Experimental investigation on silica dust lofting due to charging within micro-cavities and surface electric field in the vacuum chamber

The charged dust particles can be mobilized electrostatically by the repulsion between the adjacent grains and the surface electric field due to the incoming electron current and the charge accumulation within the micro-cavities. In this study, the experimental results of the initial vertical launching velocities and the maximum dust heights are compared with the estimated values for the lofted spherical dust grains by the patch surface charging equations. Silica particles with the sizes between <6 and 45?µm in radius are loaded on a graphite plate, and they are exposed to the electron beam with 450?eV energy under 4?×?10^?3?Pa vacuum chamber pressure. During the first set of the experiments, the dust samples are tested without an initial compression process and an additional horizontal electric field. Second, the dust samples are compressed by two different weights in order to increase the packing density under approximately 780.7?Pa and 3780?Pa. Finally, the dust grains are placed between the two parallel aluminum plates to apply approximately 2000?V/m and 4800?V/m horizontal electric field. A high-speed camera is used to record the transportation of the dust grains together with a microscopic telescope, and the results point out that the patch surface dust-charging model estimations are in agreement with the first experiments. On the other hand, the dust particles from the compressed samples are lofted with higher velocities than the estimations, and the number of the dust lofting observations decreases significantly, which demonstrates the importance of the micro-cavities and the increased charging requirement to overcome the contact forces. When the horizontal electric field is present, the initial vertical launching velocities are measured to be lower than the other experiments, which can be attributed to the decreased charging requirement for the dust lofting as a result of inter-particle collisions and rolling motion. According to the experimental results, the electrostatic dust transportation can be controlled not only by the ambient plasma and the solar irradiation on the airless planetary bodies, but also by the surface properties such as the contact surfaces between the dust grains, the number of the micro-cavities related to the packing density, and the presence of the horizontal electric field contributing to the external forces by other particle motions.     

Sunspot cycle 23 descent to an unusual minimum and forecasts for cycle 24 activity

The decay phase of the sunspot cycle 23 exhibited two unusual features. First, it lasted too long. Second, the interplanetary magnetic field intensity at earth orbit reached the lowest value since in situ measurements in space began in October 1963. These physical anomalies significantly altered the early forecasts for the sunspot activity parameters for cycle 24, made by several colleagues. We note that there was a significant change in the solar behavior during cycle 22. We discuss the observed trends and their effect on our empirical solar activity forecast technique, leading to our prediction for cycle 24 parameters; cycle 24 will be only half as active as cycle 23, reaching its peak in May 2013. We speculate on the possible implications of this outcome on future earth climate change and the ensuing socio-economic consequences.     

液化天然气作为航空燃料的发展趋势及特点分析

为研究液化天然气(LNG)作为航空燃料的可行性,对LNG的特点、发展趋势及作为航空燃料存在的问题进行了分析.采用了横向比较的方法,将LNG与新的航空替代燃料和传统航空燃料进行了比较和计算分析.结果表明:与新的航空替代燃料相比,LNG具有来源广泛、经济性好、发动机适应性强等优点.与传统航空燃料相比,LNG的储量大,可使用100年以上;可燃极限宽、污染物排放低,NOx排放仅为航空煤油的1/4;单位质量能量密度高、成本低,其燃料成本仅为航空汽油的一半,航空煤油的1/3;同时还具有可用于发动机高温部件冷却用的冷能,是一种极富潜力的航空燃料.指出在LNG作为航空燃料方面急需开展动力系统与飞机结构的匹配、燃料相态的有效转化及不同燃料在燃烧室内的反应特性等方面的研究工作.      

基于离散粒子群算法的航空发动机总装工艺优化方法

为了提高航空发动机总装工作的效率与质量,加强对总装工序和总装机件的管控,量化不同总装人员工作任务量,提高发动机总装的一致性和可追溯性,提出了1种发动机总装分区优化方法。以改进的2进制粒子群算法为基础,平衡了发动机总装各区域的工作内容,最小化各总装区域的工作差异,增强了每个区域装配机件的关联度,提高了总装工作的并行度,从而提高了装配质量。以某型发动机总装区域划分工作为实例,通过上述算法进行了总装区域划分,量化了所有装配区域每一工序的具体装配内容,减小了不同装配区域间的机件差异,杜绝了缺件、剩件等装配问题。     

基于PIV技术的单圆孔脉冲射流流场特征

对稳态射流及脉冲射流冲击靶板时的流场特性结构进行了探索和分析。采用高频粒子图像测速技术,在射流管口到冲击靶板间距为6倍管径的条件下,对稳态射流进口雷诺数为6 000的稳态射流及脉冲频率为20 Hz的脉冲射流进行了实验测量,得到了射流核心区、壁面射流区及滞止区内的速度分布。研究发现:①由于射流剪切作用的影响,脉冲射流核心区的最大轴向脉动速度为稳态射流的3倍。②滞止区内,由于射流的剪切作用和壁面的滞止作用,导致了脉冲射流轴向速度梯度最大为稳态射流的2倍,同时,滞止区内的最大脉动速度是稳态射流脉动速度的3倍。③脉冲射流对壁面的卷吸以及旋涡的产生和传播过程,破坏了壁面射流区稳定的速度边界层。相比稳态射流,脉冲射流的流场增加了湍流相干结构的含能并产生周期性的大尺度卷吸涡。     

应用PIV技术测试模型环形燃烧室流场

采用粒子图像测速仪(PIV)测量带双级旋流器模型环形燃烧室内冷态和燃烧流场,试验研究不同进口气流温度对其冷态和燃烧流场内回流区的形成以及气流速度分布的影响,试验结果表明:燃烧室燃烧流场内回流区长度要比冷态流场短,燃烧流场的脉动速度明显大于冷态流场;另外随着进口气流温度增加,燃烧室冷态和燃烧流场的回流区长度都稍有减少.      

多目标跟踪的核粒子概率假设密度滤波算法

提出一种新的多目标跟踪算法：核粒子概率假设密度滤波算法(KP-PHDF)。算法的创新点在概率假设密度滤波算法(PHDF)的目标状态提取步骤,以粒子概率假设密度滤波算法为框架,并运用结合了mean-shift算法的核密度估计(KDE)理论进行概率假设密度(PHD)分布的二次估计、提取PHD峰值位置作为目标状态估计值。分析与多目标跟踪(MTT)仿真的结果表明,与现有序列蒙特卡罗概率假设密度滤波算法（SMC-PHDF）相比,在相同仿真条件下新算法的估计精度提高30.5%。     

刀具声发射信号混沌特征提取及趋势分析

旨在建立一种基于多混沌特征演化分析的刀具磨损状态监测方法,通过计算刀具声发射信号的混沌特性参数分析其磨损趋势。建立首先基于混沌理论分析和描述刀具不同磨损阶段声发射信号的混沌特性,包括：定性描述,即重构相空间的奇异吸引子轨迹和庞加莱截面;定量描述,计算不同时间段声发射信号的关联维数、最大Lyapunov指数等。其次,采用最小二乘回归方法对所计算的混沌参数进行趋势分析。结果表明,声发射信号具有混沌特性,而且关联维数和最大Lyapunov指数演化趋势与刀具的磨损状态具有一定的关联,从而为刀具磨损状态的在线监测和预测提供了新思路。     

基于动态因子的粒子群算法在航路规划中的应用

粒子群优化PSO(Particle Swarm Optimization)因其实现容易、精度高、调整参数少、收敛速度快等优点而在解决优化问题中得到了广泛的应用。分析了惯性权值及加速度因子对粒子群算法优化性能的影响,进而提出改进粒子群算法的方法:线性或非线性动态调整惯性因子,从而有效地提高算法的搜索能力;进行了仿真实验,仿真结果表明改进后的算法在全局搜优的速率与精度方面均有明显提高。     

喷流对飞机尾流涡影响的试验研究

飞机产生的尾流涡,特别是大尺度的翼尖涡,对尾随其后的飞行器是非常有害的,本文旨在探索利用飞机发动机产生的喷流加速尾流涡消亡的方法。试验采用简化的飞机模型(有尾翼),建立了包含一对翼尖涡及一对反向旋转的尾翼涡(通过以负迎角安装尾翼得到)的4涡尾流系统。在无外来扰动的情况下,不同的尾翼设置下得到的尾翼涡对翼尖涡的作用效果不同,有的能导致翼尖涡提前消亡,有的则不能。考察了不同强度的喷流对不同4涡尾流系统的影响,且作为对比,对无尾翼(2涡系统)及无喷流下的各种情况也分别作了观测。试验在拖曳水槽中进行,运用体视粒子图像测速(SPIV)技术,观测了与模型拖曳方向垂直的、从机翼后缘到下游约45翼展间均布的一系列切面。结果表明:当喷流直接作用于涡时,其效果主要取决于两者之间的初始距离及相对强度;而当喷流作用于整个4涡尾流系统时,其引入的扰动对不同的系统均能起到一定程度的改善作用,这种作用的关键在于利用喷流优化对翼尖涡进行扰动的机制,而不仅仅取决于喷流的强度。