RF communications subsystem for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission

The NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission, currently in Phase B, is a two-spacecraft, Earth-orbiting mission, which will launch in 2012. The spacecraft's S-band radio frequency (RF) telecommunications subsystem has three primary functions: provide spacecraft command capability, provide spacecraft telemetry and science data return, and provide accurate Doppler data for navigation. The primary communications link to the ground is via the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory's (JHU/APL) 18 m dish, with secondary links to the NASA 13 m Ground Network and the Tracking and Data Relay Spacecraft System (TDRSS) in single-access mode. The on-board RF subsystem features the APL-built coherent transceiver and in-house builds of a solid-state power amplifier and conical bifilar helix broad-beam antennas. The coherent transceiver provides coherency digitally, and controls the downlink data rate and encoding within its field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The transceiver also provides a critical command decoder (CCD) function, which is used to protect against box-level upsets in the C&DH subsystem. Because RBSP is a spin-stabilized mission, the antennas must be symmetric about the spin axis. Two broad-beam antennas point along both ends of the spin axis, providing communication coverage from boresight to 70°. An RF splitter excites both antennas; therefore, the mission is designed such that no communications are required close to 90° from the spin axis due to the interferometer effect from the two antennas. To maximize the total downlink volume from the spacecraft, the CCSDS File Delivery Protocol (CFDP) has been baselined for the RBSP mission. During real-time ground contacts with the APL ground station, downlinked files are checked for errors. Handshaking between flight and ground CFDP software results in requests to retransmit only the file fragments lost due to dropouts. This allows minimization of RF link margins, thereby maximizing data rate and thus data volume.     

Fabrication of Diamond-like Carbon Films by Ion Assisted Middle Frequency Unbalanced Magnetron Sputtering

Diamond-like carbon （DLC） films are deposited by the Hall ion source assisted by the mid-frequency unbalanced magnetron sputtering technique. The effects of the substrate voltage bias, the substrate temperature, the Hall discharging current and the argon/nitrogen ratio on the DLC film＇s performance were studied. The experimental results show that the film＇s surface roughness, the hardness and the Young＇s modulus increase firstly and then decrease with the bias voltage incrementally increases. Also when the substrate temperature rises, the surface roughness of the film varies slightly, but its hardness and Young＇s modulus firstly increase followed by a sharp decrease when the temperature surpassing 120 ℃. With the Hall discharging current incrementally rising, the hardness and Young＇s modulus of the film decrease and the surface roughness of the film on 316L stainless steel firstly decreased and then remains constant.     

数码识别芯片在摩托车数码点火器上的应用

飞利浦公司研制的LPC900系列单片机采用6倍速80C51内核，具有低成本、低功耗、低电磁干扰(EMI)、高抗干扰性及内建电源Brownout侦测、模拟功能、UART、12C和片内RC震荡器的新一代单片机。本文介绍LPC900系列单片机用于摩托车点火器数码识别功能的设计原理，使数码点火器轻松增加了防盗功能。     

微型脉冲推力器点火启动过程计算与点火药量选择

建立了微型脉冲推力器点火启动模型,模型中考虑了两相流动和颗粒对推进剂表面的冲击传热。根据数值计算结果,给出了不同产物颗粒含量下的点火药量选择参考范围。该参考范围对于产物颗粒含量小于50%的点火药是适用的;由于过多的颗粒含量将对装药表面产生强烈的热力冲蚀破坏作用,产物颗粒含量超过50%的点火药不适合微型火箭发动机。     

自主火星探测高集成离子与中性粒子分析仪

小型化、高集成化是深空探测载荷发展的主要趋势。在我国自主火星探测计划中,设计了一种高集成化的火星离子与中性粒子分析仪。采用从传感器到电子学进行最大限度共用的设计思路,在一台仪器中实现对离子和能量中性原子进行能量、方向和成分的探测,大大降低了仪器对卫星平台的资源需求。仪器采取静电分析进行离子的方向和能量测量、采取飞行时间方法进行离子成分的测量。中性原子采用电离板电离成带电离子,后端的能量测量和成分测量与离子相同。鉴定件样机已经完成了初步的测试定标,结果表明其满足设计要求。     

针栓式推力室冷却特性试验研究

针栓式发动机具有推力调节简单、声学燃烧稳定性好和成本低廉等一系列优点,但目前对针栓式推力室的冷却特性掌握还不够深入,研制过程中曾多次出现因推力室冷却组织不好而烧蚀的问题。采用针栓式推力室试验件,对身部的冷却特性进行了深入研究,结果表明:推力室圆柱段前端的温度较低,无需采用专门的冷却措施;末端内侧气壁温度会达到约1650℃,局部存在明显的烧蚀现象,必须采取有效的热防护措施;下游冷却液膜量的变化对圆柱段的冷却特性影响较小。     

碳纳米管阵列推力器放电特性的数值模拟研究

基于直接蒙特卡洛(DSMC)算法、浸入式有限元算法(IFE)、粒子云及蒙特卡洛碰撞(PIC-MCC)算法以及Ammosov-Delone-Krainov(ADK)隧穿电离模型建立了碳纳米管阵列推力器工质气体和CNT场电离过程的三维仿真模型。利用文献中的实验数据对本文仿真模型的有效性进行了验证,结果表明本文仿真模型与实验结果基本一致。针对碳纳米管阵列推力器的放电特性进行了研究,并重点分析了离子与原子碰撞过程对碳纳米管阵列推力器放电特性的影响。结果表明CNT可以极大地增强局部电场,稳态时场增强因子约为1308;与原子的碰撞使得离子在CNT附近更加集中,降低了局部电场,进而降低了其场增强能力。     

太阳风中低频离子静电孤波

本文给出在太阳风超声速流动条件下,离子静电孤波的传播特性,结果与Helios1,2卫星观测的静电离子噪声做了比较。离子声波扰动的非线性发展使太阳风等离子体呈规则的小尺度起伏,离子声波在马赫锥外传播,因此理论预言密度起伏不沿着太阳风速度方向,而是在横向方向.      

复杂动态系统实时仿真模型自动生成

提出了一种表示复杂动态系统数学模型的分层结构,探讨了模型变量与参数在实时仿真程序中的引用－赋值关系,提出了一个既包含了模型的数学特征,又包含了模型实时运行所需的信息的实时仿真模型分层结构。在此基础上设计了一个实时仿真模型库及实时仿真模型自动生成系统。     

低雷达散射目标的RCS分析与求解

利用Ｃ－Ｒ样条对目标进行建模和求解爬行波短程线,通过ＧＲＥＣＯ与爬行波混合法求解低散射目标后向ＲＣＳ。获得令人满意的结果。