A new Mars radiation environment model with visualization.

A new model for the radiation environment to be found on the planet Mars due to Galactic Cosmic Rays (OCR) has been developed at the NASA Langley Research Center. Solar modulated primary particles rescaled for Mars conditions are transported through the Martian atmosphere, with temporal properties modeled with variable timescales, down to the surface, with altitude and backscattering patterns taken into account. The Martian atmosphere has been modeled by using the Mars Global Reference Atmospheric Model--version 2001 (Mars-GRAM 2001). The altitude to compute the atmospheric thickness profile has been determined by using a model for the topography based on the data provided by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) instrument on board the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft. The Mars surface composition has been modeled based on averages over the measurements obtained from orbiting spacecraft and at various landing sites, taking into account the possible volatile inventory (e.g., CO2 ice, H2O ice) along with its time variation throughout the Martian year. Particle transport has been performed with the HZETRN heavy ion code. The Mars Radiation Environment Model has been made available worldwide through the Space Ionizing Radiation Effects and Shielding Tools (SIREST) website, a project of NASA Langley Research Center.     

Robust adaptive radar detection in the presence of steering vector mismatches

In this paper, we consider the problem of robust radar detection in the presence of Gaussian disturbance with unknown covariance matrix. We design and assess three new robust adaptive detectors, capable of operating in the presence of unknown discrepancies between the nominal and the actual steering vector. Remarkably the new decision rules exhibit a bounded constant false alarm rate (CFAR) behavior and allow, through the regulation of a design parameter, to trade off target sensitivity with sidelobes energy rejection. Finally, computer simulations show that the proposed detectors achieve a visible performance improvement, in many situations of practical interest, over the traditional adaptive detection algorithms, especially in the presence of severe steering vector mismatches.     

特材镀镍六面体超精密研磨方法研究

特材镀镍六面体是安装和调整各种惯性仪表的基准,六面体的工作平面表面粗糙度小于Ra0.02μm,平面度不大于0.2μm,六个面相互的垂直度和平行度误差不大于2″.系统介绍了特材镀镍六面体的研磨方法,包括研磨剂的配制、研磨平板的研修、六面体的研磨过程,并且重点研究了不同研料对镍层精密研磨表面质量的影响.研究结果表明,粒度W0.5的自制研料研磨加工的镍层表面粗糙度在Ra0.015 μm～0.02 μm之间,表面无划伤,研磨性能优于刚玉研料和金刚石研料.     

Status of MAGIC and recent results

Ground-based γ-ray astronomy is part of a new field of fundamental research of Astroparticle Physics, that recently made spectacular discoveries mostly thanks to Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT). The MAGIC telescope is a IACT located at La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Composed of two telescopes with 17 m diameter each, MAGIC is equipped with the largest optical reflectors in the world, and it has the lowest threshold energy (25 GeV). MAGIC started operations in 2004 in the single-detector configuration, and in 2009 as a stereo detector. Since then, it has discovered many new sources and classes of sources, both galactic and extragalactic. Here some highlights from the most recent results are presented.     

In Situ Collection of Refractory Dust in the Upper Stratosphere: The DUSTER Facility

DUSTER (Dust from the Upper Stratosphere Tracking Experiment and Retrieval) is an instrument designed to collect nanometer to micrometer scale solid aerosol particles in the upper stratosphere on board balloons. With three DUSTER flights we have demonstrated that: (1) the instrument’s performance was within the design parameters of environmental specifications (?80 ^°C; 3–10?mbar); (2) inertial impact collection of aerosols ～500?nm to 24 microns on holey-carbon thin films mounted on Transmission Electron Microscope mesh grids was achieved; (3) the design of an active collector exposed to the air flux and an identical collector “blank”, not exposed to the air flux, to monitor possible contamination permits unambiguous identification of collected particles; (4) save storage of collected samples and subsequent retrieval in the laboratory was achieved with no measurable contamination; (5)?reduced sample manipulation allowed the chemical and structural characterization of collected dust particles by Field-emission scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-Ray analyses, and infrared and Raman micro-spectroscopy. The main and most ambitious goal is the collection and characterization of solid aerosol particles smaller than 3 microns of solar system debris that are currently not sampled on a routine basis by other instruments in the upper stratosphere. DUSTER will provide a record of the amount of solid aerosols, their size, shapes and chemical properties in the upper stratosphere, including particles less than 3 microns in size. The DUSTER program identified 25 particles as collected during the 2008 flight with sizes in the range of 0.4 to 24 microns.     

新一代运载火箭动力系统试车总体试验技术研究

针对动力系统试验规模大、风险高、密度高、并行环节多、技术难度大等突出特点,试验主体承担单位细化落实试验主体抓总责任,充分发挥抓总、策划、牵引能力,注重工艺流程的持续优化、加强试验过程的统筹协调、安全防范和风险管控,统一指挥十余个参试系统,统领近十个参试单位形成的试验队有序工作,技术状态控制有效,确保了三型运载火箭八个模块十二次动力系统试车准时准点和圆满成功,为三型运载火箭按期首飞奠定了基础。     

飞机装配型架接头定位器的自动设计

接头定位器是现代飞机装配型架上最为常用的定位元件。为了简化接头定位器的设计过程,提高设计质量和效率,在FixCAD系统研制的基础上提出并开展了接头定位器自动设计技术的研究和开发。内容包括:(1)在分析接头定位器结构及其设计特点的基础上,提出并建立接头定位器的结构模型和设计模型;(2)研究接头定位器设计的知识和经验细节,建立可计算的推理原则和参数关系式;(3)基于接头定位器的结构模型、设计模型和设计知识,构建接头定位器的自动设计算法,以及应用该算法开发"典型接头定位器自动设计"模块。     

THE WAVE EXPERIMENT CONSORTIUM (WEC)

In order to get the maximum scientific return from available resources, the wave experimenters on Cluster established the Wave Experiment Consortium (WEC). The WEC's scientific objectives are described, together with its capability to achieve them in the course of the mission. The five experiments and the interfaces between them are shown in a general block diagram (Figure 1). WEC has organised technical coordination for experiment pre-delivery tests and spacecraft integration, and has also established associated working groups for data analysis and operations in orbit. All science operations aspects of WEC have been worked out in meetings with wide participation of investigators from the five WEC teams.     

气动弹性研究的新进展

 本文概述近年来国内气动弹性研究的若干新进展。主要包括,跨音速非定常空气动力计算,航空结构动力分析系统H AJIF-Ⅱ及其应用,飞机结构多约束优化设计系统YIDOYU-Ⅰ,外挂物颤振的试验研究,以及颤振主动抑制。     

抽吸孔板的气动实验及附面层抽吸数值模拟

 为了给附面层抽吸提供可靠的抽吸边界条件 ,通过对孔板厚径比t/d =0.1～ 2.67,开孔率ε =6.3%～ 23%的多孔板进行实验 ,建立了附面层抽吸孔板小孔马赫数与孔板前后压差、孔板厚径比、孔板开孔率间的关系。发现随着孔板前后压差的加大 ,小孔马赫数增加 ,当孔板前后压差达到一定值时 ,小孔发生壅塞 ,小孔马赫数不再变化 ,孔内流动达到壅塞状态。与此同时 ,总结出了附面层抽吸孔板小孔马赫数的经验公式。为了进一步检验所得经验式的准确性 ,还用实验所得经验式作为附面层抽吸边界条件 ,对来流马赫数分别为1.98,1.58和 0.8三种情况下的附面层抽吸流场进行了数值模拟。计算结果准确反映了超声来流和亚声来流条件下的附面层抽吸的流动特征 ,抽吸流量与Willis和Syberg的实验结果吻合较好 ,表明给定的附面层抽吸边界条件是正确、可行的。