Occurrence of equatorial plasma bubbles over Kolhapur

This paper reports the nightglow observations of OI 630.0 nm emissions, made by using all sky imager operating at low latitude station Kolhapur (16.8°N, 74.2°E and dip lat. 10.6°N) during high sunspot number years of 24th solar cycle. The images are analyzed to study the nocturnal, seasonal and solar activity dependence occurrence of plasma bubbles. We observed EPBs in images regularly during a limited period 19:30 to 02:30 LT and reach maximum probability of occurrence at 22:30 LT. The observation pattern of EPBs shows nearly no occurrence during the month of May and it maximizes during the period October–April. The equinox and solstice seasonal variations in the occurrence of plasma bubbles show nearly equal and large differences, respectively, between years of 2010–11 and 2011–12.     

A comprehensive numerical model investigating the thermal-dynamic performance of scientific balloon

The increase of balloon applications makes it necessary for a comprehensive understanding of the thermal and dynamic performance of scientific balloons. This paper proposed a novel numerical model to investigate the thermal and dynamic characteristics of scientific balloon in both ascending and floating conditions. The novel model consists of a dynamic model and thermal model, the dynamic model was solved numerically by a computer program developed with Matlab/Simulink to calculate the velocity and trajectory, the thermal model was solved by the Fluent program to find out the balloon film temperature distribution and inner Helium gas velocity and temperature field. These models were verified by comparing the numerical results with experimental data. Then the thermal and dynamic behavior of a scientific balloon in a real environment were simulated and discussed in details.     

Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass for the International Space Station (ISS-CREAM)

The Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) instrument is configured with a suite of particle detectors to measure TeV cosmic-ray elemental spectra from protons to iron nuclei over a wide energy range. The goal is to extend direct measurements of cosmic-ray composition to the highest energies practical, and thereby have enough overlap with ground based indirect measurements to answer questions on cosmic-ray origin, acceleration and propagation. The balloon-borne CREAM was flown successfully for about 161 days in six flights over Antarctica to measure elemental spectra of Z = 1–26 nuclei over the energy range 10¹⁰ to >10¹⁴ eV. Transforming the balloon instrument into ISS-CREAM involves identification and replacement of components that would be at risk in the International Space Station (ISS) environment, in addition to assessing safety and mission assurance concerns. The transformation process includes rigorous testing of components to reduce risks and increase survivability on the launch vehicle and operations on the ISS without negatively impacting the heritage of the successful CREAM design. The project status, including results from the ongoing analysis of existing data and, particularly, plans to increase the exposure factor by another order of magnitude utilizing the International Space Station are presented.     

Analysis of the ionosphere/plasmasphere electron content variability during strong geomagnetic storm

The ionosphere/plasmasphere electron content (PEC) variations during strong geomagnetic storms in November 2004 were estimated by combining of mid-latitude Kharkov incoherent scatter radar observations and GPS TEC data derived from global TEC maps. The comparison between two independent measurements was performed by analysis of the height-temporal distribution for specific location corresponding to the mid-latitudes of Europe. The percentage contribution of PEC to GPS TEC indicated the clear dependence from the time with maximal values (more than 70%) during night-time. During day-time the lesser values (30–45%) were observed for quiet geomagnetic conditions and rather high values of the PEC contribution to GPS TEC (up to 90%) were observed during strong negative storm. These changes can be explained by the competing effects of electric fields and winds, which tend to raise the layer to the region with lower loss rate and movement of the ionospheric plasma to the plasmasphere.     

旋翼微多普勒特性实验分析

为分析旋翼及其主要部件的微多普勒效应特点,提出了一种通过微波暗室进行旋翼微多普勒效应测试的实验方法,并通过实例验证了实验方法的可靠性;两种桨叶不同桨叶片数的系列实验结果表明,旋翼的微多普勒特性通过频率把各个散射部件的回波能量分开,旋翼的片数和转速不影响微多普勒特性的分析估算,旋翼的微多普勒特性仅与其运动特性相关;结合直升机目标识别特征,采用短时傅里叶变换方法对实验数据进行微多普勒效应提取,分析了微多普勒效应与入射波和旋翼几何属性之间的关系,得到了旋翼微多普勒效应的频率特性、极化特性和宽频带特性.     

考虑随机干扰的高超声速滑翔飞行器轨迹优化

为解决高超声速滑翔式飞行器具有干扰不确定性的再入轨迹优化问题,提出了一种基于广义正交多项式方法的随机轨迹优化数值求解方法。针对随机干扰,基于广义正交多项式方式对其分布进行采样,形成采样空间,而后将每个采样值代入确定性轨迹优化问题中进行反复迭代求解,得出观测值的样本空间,并计算其期望、方差和协方差,估计输出值。以最大纵程为代价函数对具有随机干扰的高超声速滑翔式飞行器最优轨迹进行了数字仿真。仿真结果表明,基于广义正交多项式的随机轨迹优化方法能够有效处理随机干扰对轨迹优化问题的影响,与蒙特卡洛法相比计算效率大大提高。     

无槽圆筒型永磁直线作动器绕组分布特性实验

将无槽圆筒型永磁直线电机用作飞行器姿态控制直线作动器.研究了圆环形无槽绕组分布系数,建立了其轴向分布系数计算模型,该模型考虑相间绝缘厚度的影响.比较研究了单极性圆环形绕组和双极性圆环绕组的分布特性,得到了相间绝缘厚度对这两种绕组结构绕组因数的影响规律.研制了无槽圆筒型直线作动器样机,测试和计算得到的空载反电势波形吻合,验证了理论研究的有效性.对作动器推力、动态等特性进行了测试论证,结果表明,该直线作动器具有电枢反应小、响应速度快等优点.     

基于EMD与切片双谱的轴承故障诊断方法

针对轴承故障诊断问题,提出一种基于经验模态分解(EMD,Empirical Mode Decomposition)与切片双谱分析相结合的新方法.将原始信号分解成不同尺度的固有模态函数(IMF,Intrinsic Mode Function),求取IMF分量的包络,计算其对角切片双谱,提取由于二次相位耦合产生的非线性特征,得到轴承的故障特征频率.通过对仿真信号进行分析,表明该方法克服了传统的基于EMD的包络功率谱方法不能抑制噪声的缺点,同时较传统高阶谱方法计算量更小.给出了6205-2RS JEM SKF轴承诊断实例,说明了该方法的可用性.