Astrophysics in 2006

The fastest pulsar and the slowest nova; the oldest galaxies and the youngest stars; the weirdest life forms and the commonest dwarfs; the highest energy particles and the lowest energy photons. These were some of the extremes of Astrophysics 2006. We attempt also to bring you updates on things of which there is currently only one (habitable planets, the Sun, and the Universe) and others of which there are always many, like meteors and molecules, black holes and binaries.     

1. Transport of Mass,Momentum and Energy in Planetary Magnetodisc Regions

The rapid rotation of the gas giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn, leads to the formation of magnetodisc regions in their magnetospheric environments. In these regions, relatively cold plasma is confined towards the equatorial regions, and the magnetic field generated by the azimuthal (ring) current adds to the planetary dipole, forming radially distended field lines near the equatorial plane. The ensuing force balance in the equatorial magnetodisc is strongly influenced by centrifugal stress and by the thermal pressure of hot ion populations, whose thermal energy is large compared to the magnitude of their centrifugal potential energy. The sources of plasma for the Jovian and Kronian magnetospheres are the respective satellites Io (a volcanic moon) and Enceladus (an icy moon). The plasma produced by these sources is globally transported outwards through the respective magnetosphere, and ultimately lost from the system. One of the most studied mechanisms for this transport is flux tube interchange, a plasma instability which displaces mass but does not displace magnetic flux—an important observational constraint for any transport process. Pressure anisotropy is likely to play a role in the loss of plasma from these magnetospheres. This is especially the case for the Jovian system, which can harbour strong parallel pressures at the equatorial segments of rotating, expanding flux tubes, leading to these regions becoming unstable, blowing open and releasing their plasma. Plasma mass loss is also associated with magnetic reconnection events in the magnetotail regions. In this overview, we summarise some important observational and theoretical concepts associated with the production and transport of plasma in giant planet magnetodiscs. We begin by considering aspects of force balance in these systems, and their coupling with the ionospheres of their parent planets. We then describe the role of the interaction between neutral and ionized species, and how it determines the rate at which plasma mass and momentum are added to the magnetodisc. Following this, we describe the observational properties of plasma injections, and the consequent implications for the nature of global plasma transport and magnetodisc stability. The theory of the flux tube interchange instability is reviewed, and the influences of gravity and magnetic curvature on the instability are described. The interaction between simulated interchange plasma structures and Saturn’s moon Titan is discussed, and its relationship to observed periodic phenomena at Saturn is described. Finally, the observation, generation and evolution of plasma waves associated with mass loading in the magnetodisc regions is reviewed.     

电子吊舱环境控制系统设计的新技术

针对我国军用电子设备吊舱载机电源紧张,国产电子元器件耐温性能相对较差,对环境控制系统要求较高的特点,本文提出了一种新型用冲压空气驱动的环境控制系统.该系统采用"蓄冷节能"的设计思想和逆升压回冷技术,并配备具有智能功能的测控子系统.为克服冲压空气压头低的困难,利用空气动力学理论,提高进气道总压恢复系数,扩大系统进出口压差,从而获得较大涡轮膨胀比.试验结果证明所设计的吊舱环控系统具有良好的制冷性能和经济性.     

一种多功能训练器械设计与实训试验

针对以往特种运动器械存在设计理念陈旧、运动功能单一等缺陷,设计了一种能够提高受训人员综合身体素质的多功能训练器械。该器械主要由旋转中心框架、圆形中心框架、防护装置以及电动传动装置等组成,能够进行康复治疗、强化核心训练等。通过实际训练验证,该器械性能稳定,使用安全可靠,并且适用于多人施训,省时省力。     

塞式喷管性能的数值模拟与实验验证

通过特征线法在塞式喷管中的应用，研究了塞式喷管主要结构参数对其性能的影响，同时，研究了塞式喷管的高度特性，最后还对塞式喷管合推力与发动机轴向夹角的高度特性进行了研究和分析。理论研究结果得到了实验的验证。其结果可用于塞式喷管的设计。     

编队飞行卫星群构型保持及初始化

导出了基于相对轨道要素的编队飞行卫星群轨道相对运动控制的轨道机动方程；提出了编队飞行卫星群轨道相对运动控制的轨道机动控制策略，利用不同方向的脉冲控制相对运动的轨道参数，包括轨道平面内机动和轨道平面外机动控制。根据相对轨道要素的变轨机动控制，进行编队飞行卫星群构型的初始化。这样的构型初始化可以视作一次特殊的变轨机动控制，很容易实现编队飞行构型的初始化机动。     

航天应用FPGA配置可靠性研究

航天应用系统必须保证每一单元的安全性及可靠性. 现场可编程门阵列(Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), 以其I/O管脚丰富、设计灵活等优势, 逐渐被广泛应用于航天领域. 其设计与工艺不断完善, 以适应太空中电子辐射等复杂的工作环境. 由于基于SRAM的FPGA芯片断电后程序丢失, 因此每次上电后都需要先从PROM等外部存储器中加载程序才能正常工作. 然而, 并不是每一个芯片的每一次加载配置都能成功完成, FPGA的上电配置结果将直接关系到卫星任务的成败. 研究发现, 诸如环境温度、信号完整性、供电电压、配置时钟速率等因素会影响FPGA的配置过程, 致使出现偶尔的配置失败, 这在航天应用中是绝对不允许的. 针对实际应用的Xilinx公司FPGA芯片, 为提高上电配置可靠性, 提出了一系列设计保障措施, 在FPGA航天应用领域具有一定的参考价值.     

紧凑热交换器优化设计

对各种传热表面的板翅式紧凑热交换器进行了优化设计计算，建立了通用优化程序系统。此程序既适用于一般地面热交换器，也适用于飞机空调中的热交换器。与传统的设计计算相比较，优化设计的效果很好。热交换优化后，肋片的形状变得更加合理，芯体传热表面更加紧。通过各种肋片的计算得出，条状肋片为板翅式肋片中的最佳者。     

基于DDES的有／无舱门腔体气动噪声仿真分析

采用延迟分离涡仿真（ DDES）的方法研究了空腔和带有舱门的腔体的气动噪声特性。仿真在自由来流M＝0．85下,长宽深比值为5：1：1的矩形开放腔体展开。空腔仿真的声压级幅值结果与试验数据相比误差在4％以内,频率位置的预测较好。 DDES方法对于气动噪声问题具有很好的仿真准确性。空腔仿真结果和带有舱门的结果对比后表明,舱门迫使剪切层气流更多的撞击后壁进入腔体内部,使腔体内部尤其是中部压强波动增大,声压级在低频部分增量显著,达到了5 dB左右。     

高超声速钝头体边界层转捩试验

为研究高超声钝头体边界层转捩以及头部钝度对转捩的影响,在FD-14和FD-14A两座激波风洞中开展了热流、压力扰动和高速纹影显示等综合测量。试验结果表明,转捩雷诺数关于钝度雷诺数的变化显示出转捩反转的趋势。压力扰动的功率谱密度（PSD）分析结果以流向离散分布云图形式显示,边界层高速纹影图像显示了第二模态波的发展、湍流的生成和熵层对边界层结构的显著影响。大头部钝度带来的强熵梯度熵层流动对边界层压力扰动频谱特性和流动结构影响显著,在转捩反转机理中起到重要作用。此外,马赫数对转捩的影响不容忽视。