Total electron content of the ionosphere at two stations in East Africa during the 24–25 October 2011 geomagnetic storm

The equatorial ionosphere has been known to become highly disturbed and thus rendering space-based navigation unreliable during space weather events, such as geomagnetic storms. Modern navigation systems, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) use radio-wave signals that reflect from or propagate through the ionosphere as a means of determining range or distance. Such systems are vulnerable to effects caused by geomagnetic storms, and their performance can be severely degraded. This paper analyses total electron content (TEC) and the corresponding GPS scintillations using two GPS SCINDA receivers located at Makerere University, Uganda (Lat: 0.3^o N; Lon: 32.5^o E) and at the University of Nairobi, Kenya (Lat: 1.3^o S; Lon: 36.8^o E), both in East Africa. The analysis shows that the scintillations actually correspond to plasma bubbles. The occurrence of plasma bubbles at one station was correlated with those at the other station by using observations from the same satellite. It was noted that some bubbles develop at one station and presumably “die off” before reaching the other station. The paper also discusses the effects of the geomagnetic storm of the 24–25 October 2011 on the ionospheric TEC at the two East African stations. Reductions in the diurnal TEC at the two stations during the period of the storm were observed and the TEC depletions observed during that period showed much deeper depletions than on the non-storm days. The effects during the storm have been attributed to the uplift of the ionospheric plasma, which was then transported away from this region by diffusion along magnetic field lines.     

脉冲等离子体源控制航天器表面充电电位的研究

在空间环境运行的航天器存在表面充电现象,而航天器表面充电引发的静电放电是导致航天器异常及故障的重要原因之一。因此,在航天器设计和应用中,必须对航天器表面电位采取必要的控制和防护措施。文章介绍了用脉冲等离子体源进行航天器表面充电电位主动控制的研究。通过模拟实验和实验数据分析,证实了用脉冲等离子体源能有效地控制航天器表面充...     

脉冲周期介质阻挡放电作用的PIV实验研究

静止大气下,对施加脉冲周期介质阻挡放电,半顶角为10°的圆锥前体进行了PIV实验研究。采用总平均和相位锁定平均方法对脉冲周期放电进行了分析;对比了不同占空比和不同相位角沿θ=90°半径上的切向速度和轴向涡量分布,得到了在圆锥表面等离子体诱导的最大速度和最大涡量;分析了脉冲周期放电的动量转移特性。实验结果表明：脉冲周期放电引发动量转移的主要机制是涡的增强而非气流的加速;当激励器处于脉冲放电间歇时,相位锁定平均的最大速度和最大涡量不为零,存在流动滞后效应,有利于节省能耗。     

用于飞行器隐身的闭式等离子体厚度选择分析

为分析闭式等离子体用于飞行器隐身的可行性,引入了可观隐身效果的概念及对应的闭式等离子体厚度。采用WKB方法,详细研究了X波段下的闭式等离子体吸波效果,得到了对应频段下产生可观隐身效果需要的等离子体厚度;研究了不同电子密度分布的吸波特性,数值算例说明,对不同电子密度分布的等离子体,吸波效果与厚度均成线性关系,同时,采用理论推导验证了该现象的正确性。结果表明,对于给定的电磁波,采用一定厚度的闭式等离子体可以达到可观隐身效果。     

Characteristics of field line resonance type geomagnetic pulsations and variations of plasmaspheric plasma density distribution

The period of field line resonance (FLR) type geomagnetic pulsations depends on the length of the field line and on the plasma density in the inner magnetosphere (plasmasphere), where field lines are closed. Here as FLR period, the period belonging to the maximum occurrence frequency of the occurrence frequency spectrum (equivalent resonance curve) of pulsations has been considered. The resonance system may be replaced by an equivalent resonant circuit. The plasma density would correspond to the ohmic load. The plasma in the plasmasphere originates from the ionosphere, thus FLR period, occurrence frequency are also affected by the maximum electron density in the ionosphere. The FLR period has shown an enhancement with increasing F region electron density, while the occurrence frequency indicated diminishing trend (possible damping effect). Thus, the increased plasma density may be the cause of the decreased occurrence of FLR type pulsations in the winter months of solar activity maximum years (winter anomaly).     

基于离散小波变换的北方寒区年降水量多时间尺度特征分析

为深入剖析这种多层次时间尺度结构和局部化特征,本文以北方寒区典型城市哈尔滨市为例,运用小波理论,采用morlet小波函数对年降水量序列进行离散小波变换,进而分析其多时间尺度特性,揭示年降水量在不同时间尺度下的小波变换时频特征、丰枯交替变化的周期规律以及未来的发展趋势,为制定科学合理的用水制度提供一定的参考依据。研究结果表明:不同的时间尺度分辨率下,哈尔滨市年降水量序列会表现出不同的周期交替现象,主要存在3,16和28 a左右的周期。     

用于SiC超光滑表面加工的大气等离子体抛光系统设计

设计了一套基于射频电容耦合放电原理的大气等离子体抛光原型装置,电容耦合等离子体炬首次被应用到了抛光系统中。针对SiC反射镜的加工实验结果表明,系统工作正常,并可以实现亚纳米级的表面粗糙度。     

一种改进的两单元冷贮备系统保障策略

对于采用冷贮备冗余设计的导弹指挥仪,为了满足其高可靠性和可用性要求,提出了预先维修和备件订货的联合保障策略。考虑了以预先维修为主,以改正维修为辅的维修方式,采用了近似的（S-1,S）订货策略满足备件需求。建立了非线性规划模型反映可用性约束和保障费用目标。基于马尔可夫更新过程,推导了期望费用和可用性的公式。算例表明,与参考的策略对比,改进的更换策略能够显著地节省费用。     

等离子体单极天线辐射特性和隐身性能研究

在等离子体单极天线工作原理的基础上,详细研究了等离子体表面波的色散关系,推导了等离子体的浓度分布和等离子体气柱长度与激励源的关系。并分析了离子体参数对等离子体天线谐振频率、方向图的影响,计算并比较了等离子体天线和普通天线的雷达散射截面。结果表明了等离子体天线具有优良性能和很好的隐身效果。     

含水乙醇等离子体重整制氢中乙醇裂解的关键路径模拟

建立了数学模型,把含水乙醇等离子体重整制氢体系中的主要化学反应,归结为各物种浓度的常微分方程组的初值问题来求解,计算方法选用Ode113法,在假定的几种不同乙醇裂解关键路径下分别得到了几种主要产物随停留时间的变化规律,并将模拟结果与前期实验结果进行了对比.结果表明:乙醇等离子体重整制氩中乙醇分子4种化学键的断裂具有同等机会.