材料表面改性的一种新技术

 本文提出了一种高功率脉冲等离子体束使材料表面改性的新技术。脉冲等离子体束的功率密度约为(1～40)×10~4W/cm~2,运动能为1～5KeV,沉积能为1～25J/cm~2,脉冲时间为60μs。碳钢经脉冲等离子体束处理后,表面有新的氮化物和碳化物相(Fe_3N,(Cr,Fe)_7C_3,Cr_(23)C_6)产生;SEM金相照片表明,在钢表面区域有一层白亮层,它是碳钢高速淬火后所具有的特征;注入元素浓度沿深度的公布近似为高斯分布。表面显微硬度有了显著的提高。     

Observations of low-energy electrons from AE-C in the south polar cusp during the geomagnetic storm of September 21, 1977

The AE-C spacecraft skimmed through the southern polar cusp at a 400 km altitude during a large geomagnetic storm on September 21, 1977. This period has been designated as a special IMS period, and the AE-C data were acquired close to the times that data were acquired by the DMSP satellite at nearly the same location over the southern polar cap, and by the GEOS satellite located near the noon-meridian in the northern hemisphere. Low energy electrons (1-500 eV) were measured with the photoelectron spectrometer experiment experiment onboard AE-C. This instrument was operated in the mode which measured precipitating electron fluxes and backscattered electron fluxes in alternating 4s intervals with two sensors. A region of intense precipitating electron fluxes was observed near 0924 UT on September 21, 1977 extending from 69 degree invariant latitude at 1100 MLT to 72 degree invariant latitude at 1152 MLT. From the spectra of the precipitating electrons, this region is identified as the southern polar cusp. Since the K _p equals 7- during this time, the displacement of the cusp down to these low latitudes is not unreasonable. Particle data obtained from the DMSP satellite on orbits close to AE-C, confirm that the position of the cusp was rapidly changing during this period, and was displaced to latitudes equatorward of the quiet time position. A second region of intense fluxes of precipitating electron was observed by AE-C at approximately 0933 UT from 69 degree invariant latitude near 1700 MLT to 66 degree invariant latitude near 1730 MLT. This region of low energy electron fluxes is characterized by slightly harder energy spectra and is interpreted as being the afternoon auroral zone. The remarkable and fortunate location of the AE-C, DMSP, and GEOS spacecraft during this special IMS period will allow future correlative studies aimed at the determination of the shape of the magnetosphere during very disturbed conditions.     

Tetrahedral Robotics for Space Exploration

A reconfigurable space filling robotic architecture has a wide range of possible applications. One of the more intriguing possibilities is mobility in very irregular and otherwise impassable terrain. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is developing the third generation of its addressable reconfigurable technology (ART) tetrahedral robotics architecture. An ART-based variable geometry truss consisting of 12 tetrahedral elements made from 26 smart struts on a wireless network has been developed. The primary goal of this development is the demonstration of a new kind of robotic mobility that can provide access and articulation that complement existing capabilities. An initial set of gaits and other behaviors are being tested, and accommodations for payloads such as sensor and telemetry packages are being studied. Herein, we describe our experience with the ART tetrahedral robotics architecture and the improvements implemented in the third generation of this technology. Applications of these robots to space exploration and the tradeoffs involved with this architecture will be discussed.     

楔形夹缝内部液体核态沸腾特性

针对楔形夹缝内部液体核态沸腾状况进行可视化实验研究。实验利用表面平整均匀的铜板作为加热平板,用玻璃作为盖板形成楔形夹缝。实验现象表明沸腾核化现象比较容易在狭缝中相对较大的空间中形成,而在狭缝中相对较小的空间里形成沸腾需要更高的热流密度。实验现象还表明,在同一空间尺度条件处的核化和气泡演化情况基本相同,气泡的生长速率在无量纲参数D≥0.1时受到空间尺度的明显影响。      

发动机大修市场

航空发动机大修业务开始企稳,而且预计未来还将有所增加。据MRO Prospector统计,目前在役的窄体飞机机队数量约是宽体飞机的3倍,2011年窄体飞机的发动机返厂维修量将会有大幅增加。2010年1月至9月,窄体飞机发动机的MRO市值增长了2.914亿美元,达到101亿美元,增幅约为3%;在此期间,     

Radiation measured during ISS-Expedition 13 with different dosimeters

Radiation in low Earth orbit (LEO) is mainly composed of galactic cosmic rays (GCR), solar energetic particles and particles in SAA (South Atlantic Anomaly). The biological impact of space radiation to astronauts depends strongly on the particles’ linear energy transfer (LET) and is dominated by high LET radiation. It is important to measure the LET spectrum for the space radiation field and to investigate the influence of radiation on astronauts. At present, the preferred active dosimeters sensitive to all LET are the tissue equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) and the silicon detectors in various configurations; the preferred passive dosimeters are CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors (PNTDs) sensitive to high LET and thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs) as well as optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters (OSLDs) sensitive to low LET. The TEPC, CR-39 PNTDs, TLDs and OSLDs were used to investigate the radiation field for the ISS mission Expedition 13 (ISS-12S) in LEO. LET spectra and radiation quantities (fluence, absorbed dose, dose equivalent and quality factor) were measured for the space mission with different dosimeters. This paper introduces the role of high LET radiation in radiobiology, the operational principles for the different dosimeters, the LET spectrum method using CR-39 detectors, the method to combine the results measured with TLDs/OSLDs and CR-39 PNTDs, and presents the LET spectra and the radiation quantities measured and combined.