On choice of the blade back profile curvature in transonic turbine cascades

Some design and experimental data on three cascades with the same 12° bending angle for the primary nozzle block of a gas turbine are presented. As is seen from the investigation the most efficient at the transonic velocities of the outward flow are the blades, the back curvature of which in the bevel cut zone decreases to the trailing edge. Also presented is the fact that the blade with the increasing back curvature has noticeably larger losses.     

Alfven modes of solar coronal magnetic arches: Excitation of ballooning instability and modulation of flare emission

The effect of Alfven-type oscillations in a coronal magnetic arch on modulation of the gyrosynchrotron radiation and development of the ballooning instability in the arch is considered. On the basis of the energy method and the method of normal modes, the expressions are obtained for increments of ballooning instability at its swinging by natural oscillations of the arch. The conclusion is drawn that bending oscillations, which do not actually compress the plasma and, therefore, represent the Alfven-type modes, unlike the radial oscillations, are capable, under solar corona conditions, to effectively swing ballooning instability and, as a consequence, play a part of a trigger for solar flares. The ballooning instability of coronal arches is shown to be capable of causing formation of helmet-shaped structures in the lower solar corona. On the basis of calculations of the intensity modulation depth and the degree of circular polarization of non-thermal gyrosynchrotron radiation, under the assumption of excited Alfven oscillations of a coronal arch, the conclusion is drawn, that microwave observations at a frequency of > 10 GHz can be used for studying the conditions of excitation and propagation of Alfven modes in flare loops. The consequences of obtained results are discussed using the flare on April 15, 2002 as an example.     

一种用计量光栅实现 2nm测量分辨率的新方法

提出一种利用正切函数在零点附近的小范围内线性度非常好的特点,对计量光栅技术中计算机正切细分法进行扩展,在信号处理电路中设计出一个量程比较小的精测档,以获得更高的纳米级的测量分辨率的新方法,并进行了详细充分的实验验证.     

天宫一号频繁轨控条件下快速测定轨精度及策略分析

2016年,中国将要执行空间站与货运飞船的快速交会对接试验,该试验要求飞船起飞后6 h完成与空间站的交会对接。工程实践中需要对飞船进行多次远导控制,其间留给快速定轨的数据时长最少可能只有5 min,这对短弧定轨精度提出了较高要求。利用天宫一号在轨运行期间实测数据开展了快速测定轨试验,试验频繁轨控条件下5 min数据时长的快速测定轨精度。试验结果表明,不同条件下短弧定轨精度差异较大,这为快速交会对接试验带来了较大风险。为了提高短弧定轨精度,制定了利用轨控前后数据联合解算轨控从而增加定轨数据弧段的方法提高短弧定轨精度的定轨策略。分析结果表明,该定轨策略有效提高了短弧定轨精度,可满足快速交会对接试验轨道维持控制要求。     

编队飞行卫星群描述及摄动分析

定义了一组新的编队飞行卫星群相对运动描述参数 ,以及基于此的构型设计方法 ;并分析了地球非球形摄动对这组参数的影响 ,给出了为消除摄动长期影响所需的速度脉冲量 ,并对部分参数给出了减少摄动影响的设计方法     

小功率电弧等离子体发动机实验数据采集系统

介绍了小功率电弧等离子体发动机的实验装置及数据采集系统,阐述其结构组成及工作过程,重点介绍了发动机工作推力、电流和电压的测量原理,并对数据采集系统的硬件配置、性能及软件的编制的原则、方法作了主要说明,给出典型实验所测结果.测量结果准确反映了实验工作过程.      

Application of nonlinear filtering to navigation system designusing passive sensors

The problem of navigation system design for autonomous aircraft landing is addressed. New nonlinear filter structures are introduced to estimate the position and velocity of an aircraft with respect to a possibly moving landing site, such as a naval vessel, based on measurements provided by airborne vision and inertial sensors. By exploring the geometry of the navigation problem, the navigation filter dynamics are cast in the framework of linear parametrically varying systems (LPVs). Using this set-up, filter performance and stability are studied in an H_∞ setting by resorting to the theory of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The design of nonlinear, regionally stable filters to meet adequate H_∞ performance measures is thus converted into that of determining the feasibility of a related set of LMIs and finding a solution to them, if it exists. This is done by using-widely available numerical tools that borrow from convex optimization techniques. The mathematical framework that is required for integrated vision/inertial navigation system design is developed and a design example for an air vehicle landing on an aircraft carrier is detailed     

Reconstruction of space weather physical parameters on 400-year scale

The main goal of this paper is to get physically informative comprehensive data about dynamics of the solar magnetic field, geomagnetic field, and interplanetary magnetic field over large time scales. The total sunspot magnetic flux, aa and IDV indices of geomagnetic activity, the IMF strength, the dipole-octopole index of the large-scale magnetic field of the Sun, and the open magnetic flux are reconstructed for 400 years. The reconstruction of the π index of the large-scale polar magnetic field of the Sun is performed for 150 years.     

Case study of inclined sporadic E layers in the Earth’s ionosphere observed by CHAMP/GPS radio occultations: Coupling between the tilted plasma layers and internal waves

We have used the radio occultation (RO) satellite data CHAMP/GPS (Challenging Minisatellite Payload/Global Positioning System) for studying the ionosphere of the Earth. A method for deriving the parameters of ionospheric structures is based upon an analysis of the RO signal variations in the phase path and intensity. This method allows one to estimate the spatial displacement of a plasma layer with respect to the ray perigee, and to determine the layer inclination and height correction values. In this paper, we focus on the case study of inclined sporadic E (E_s) layers in the high-latitude ionosphere based on available CHAMP RO data. Assuming that the internal gravity waves (IGWs) with the phase-fronts parallel to the ionization layer surfaces are responsible for the tilt angles of sporadic plasma layers, we have developed a new technique for determining the parameters of IGWs linked with the inclined E_s structures. A small-scale internal wave may be modulating initially horizontal E_s layer in height and causing a direction of the plasma density gradient to be rotated and aligned with that of the wave propagation vector k. The results of determination of the intrinsic wave frequency and period, vertical and horizontal wavelengths, intrinsic vertical and horizontal phase speeds, and other characteristics of IGWs under study are presented and discussed.     

The Hydrogen Exospheric Density Profile Measured with ASPERA-3/NPD

We have evaluated the Lyman-α limb emission from the exospheric hydrogen of Mars measured by the neutral particle detector of the ASPERA-3 instrument on Mars Express in 2004 at low solar activity (solar activity index = 42, F_10.7=100). We derive estimates for the hydrogen exobase density, n _H = 10¹⁰ m^?3, and for the apparent temperature, T > 600 K. We conclude that the limb emission measurement is dominated by a hydrogen component that is considerably hotter than the bulk temperature at the exobase. The derived values for the exosphere density and temperature are compared with similar measurements done by the Mariner space probes in the 1969. The values found with Mars Express and Mariner data are brought in a broader context of exosphere models including the possibility of having two hydrogen components in the Martian exosphere. The present observation of the Martian hydrogen exosphere is the first one at high altitudes during low solar activity, and shows that for low solar activity exospheric densities are not higher than for high solar activity.