The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager Investigation for the IMAGE Mission

The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUV) of the IMAGE Mission will study the distribution of He⁺ in Earth's plasmasphere by detecting its resonantly-scattered emission at 30.4 nm. It will record the structure and dynamics of the cold plasma in Earth's plasmasphere on a global scale. The 30.4-nm feature is relatively easy to measure because it is the brightest ion emission from the plasmasphere, it is spectrally isolated, and the background at that wavelength is negligible. Measurements are easy to interpret because the plasmaspheric He⁺ emission is optically thin, so its brightness is directly proportional to the He⁺ column abundance. Effective imaging of the plasmaspheric He⁺ requires global `snapshots in which the high apogee and the wide field of view of EUV provide in a single exposure a map of the entire plasmasphere. EUV consists of three identical sensor heads, each having a field of view 30° in diameter. These sensors are tilted relative to one another to cover a fan-shaped field of 84°×30°, which is swept across the plasmasphere by the spin of the satellite. EUVs spatial resolution is 0.6° or 0.1 R _E in the equatorial plane seen from apogee. The sensitivity is 1.9 count s^–1 Rayleigh^–1, sufficient to map the position of the plasmapause with a time resolution of 10 min.     

同步轨道遥感器热设计和热分析

为解决遥感器在同步轨道环境温度场分析中热传导与热辐射的综合处理问题,热传导模型温度计算采用控制容积方法建立有限差分方程;热辐射模型采用奥本海姆方法计算设备表面单元之间辐射换热;根据是否被遮挡,辐射换热中表面单元角系数的计算分别采用积分和数值方法。计算结果表明,采用上述方法进行温度场分析能够有效解决热传导模型与热辐射模型的耦合,求解精度较高,遥感器设备部件稳态分析温度分布和在轨瞬态分析温度曲线变化清楚,可作为进一步精密热控设计的依据。     

Molecular alterations in tumorigenic human bronchial and breast epithelial cells induced by high LET radiation.

Carcinogenesis is a multi-stage process with sequence of genetic events governing the phenotypic expression of a series of transformation steps leading to the development of metastatic cancer. In the present study, immortalized human bronchial (BEP2D) and breast (MCF-10F) cells were irradiated with graded doses of either 150 keV/micrometer alpha particles or 1 GeV/nucleon 56Fe ions. Transformed cells developed through a series of successive steps before becoming tumorigenic in nude mice. Cell fusion studies indicated that radiation-induced tumorigenic phenotype in BEP2D cells could be completely suppressed by fusion with non-tumorigenic BEP2D cells. The differential expressions of known genes between tumorigenic bronchial and breast cells induced by alpha particles and their respective control cultures were compared using cDNA expression array. Among the 11 genes identified to be differentially expressed in BEP2D cells, three (DCC, DNA-PK and p21(CIP1)) were shown to be consistently down-regulated by 2 to 4 fold in all the 5 tumor cell lines examined. In contrast, their expressions in the fusion cell lines were comparable to control BEP2D cells. Similarly, expression levels of a series of genes were found to be altered in a step-wise manner among tumorigenic MCF-10F cells. The results are highly suggestive that functional alterations of these genes may be causally related to the carcinogenic process.     

The Role and Contributions of Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Imaging in Magnetospheric Substorm Research

Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) imaging has contributed substantially to substorm research. This technique has allowed significant advances in areas such as observation and quantification of injected particle drift as a function of energy, observation of dynamics in the tail that are directly related to the effects of imposed (growth phase) and induced (expansion phase) electric fields on the plasma, the prompt extraction of oxygen from the ionosphere during substorms, the relationship between storms and substorms, and the timing of substorm ENA signatures. We present discussion of the advantages and shortcomings of the ENA technique for studying space plasmas. Although the technique is in its infancy, it is yielding results that enrich our understanding of the substorm process and its effects.     

RBCC推进系统主火箭发动机气氧／煤油推力室研究

为满足RBCC推进系统主火箭发动机对气氧／煤油推力室的要求,对其进行了高燃烧室压力和温度、大范围变工况工作研究。气氧／煤油推力室喷注器采用中心区气液双组元内混式喷嘴和边区直流喷嘴结合结构,身部采用夹层冷却结构。通过对推力室气氧／煤油推进剂的点火及雾化混合技术、推力室喷注器及身部冷却设计技术、推力室的点火启动、稳态工作等关键技术的研究表明,推力室在室压3MPa、5MPa工况下可稳定燃烧。额定推力650N的气氧／煤油推力室方案可靠、点火工作正常,可以满足大范围变工况稳定工作要求。     

“T”型尾翼飞机的深失速特性研究

应用时间历程法讨论了“Ｔ”型尾翼飞机的深失速开环特性，分析了气动力矩特性和升降舵操纵规律对深失速改出特性的影响。建立了深失速闭环特性计算数学模型，分析了驾驶员数学模型参数变化对深失速特性的影响。研究结果表明，气动力矩特性，升降舵操纵规律和驾驶员模型参数的变化对“Ｔ”型尾翼飞机的深失速改出特性有显著的影响。     

刚性方程的二阶Gear方法的注记

构造了一个求解刚性方程的二阶差分格式,它是隐式的,并采用简单迭代求解,对于稳定系统,迭代收敛性条件与步长无关,而对不稳定系统,迭代收敛性条件对步长却有所限制,利用这一限制性条件去克服解刚性方程的二阶Gear方法时出现的“危险性”。     

RLV economics: fiscal evaluation of NASA''s reusable launch vehicle effort

The US RLV program aims to stimulate commercial development of a next-generation heavy-lift launcher and lower launch costs by one order of magnitude from the Space Shuttle. This paper discusses the incentives needed to encourage private investment — income tax relief, investment mitigation, financing assistance — in the venture and uses a specifically developed case study model to evaluate their effectiveness. It finds that an R&D tax credit would be the most practical incentive. Directions for future work are provided.     

固体药柱的大变形分析

采用物质描述法，选择初始构形作为参考构形，导出以Ｋｉｒｃｈｈｏｆｆ应力和Ｇｒｅｅｎ应变表示的粘弹性大变形本构关系和有限元方程，利用ＴｏｔａｌＬａｇｒａｎｇｉａｎ增量法进行求解，取得了满意的结果。     

Steady-state analysis and design of a switched-capacitor DC-DCconverter

A representative switched-capacitor DC-DC converter topology is presented, circuit operation is explained, and control strategies are identified. State-space averaging is used to analyze steady-state performance and to develop control criteria and design equations. The analytical results are verified by SPICE simulation