Medium frequency broadcast of differential GPS data

The broadcast performance of DGPS (differential global positioning systems)/radio beacons is studied. It is found that a combination of receiver limiting and forward error corrections is very effective against the atmospheric noise which characterizes the MF band. This combination significantly reduces the probability of bit error and the average time between differential updates. The authors compute the probability of link outage versus range, and find that forward error correction significantly increases DGPS/radio beacon coverage. It is found that groundwave/skywave interference slightly increases the probability of outage at moderate ranges. An estimate is made of the expected duration of outage for the DGPS/radio beacon signal. All results are based on analytical and experimental results     

Comments, with reply, on `Parallel resonant converter with LLC-typecommutation'

In a recent paper by C.Q. Lee et al. (ibid., vol.25, no.6, p. 844-7, Nov. 1989), the authors analyzed a DC-DC converter that they termed the LLC-type PRC (parallel resonant converter). Its resonant network contains three active components-two inductances and a parallel capacitance-and as a consequence the converter might be expected to have third-order dynamics. But Lee et al. employed a matrix transformation to show that the behavior of the circuit may be represented as a state-plane trajectory, as for a second-order circuit. The purpose of this contribution is to show that the converter has a zero-frequency eigenvalue, associated with undesirable circulating DC. The second-order dynamics exhibited by the third-order converter are explained by an application of Thevenin's theorem. Some aerospace applications of the LLC-type parallel resonant converter (PRC) are discussed. In their reply, the authors show that the circulating direct current does not exist in the practical converter circuit     

A New Mechanism of Coronal Heating

The interaction between network magnetic fields and emerging intranetwork fields may lead to magnetic reconnection and microflares, which generate fast shocks with an Alfvén Mach number M _A<2. Protons and less abundant ions in the solar corona are then heated and accelerated by fast shocks. Our study of shock heating shows that (a) the nearly nondeflection of ion motion across the shock ramp leads to a large perpendicular thermal velocity (v _th), which is an increasing function of the mass/charge ratio; (b) the heating by subcritical shocks with 1.1 M_A 1.5 leads to a large temperature anisotropy with T/T 50 for O⁵⁺ ions and a mild anisotropy with T_/T 1.2 for protons; (c) the large perpendicular thermal velocity of He⁺⁺ and O⁵⁺ ions can be converted to the radial outflow velocity (u) in the divergent coronal field lines; and (d) the heating and acceleration by shocks with 1.1 M_A 1.5 can lead to u(O⁵⁺) v _th(O⁵⁺) 460 km s^–1 for O⁵⁺ ions, u(He⁺⁺) v _th(He⁺⁺) 360 km s^–1 for He⁺⁺ ions, and u(H⁺) v _th(H⁺) 240 km s^–1 for protons at r=3–4 R . Our results can explain recent SOHO observations of the heating and acceleration of protons and heavier ions in the solar corona.     

超声速磁流体管道流动的数值模拟

应用可同时适用于描述磁流体MHD (MagnetoHydroDynamic)强化超燃冲压发动机磁流体发电器与磁流体加速器的,包含磁流体N-S(Navier-Stokes)方程与磁感应方程的可压缩磁流体方程组对超声速磁流体管道流动进行了数值模拟研究,以验证本项工作所提出的对2组方程进行交替迭代的分裂式算法.给出了算例的计算结果,并与无磁场及恒磁场下相同管道的流动计算结果进行了对比分析.     

OLTARIS: On-line tool for the assessment of radiation in space

OLTARIS (On-Line Tool for the Assessment of Radiation In Space) is a space radiation analysis tool available on the World Wide Web. It can be used to study the effects of space radiation for various spacecraft and mission scenarios involving humans and electronics. The transport is based on the HZETRN transport code and the input nuclear physics model is NUCFRG. This paper describes the tools behind the web interface and the types of inputs required to obtain results. Typical inputs are mission parameters and slab definitions or vehicle thickness distributions. Radiation environments can be chosen by the user. This paper describes these inputs as well as the output response functions including dose, dose equivalent, whole body effective dose equivalent, LET spectra and detector response models.     

模拟可压缩流的高分辨率有限元法

采用经典的Galerkin方法对N-S方程进行空间离散,再以该半离散格式作为基本格式,参照Kuzmin的思想加入耗散与反耗散项,使所构造的格式具有局部极值不增(LED,Local Extremum Diminishing)性质.对上述半离散格式进行时间离散后所导出的稀疏线性代数方程组,采用了GMRES(Generalized Minimal Residual)迭代法进行求解.为验证所建立的格式及相应的程序,给出了激波管问题和绕圆柱与双椭球超声速流动问题的数值模拟结果.      

基于准分布式光纤光栅传感器的机翼盒段载荷监测

以某型飞机机翼盒段为研究对象,建立了盒段试件的有限元模型,分析外载荷和应变分布之间关系.采用波分复用形式构建了分布式光纤Bragg光栅传感网络测量盒段试件的应变,设计了网络中先纤传感嚣的排布方式,在此基础上研究了传感网络的温度补偿方法.运用波长监测方法对盒段结构承受的不同载荷进行了实验研究.结果表明,传感器的波长偏移与栽荷成线性关系,斜率由于加栽点位置的变化而不同.传感器的最大载荷监测灵敏度迭3.09 pm/N.     

Harmonic analysis of the ionospheric electron densities retrieved from FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC radio occultation measurements

In order to investigate the regular variations of the ionosphere, the least-squares harmonic estimation is applied to the time series of ionospheric electron densities derived from about five years of Global Positioning System radio occultation observations by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellites. The analysis is done for different latitudes and altitudes in the region of Iran. The least-squares harmonic estimation is found to be a powerful tool for the frequency analysis of the completely unevenly spaced time series of radio occultation measurements. Although the obtained results are slightly different from the exact expected cycles (i.e. annual and diurnal components with their Fourier decompositions, and the 27-day period) due to the low horizontal resolution of radio occultation measurements, high vertical resolution of the observations enables us to detect not only the total electron content variations but also periodic patterns of electron densities at different altitudes of the ionosphere. The dominant diurnal and annual signals together with their Fourier series decompositions are obtained, which are consistent with the previous analyses on the total electron content. In the equatorial anomaly band, the annual component is weaker than its Fourier decomposition periods. In particular, the semiannual period dominates the annual component, indicating the relationship between the semiannual variation of the electron densities and the ionospheric equatorial anomaly. From detection of the phases of the components, it is revealed that the annual signal generally has its maximum value in summers at high altitudes, and in the winters at low altitudes. This is probably due to the higher [O/N₂] ratios in winter than in the summer in the lower ionosphere. Furthermore, the semiannual component mostly peaks around solstices or about a month before/after them.     

高超声速尖锥边界层转捩数值模拟

边界层转捩对高超声速飞行器气动力和热产生重要影响.通过联立求解Favré平均层流脉动能方程与Favré平均Navier-Stokes方程,开展了高马赫数条件下尖锥边界层转捩位置的数值预测研究.将数值计算结果与可用的实验结果进行对比,结果表明增大单位Reynolds数可使转捩提前发生,攻角效应可使迎风面转捩延迟,背风面转捩提前.