The heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays: Effects of a latitude dependent solar wind termination shock

Observations made with the two Voyager spacecraft confirmed that the solar wind decelerates to form the heliospheric termination shock and that it has begun its merger with the local interstellar medium. The compression ratio of this shock affects galactic cosmic rays when they enter the heliosphere. Hydrodynamic (HD) models show that the compression ratio can have a significant latitude dependence; with the largest value in the nose direction of the heliosphere, becoming significantly less towards the polar regions. The modulation effects of such large latitude dependence are studied, using a well-established numerical drift and shock modulation model. We focus on computing the modulated spectra for galactic protons with emphasis on the radial and polar gradients in the equatorial plane and at a polar angle of θ = 55°, corresponding to the heliolatitude of Voyager 1. Two sets of solutions are computed and compared each time; with and without a latitude dependence for the compression ratio. All computations are done for the two magnetic field polarity cycles assuming solar minimum conditions. Including the termination shock in the model allows the study of the re-acceleration of galactic protons in the outer heliosphere. We find that for the A < 0 polarity cycle the intensity between ∼200 MeV and ∼1 GeV in the vicinity of the shock in the heliospheric equatorial plane may exceed the local interstellar value specified at the heliopause. Unfortunately, at θ = 55°, the effect is reduced. This seems not possible during an A > 0 cycle because significant modulation is then predicted between the heliopause and the termination shock, depending on how strong global gradient and curvature drifts are in the heliosheath. The overall effect of the shock on galactic protons in the equatorial plane is to reduce the total modulation as a function of radial distance with respect to the interstellar spectrum. Making the compression ratio latitude dependent enhances these effects at energies E < 200 MeV in the equatorial plane. At larger heliolatitudes these effects are even more significant. The differences in the modulation between the two drift cycles are compelling when the compression ratio is made latitude dependent but at Earth this effect is insignificant. A general result is that the computed radial gradient changes for galactic protons at and close to the TS and that these changes are polarity dependent. In line with previous work, large polarity dependent effects are predicted for the inner heliosphere and also close to the shock’s position in the equatorial plane. In contrast, at θ = 55°, the largest polarity effect occurs in the middle heliosphere (50 AU), enhanced by the latitude dependence of the compression ratio. At this latitude, the amount of proton modulation between the heliopause and the termination shock is much reduced. If galactic cosmic rays were to experience some diffusive shock acceleration over the 100–1000 MeV range at the shock, the radial gradient should change its sign in the vicinity of the shock, how large, depends on the compression ratio and the amount of drifts taking place in the outer heliosphere. The effective polar gradient shows a strong polarity dependence at Earth but this dissipates at θ = 55°, especially with increasing radial distance. This tendency is enhanced by making the compression ratio latitude dependent.     

Wolf–Rayet optically thick winds with Alfvén waves

The Wolf–Rayet (WR) stars are hot luminous objects which are suffering an extreme mass loss via a continuous stellar wind. The high values of mass loss rates and high terminal velocities of the WR stellar winds constitute a challenge to the theories of radiation driven winds. Several authors incorporated magnetic forces to the line driven mechanism in order to explain these characteristics of the wind. Observations indicate that the WR stellar winds may reach, at the photosphere, velocities of the order of the terminal values, which means that an important part of the wind acceleration occurs at the optically thick region. The aim of this study is to analyze a model in which the wind in a WR star begins to be accelerated in the optically thick part of the wind. We used as initial conditions stellar parameters taken from the literature and solved the energy, mass and momentum equations. We demonstrate that the acceleration only by radiative forces is prevented by the general behavior of the opacities. Combining radiative forces plus a flux of Alfvén waves, we found in the simulations a fast drop in the wind density profile which strongly reduces the extension of the optically thick region and the wind becomes optically thin too close its base. The understanding how the WR wind initiate is still an open issue.     

拦截器点火冲击模拟试验技术研究

介绍了拦载器的点火冲击地面模拟技术研究。通过梯形波冲击和波形复现试验模拟,测量出了导引头和惯组的角速率差别,并通过控制轨控力的方式获得了角速率频响函数,为结构修改和制导控制系统改进提供了重要依据。     

碳酚醛-铝板中二维X射线热击波数值模拟

文章利用平面应变正交各向异性材料率相关性的弹塑性本构模型和各向同性材料理想弹塑性本构模型,采用有限元方法编写程序,对X射线辐照碳酚醛-铝板时诱导的热击波进行数值模拟,讨论了热击波的传播规律。结果表明,在1 keV的 X射线辐照下,X射线穿透极浅,材料表面发生气化现象,应力峰值较大;在3 keV的X射线辐照下,X射线穿透较深,热击波呈现双波结构,材料的层裂更明显。     

月球着陆器着陆缓冲性能研究

首先基于MSC.Nastran/MSC.Adams软件建立了模拟月球着陆器的动力学模型,并利用模拟月球着陆器在地面冲击试验来验证仿真模型的正确性,重点关注缓冲机构与结构连接处的载荷,结构特征点的加速度响应,以及缓冲器的工作行程。然后利用模拟着陆器地面试验结果修正动力学分析模型,研究表明：着陆器结构和缓冲机构的柔性对缓冲性能具有较大的影响。最后,把动力学分析模型中的模拟结构更换成真实结构,进行着陆器在月球表面的着陆冲击仿真分析,从而获得模拟着陆器地面试验与着陆器在月面着陆的冲击缓冲性能差异。     

钻地弹斜侵彻混凝土靶的工程计算模型

为了研究侵彻过程中钻地弹受力不对称性下的运动轨迹,结合动力学基本方程和经典空腔膨胀理论,基于层裂机理,建立了具有倾角和攻角相结合的卵形弹侵彻混凝土的工程模型。利用该模型得到了弹体头部运动轨迹与倾角、攻角以及速度的关系,结果表明侵彻深度随着倾角的增大而明显减小,弹体头部运动轨迹的弯曲弧度也越大;攻角越大,产生的偏转力矩越大。对工程模型进行试验验证,结果吻合较好,该模型能够有效地反映出斜侵彻过程的主要特征,进而说明该模型的适用性与合理性。     

超声电喷推进机理研究

超声电喷推进是一种新型的电推进技术,主要用于解决胶体推力器等电推力器发射点集成困难、发射点数密度低的问题。通过将超声振动产生的大量微细驻波作为发射源,超声电喷推进将从根本上提高发射点的数目和密度,形成较大的推力密度。文章对超声电喷推进的发射机理进行了研究,得到相应的理论发射模型。通过对发射表面上微细驻波的形成过程、带电液滴的分离过程进行理论分析,建立了静电场条件下微细驻波波峰临界状态的平衡方程,推导出微细驻波波峰局部半径以及发射液滴尺寸的理论解,并提出了发射电流、比冲和推力的估算方程。在此基础上,分析了极间电场强度、超声振动频率、超声振动功率、推进剂性能黏度、推进剂表面张力系数和电导率对超声电喷推进性能的影响规律,并进行了试验验证。     

非均匀来流下等压力梯度曲面压缩系统的试验研究

根据激波和膨胀波理论,设计了Ma=5.3等压力梯度曲面压缩系统。在Ma=3.85和Ma=5.3的小高超风洞完成均匀来流试验,并利用风洞壁面自然发展的附面层进行非均匀来流等压力梯度曲面压缩系统性能试验。试验发现:均匀来流下,试验模型壁面压力均按照等压力梯度规律分布,但来流马赫数Ma=5.3时出口流场均匀性较差;非均匀来流下,大量的附面层吸入不仅影响壁面压力不再呈等压力梯度分布,而且对出口流场均匀性影响也极大。      

双模态超燃燃烧室性能准一维计算方法

为了快速准确地得到双模态超燃燃烧室性能,对已有准一维非稳态方法进行了研究,发现当燃烧室工作在亚燃模态时此方法不能正确预测预燃激波串的压力变化趋势。将预燃激波串模型耦合到准一维非稳态方法中,得到一种改进的准一维非稳态计算方法。通过四组不同算例验证表明,此方法能准确地预测双模态超燃燃烧室的压力变化趋势,同时也能准确地捕捉到压力峰值,具有较高的精度和较好的适用性。     

A stationary bow shock model for plasmas: The spherical blunt obstacle problem

We present an analytic model of a stationary bow shock which describes the interaction between a supermagnetosonic ambient wind and an obstacle with spherical-like frontal shape. We develop expressions for the bow shock’s geometry and the physical properties of the plasma sheath as functions of the upstream conditions. The solution is limited to magnetic fields parallel to the upstream velocity. The model allows to use any value of the upstream alfvenic and sonic Mach numbers and the polytropic index (γ$\gamma$), pointing out the influence of γ$\gamma$ for the magnetosheath compression and the bow shock shape. When both Mach numbers are small, the upstream magnetic field intensity affects also the bow shock shape. We compare our results with other models finding important consistencies. We also compare our results with in-situ data, we fund a reasonable qualitative agreement; however, it seems that our model underestimates the magnetosheath size.