),对50°后掠角三角翼,涡襟翼振动可显著推迟涡破裂;但对70°后掠角三角翼,振动却能促进涡的破裂。涡襟翼振动改变了集中涡的性态,使集中涡趋向于和前缘平行。振动对涡破裂的作用部分地与这种效应有关。     

Heavy ion observations by MARIE in cruise phase and Mars orbit

The charged particle spectrum for nuclei from protons to neon, (charge Z=10) was observed during the cruise phase and orbit around Mars by the MARIE charged particle spectrometer on the Odyssey spacecraft. The cruise data were taken between April 23, 2001 and mid-August 2001. The Mars orbit data were taken March 5, 2002 through May 2002 and are scheduled to continue until August 2004. Charge peaks are clearly separated for charges up to Z=10. Especially prominent are the carbon and oxygen peaks, with boron and nitrogen also clearly visible. Although heavy ions are much less abundant than protons in the cosmic ray environment, it is important to determine their abundances because their ionization energy losses (proportional to Z²) are far more dangerous to humans and to instruments. Thus the higher charged nuclei make a significant contribution to dose and dose equivalent received in space. Results of the charged particle spectrum measurements will be reported.     

The Juno Radiation Monitoring (RM) Investigation

The Radiation Monitoring Investigation of the Juno Mission will actively retrieve and analyze the noise signatures from penetrating radiation in the images of Juno’s star cameras and science instruments at Jupiter. The investigation’s objective is to profile Jupiter’s \(>10\mbox{-MeV}\) electron environment in regions of the Jovian magnetosphere which today are still largely unexplored. This paper discusses the primary instruments on Juno which contribute to the investigation’s data suite, the measurements of camera noise from penetrating particles, spectral sensitivities and measurement ranges of the instruments, calibrations performed prior to Juno’s first science orbit, and how the measurements may be used to infer the external relativistic electron environment.     

CME Theory and Models

This chapter provides an overview of current efforts in the theory and modeling of CMEs. Five key areas are discussed: (1) CME initiation; (2) CME evolution and propagation; (3) the structure of interplanetary CMEs derived from flux rope modeling; (4) CME shock formation in the inner corona; and (5) particle acceleration and transport at CME driven shocks. In the section on CME initiation three contemporary models are highlighted. Two of these focus on how energy stored in the coronal magnetic field can be released violently to drive CMEs. The third model assumes that CMEs can be directly driven by currents from below the photosphere. CMEs evolve considerably as they expand from the magnetically dominated lower corona into the advectively dominated solar wind. The section on evolution and propagation presents two approaches to the problem. One is primarily analytical and focuses on the key physical processes involved. The other is primarily numerical and illustrates the complexity of possible interactions between the CME and the ambient medium. The section on flux rope fitting reviews the accuracy and reliability of various methods. The section on shock formation considers the effect of the rapid decrease in the magnetic field and plasma density with height. Finally, in the section on particle acceleration and transport, some recent developments in the theory of diffusive particle acceleration at CME shocks are discussed. These include efforts to combine self-consistently the process of particle acceleration in the vicinity of the shock with the subsequent escape and transport of particles to distant regions.     

发动机维护服务的现状与未来

航空发动机大修业务开始企稳,而且预计未来还将有所增加. 据MRO Prospector统计,目前在役的窄体飞机机队数量约是宽体飞机的3倍,2011年窄体飞机的发动机返厂维修量将会有大幅增加.     

CIR Morphology, Turbulence, Discontinuities, and Energetic Particles

Corotating interaction regions (CIRs) in the middle heliosphere have distinct morphological features and associated patterns of turbulence and energetic particles. This report summarizes current understanding of those features and patterns, discusses how they can vary from case to case and with distance from the Sun and possible causes of those variations, presents an analytical model of the morphological features found in earlier qualitative models and numerical simulations, and identifies aspects of the features and patterns that have yet to be resolved. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.