Validation of attitude/deformation sensing techniques for space flexible manipulators

This paper proposes an approach that makes use of two different techniques to sense and identify both the rigid attitude motion and the flexible dynamics of a manipulator. With the first technique, an accurate attitude motion determination, based on the use of a global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) signals, is performed. For this purpose, some antennas are placed on the manipulator in order to obtain the observable phase of the GNSS signal. The second technique, based on the use of accelerometer sensors, is used in order to identify the dynamic signature during the motion of the flexible link. Specifically, the modal parameters are estimated using data recorded from accelerometers, conveniently placed on the structure, by means of an output-only based approach. The developed algorithms used for both the attitude estimation and the output-only modal analysis are validated by experimental activities carried out on an in-house testbed representing a two flexible arm manipulator.     

纳米铜铬复合氧化物对RDX热分解的催化作用

为了研究纳米CuO.Cr2O3复合物的催化性能,采用室温固相化学反应法制备出不同铜、铬质量比的纳米CuO.Cr2O3复合物,测出产物的粒径约为15nm,用DSC测试了纳米CuO.Cr2O3复合物对RDX热分解的催化作用。结果表明．：纳米CuO.Cr2O3复合物对RDX热分解有较好的催化效果,它使RDX的分解峰温提前了11．1℃,活化能降低了17kJ/mol,其作用明显优于纳米CuO和纳米Cr2O3及其混合物。     

新型含铜催化剂对RDX／HTPB推进剂燃速影响的研究

用热分析方法筛选出两含铜催化剂对ＲＤＸ／ＨＴＰＢ推进剂进行了配方试验研究,采用声发射法测定４－８ＭＰａ条件下药条燃速,由实验结果可看出：这两种新型含铜催化剂对提高燃速,降低燃速压强指数有明显效果;燃速提高４２％,压强指数降低１４％,经适当组合,可进一步提高燃速,降低燃速压强指数。     

液氧加注过程热力性能分析

为满足某型号运载火箭动力系统试验液氧加注温度要求,需对加注过程进行热力性能分析。通过对常规氧加注过程因漏热和流阻损失引起的温升、液氧泵效率损失引起的温升进行理论计算,得出常规氧加注过程液氧温度变化规律。此外,通过对过冷氧温度掺混特性进行理论计算和数值仿真,得出过冷氧加注的热力性能。上述分析结果与实测数据进行了比对,结果表明,理论分析结果与实测结果吻合性好,液氧加注过程热力特性分析方法正确可行。     

The O/OREOS mission: first science data from the Space Environment Survivability of Living Organisms (SESLO) payload

We report the first telemetered spaceflight science results from the orbiting Space Environment Survivability of Living Organisms (SESLO) experiment, executed by one of the two 10?cm cube-format payloads aboard the 5.5?kg Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) free-flying nanosatellite. The O/OREOS spacecraft was launched successfully to a 72° inclination, 650?km Earth orbit on 19 November 2010. This satellite provides access to the radiation environment of space in relatively weak regions of Earth's protective magnetosphere as it passes close to the north and south magnetic poles; the total dose rate is about 15 times that in the orbit of the International Space Station. The SESLO experiment measures the long-term survival, germination, and growth responses, including metabolic activity, of Bacillus subtilis spores exposed to the microgravity, ionizing radiation, and heavy-ion bombardment of its high-inclination orbit. Six microwells containing wild-type (168) and six more containing radiation-sensitive mutant (WN1087) strains of dried B. subtilis spores were rehydrated with nutrient medium after 14 days in space to allow the spores to germinate and grow. Similarly, the same distribution of organisms in a different set of microwells was rehydrated with nutrient medium after 97 days in space. The nutrient medium included the redox dye Alamar blue, which changes color in response to cellular metabolic activity. Three-color transmitted intensity measurements of all microwells were telemetered to Earth within days of each of the 48?h growth experiments. We report here on the evaluation and interpretation of these spaceflight data in comparison to delayed-synchronous laboratory ground control experiments.     

喷管性能计算的软件实现

基于化学平衡和化学动力学理论，用C^ 和FORTRAN编写了液体火箭发动机喷管性能一维计算软件，软件建立了相关的推进剂数据和化学反应数据库，使计算很简便，针对某型号发动机进行计算，得到了特定条件下发动机的性能参数和化学动力学损失等。     

Photochemical synthesis of citric acid cycle intermediates based on titanium dioxide

The emergence of the citric acid cycle is one of the most remarkable occurrences with regard to understanding the origin and evolution of metabolic pathways. Although the chemical steps of the cycle are preserved intact throughout nature, diverse organisms make wide use of its chemistry, and in some cases organisms use only a selected portion of the cycle. However, the origins of this cycle would have arisen in the more primitive anaerobic organism or even back in the proto-metabolism, which likely arose spontaneously under favorable prebiotic chemical conditions. In this context, we report that UV irradiation of formamide in the presence of titanium dioxide afforded 6 of the 11 carboxylic acid intermediates of the reductive version of the citric acid cycle. Since this cycle is the central metabolic pathway of contemporary biology, this report highlights the role of photochemical processes in the origin of the metabolic apparatus.     

Sailing with solar and planetary radiation pressure

Literature on solar sailing has thus far mostly considered solar radiation pressure (SRP) as the only contribution to sail force. However, considering a sail in a planetary mission scenario, a new contribution can be added. Since the planet itself emits radiation, this generates a radial planetary radiation pressure (PRP) that is also exerted on the sail. Hence, this work studies the combined effects of both SRP and PRP on a sail for two case studies, i.e. Earth and Venus. In proximity of the Earth, the effect of PRP can be significant under specific conditions. Around Venus, instead, PRP is by far the dominating contribution. These combined effects have been studied for single- and double-sided reflective coating and including eclipse. Results show potential increase in the net acceleration and a change in the optimal attitude to maximise the acceleration in a given direction. Moreover, an increasing semi-major axis manoeuvre is shown with and without PRP, to quantify the difference on a real-case scenario.     

单模式LIPS-200离子推力器的寿命及可靠性定量评估

针对离子推力器产品工作寿命及可靠性定量评估的难题,结合单工作模式LIPS-200离子推力器产品成熟度提升需求,通过寿命主要影响因素耦合分析,应用试验数据、数值模型和数理统计方法,提出了单工作模式离子推力器寿命及可靠性定量评估的可行技术途径:通过分析模型、验证试验和数值模型之间的不断迭代实现各失效模式对应磨损模型的精细化...     

利用压电驱动器改善飞机的横滚性能

利用分布粘贴在矩形机翼上下两面的压电驱动器 ,验证了使用该类结构提高飞行器横滚能力的可能性。针对常规的副翼操纵面与虚拟操纵面 (FictitiousControlSurface)两种方案 ,比较了在不同速压或不同刚度下两类方案的表现。分析结果表明二者有本质的差别 :对于常规的副翼操纵方案 ,气动弹性效应是不利的 ,必须保证机翼具有足够的结构刚度以防止副翼反效问题 ;但对于虚拟操纵面方案 ,气动弹性效应是有利的 ,可以使用较小的能量控制较为柔软的机翼达到要求的横滚性能。计算结果显示 ,利用压电驱动器的方案可以大大减少结构重量