预测固体推进剂火箭发动机侵蚀燃烧的数值法

对于固体推进剂火箭燃烧可采用一维模型预测固体推进剂火箭发动机的侵蚀燃烧特性。用取决于不同燃烧速率的速度来表示固体推进剂的侵蚀燃烧。数值积分控制偏微分方程就可得到分析结果。使用非定常公式预测固体推进剂侵蚀燃烧特性。计算了各种不同药形的复合推进剂和双基推进剂的侵蚀燃烧特性。测出了各种不同药形装填密度(药柱初始通孔面积与喉面积之比)对压力时间曲线的影响。现有分析指出,装填密度是确定某一特定药形及化学成分的推进剂侵蚀燃烧特性的最重要参数之一。研究表明低燃速推进剂比高燃速推进剂反映出具有较大的侵蚀燃烧效应。同时也表明长方药形与圆柱药形相比具有较大的初始压力峰,相反压力很快就稳定到一般与装填密度无关的平衡压力。     

复合固体推进剂浇入发动机时的流变学

浇铸时未固化的复合固体推进剂的流动特性是十分重要的,因为它直接关系到发动机装药的完整性。增加推进剂的固体含量,可以提高能量特性,却导致药浆的流动性变坏。固体含量高的推进剂呈现非牛顿假塑性流动特性,即表观粘度依赖于剪切应力,以及随着未固化推进剂存放时间的增长,假塑性也增加。本文介绍了在 NASA 主办下进行浇铸研究的一些情况。对浇铸过程中剪切应力的三个明显不同区域和每一区域中推进剂的流动特性,进行了讨论。叙述了推进剂组分和工艺条件的变化对表观粘度的影响和浇铸过程中形成药柱缺陷的有关流变性能的实验结果。     

Supercooled water brines within permafrost-an unknown ecological niche for microorganisms: a model for astrobiology

This study describes brine lenses (cryopegs) found in Siberian permafrost derived from ancient marine sediment layers of the Arctic Ocean. The cryopegs were formed and isolated from sediment ~100,000-120,000 years ago. They remain liquid at the in situ temperature of -10 degrees C as a result of their high salt content (170-300 g/L). [(14)C] Glucose is taken up by the cryopeg biomass at -15 degrees C, indicating microbial metabolism at low temperatures in this habitat. Furthermore, aerobic, anaerobic heterotrophs, sulfate reducers, acetogens, and methanogens were detected by most probable number analysis. Two psychrophilic microbes were isolated from the cryopegs, a Clostridium and a Psychrobacter. The closest relatives of each were previously isolated from Antarctica. The cryopeg econiche might serve as a model for extraterrestrial life, and hence is of particular interest to astrobiology.     

CASH 2021: commercial access and space habitation

Issues about commercialization of space have been a growing concern in the past decade for the space community. This paper focuses on the work from a team of 51 students attending the Summer Session Program of the International Space University in Bremen, Germany. CASH 2021 (Commercial Access and Space Habitation) documents a plan that identifies commercial opportunities for space utilization that will extend human presence in space, and will chart the way forward for the next 20 years. The group selected four commercial sectors that show the most promise for the future: tourism, entertainment, space system service, assembly and debris removal, and research and development/production. The content of this document presents the results of their research. Historical activities in each of the commercial sectors are reviewed along with the current market situation. To provide a coherent background for future commercialization possibilities a scenario has been developed. This scenario includes a postulated upon ideal future and includes social, political and economic factors that may affect the space industry over the timeline of the study. The study also presents a roadmap, within the limited optimistic scenario developed, for the successful commercialization of space leading to future human presence in space. A broad range of commercially viable opportunities, not only within the current limits of the International Space Station, but also among the many new developments that are expected by 2021 are discussed.     

固体推进剂点火研究评述

为了确定最新的固体推进剂点火工艺,对有关点火方面的文献作了广泛的评述,严格地检查了各种点火理论、实验方法和点火准则,并以简明的表格形式进行了总结,便于对各种不同的研究作比较。讨论了各种重要参数对点火过程的影响,指出了技术上的主要不足之处,以及今后的研究方向。     

Results of space experiment program "Interferon"

The results of the biological space experiment "Interferon" performed by two international cosmonaut teams (26 May 1980, and 16 May 1981) aboard space laboratory Solyut-6 are reported: (1) Human lymphocytes separated from blood of healthy donors and placed into "Interferon I" equipment could be kept for 7 days in suspension culture under spaceflight conditions. Interferon production could be induced in human lymphocytes by preparations of different origin: virus, synthetic polyribonucleotides, bacterial protein and plant pigment. An increased lymphocyte interferon production in space laboratory compared to ground control was observed. (2) Human interferon preparations and interferon inducers placed in space laboratory at room temperature for 7 days maintained their biological activity. (3) A decrease of induced interferon production and natural killer activity of lymphocytes isolated from peripheral blood of cosmonauts was observed on the 1st day on Earth after 7-days spaceflight.     

The basic health care system for the lunar base crew

A plan of the health care system for the crew on the lunar base is described in this study. The health care system consists of two subsystems. The first is the daily health care system. The system contains health care menus, similar to those on Earth, and some biochemical and ordinary medical examinations. The second system is a periodic medical inspection for the crew's bones and the determination of natural radioisotopes in the body. These care systems are automatically treated with the examination and data filing. Usually these examinations are carried out without the presence of a medical doctor. Examinations and files of the whole results are controlled by a computer. The daily results of examinations are compared with data in the file. If any abnormal values are found in the results, an appropriate message is sent advising whether he must receive an in-depth examination by a medical doctor, or be reexamined by the same submenu. The automatic health care system also records transactions with the life support monitoring system.     

使用振能磨湿法粉碎工艺生产细粒度高氯酸铵

随着固体火箭技术的发展,对高燃速复合推进剂提出了要求。高燃速是通过使用粒子重均直径在2.5μ以下的高氯酸铵来实现的。通过对高氯酸铵各种粉碎方法的研究与试验,发现振能磨湿法粉碎工艺是适合生产重均直径为1.4～0.4 u 粒子的唯一方法。流能磨干法粉碎工艺适合生产粒子重均直径为2.5～1.5 u 的高氯酸铵。振能磨基本上是一个填满磨珠的振动斗。振能磨湿法粉碎工艺的步骤为:把悬浮在惰性媒剂中的高氯酸铵装入振能磨,在控制条件下振动一定时间,然后放出高氯酸铵与媒剂,将高氯酸铵烘干,并回收惰性媒剂。振能磨湿法粉碎工艺己在中间试验和生产规模进行了充分研究,得到了该种工艺的操作特性,其中包括粒子重均直径与磨珠填充量、研磨时间、水分含量、载体/高氯酸铵比率、研磨媒剂类型、温度控制以及高氯酸铵包复涂层的关系。生产规模的湿法粉碎系统现己开始使用,它能生产出满足复合推进剂使用要求的1.4～0.4μ高氯酸铵。     

Aero-thermo-elastic Numerical Calculation and Analysis of Spinning Rocket

The application of computational fluid dynamics/computational solid method （CFD/CSM） on solving the aero-thermo-elastic problem of spinning rocket is introduced. Firstly, the aerodynamic coefficients of a rocket are calculated, and the results are compared with the available experimental data, which verified the accuracy of the CFD output. Then, analysis is carried using ANSYS Workbench multi-physics coupling platform, which includes fluid, thermal, and structural solvers. The results show that spinning causes a significant effect on the de formations and stresses. Furthermore, thermal stresses due to high temperature at the rocket warhead and tail edges have a dominated effect, even more than those produced by aerodynamic forces. Consequently, this important outcome should be taken into consideration during the rocket design stages.