基于滑动弧的燃烧室头部强化燃烧特性

为了研究基于滑动弧的燃烧室头部强化燃烧效果，探究了燃烧室头部的点火过程以及不同等离子体电源输入功率下的点/熄火边界，利用像增强系统获得了CH*基团的分布云图。实验结果表明：输入功率的增大使得燃烧室的点/熄火边界均得到拓展，与160 W工况相比，输入功率为320 W时，点火边界平均拓宽约17.6%，与未放电相比，输入功率为320 W时，熄火边界平均拓宽约45.3%，滑动弧放电对熄火边界拓宽效果明显；当滑动弧能够点燃来流新鲜混合气时，输入功率的增加使得CH*基团分布向上游移动，当输入功率为320 W时，燃烧火焰驻留在燃烧室头部，当滑动弧激励器仅具有助燃作用时，输入功率的增加使得局部CH*基团辐射强度增强，热释放速率增加。     

基于等离子体磁壳的行星探测器制动机理研究

等离子体磁壳制动技术是一种新型的行星探测器制动手段，具有制动阻力可调、可靠性高、结构质量小等优势，具有潜在的应用前景。开展了等离子体磁壳制动产生方式与工作机理的数值仿真研究。首先，以火星探测器的制动为背景，将等离子体磁壳简化为圆柱构型，建立了等离子体磁壳宏观模型，得到了制动阻力、有效捕获面积和探测器速度随轨道高度的变化关系。随后以等离子体磁壳中离子、电子和次中性粒子之间的相互作用为研究对象，建立了等离子体磁壳微观模型，获得了等离子体粒子数密度和温度随时间变化的规律。微观模型与宏观模型计算出的制动阻力一致，验证了两种模型的有效性。     

激光支持的脉冲等离子体推力器工作过程实验研究

为了加深对激光支持的脉冲等离子体推力器工作过程的认识，本文对有无陶瓷隔离板和不同初始电压下的激光支持的脉冲等离子体推力器进行了实验研究。利用放电伏安特性对比了放电特性参数和性能参数，然后利用结合窄带滤光镜的高速摄影技术揭示了性能差异背后的物理过程变化。结果表明，陶瓷隔离板可以有效避免放电电弧对工质的烧蚀，这可以抑制滞后烧蚀的产生，从而提高推力器的推进性能。对激光烧蚀产生的工质的电离和加速是在多次振荡放电过程中进行，而不像理想电流片模型那样只电离和加速一次。放电通道内工质的电离和加速效果最为显著的时间为放电的第2个半周期。随着初始电压的增加，单位放电能量产生的推进性能先增加后趋于平稳，然后继续增加。单位放电能量产生的推进性能在初始电压高于2050V后得到较大的提高，通过放电等离子体图像推测，这意味着附着等离子体电弧的存在对推力器性能的提高有重要影响。     

Development and coupling test of active spacecraft potential control – Next generation (ASPOC-NG)

The active spacecraft potential control (ASPOC) system developed in the 1990s emits positive ions to neutralise the spacecraft potential, such as used in several missions like Geotail, Equator-S, Cluster, Doublestar and MMS. With the experience gained, the next generation of the active spacecraft potential control (ASPOC-NG) instrument has been developed over the last three years. Thereby, three emission technologies were tested including Liquid Metal Ion Source (LMIS), Liquid Metal Electron Source (LMES) and Solid Metal Electron Source (SMES). The development of the emitter module by FOTEC and the corresponding electronics control unit by IWF is presented. Optimisations were carried out with the focus on the reduction of mass and power consumption to comply with the requirements of future scientific missions. Coupling tests of the modules and the electronics control unit were performed including range, accuracy and lifetime tests. Both ASPOC-NG instruments for positive and negative charge compensation and their performance values show excellent results.     

An atmosphere-breathing propulsion system using inductively coupled plasma source

CubeSats have attracted more research interest recently due to their lower cost and shorter production time. A promising technology for CubeSat application is atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion, which can capture the atmospheric particles as propulsion propellant to maintain long-term mission at very low Earth orbit. This paper designs an atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion system for a 3 U CubeSat, which consists of an intake device and an electric thruster based on the inductively coupled plasma. The capture performance of intake device is optimized considering both particles capture efficiency and compression ratio. The plasma source is also analyzed by experiment and simulation. Then, the thrust performance is also estimated when taking into account the intake performance. The results show that it is feasible to use atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion technology for CubeSats to compensate for aerodynamic drag at lower Earth orbit.     

Shocks and instabilities in the partially ionised solar atmosphere

The low solar atmosphere is composed of mostly neutral particles, but the importance of the magnetic field for understanding observed dynamics means that interactions between charged and neutral particles play a very important role in controlling the macroscopic fluid motions. As the exchange of momentum between fluids, essential for the neutral fluid to effectively feel the Lorentz force, is through collisional interactions, the relative timescale of these interactions to the dynamic timescale determines whether a single-fluid model or, when the dynamic frequency is higher, the more detailed two-fluid model is the more appropriate. However, as many MHD phenomena fundamentally contain multi-time-scale processes, even large-scale, long-timescale motions can have an important physical contribution from two-fluid processes. In this review we will focus on two-fluid models, looking in detail at two areas where the multi-time-scale nature of the solar atmosphere means that two-fluid physics can easily develop: shock-waves and instabilities. We then connect these ideas to observations attempting to diagnose two-fluid behaviour in the solar atmosphere, suggesting some ways forward to bring observations and simulations closer together.     

热障涂层在航空发动机涡轮叶片上的应用研究

从热障涂层在涡轮叶片的应用需求出发,研究了陶瓷热障涂层的材料与制备方法,介绍了热障涂层的基本原理和主要工艺特点,解决了热障涂层在喷涂过程中所产生的堵塞气膜孔、减小排气面积、降低疲劳性能、遮挡等方面的难点问题,给出了热障涂层叶片在试验和试车中的考核结果。