Universal scaling laws for fully-developed magnetic field turbulence near and far upstream of the Earth’s bow shock

We analyze the multifractal scaling of the modulus of the interplanetary magnetic field near and far upstream of the Earth’s bow shock, measured by Cluster and ACE, respectively, from 1 to 3 February 2002. The maximum order of the structure function is carefully estimated for each time series using two different techniques, to ensure the validity of our high-order statistics. The first technique consists of plotting the integrand of the pth order structure function, and the second technique is a quantitative method which relies on the power-law scaling of the extreme events. We compare the scaling exponents computed from the structure functions of magnetic field differences with the predictions obtained by the She–Lévêque model of intermittency in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. Our results show a good agreement between the model and the observations near and far upstream of the Earth’s bow shock, rendering support for the modelling of universal scaling laws based on the Kolmogorov phenomenology in the presence of sheet-like dissipative structures.     

计入畸变修正的旋翼尾迹前飞状态稳定性分析

现有的旋翼尾迹稳定性分析方法在涡线过近处会得出不现实的过大发散率结果,因而存在一定的局限性。为了消除这种前飞状态下尾迹高度畸变对其稳定性分析所造成的不合理干扰,提出了一个旋翼尾迹在正弦扰动下,结合涡线畸变修正的线性化稳定性分析方法。在该方法中,将尾迹涡线离散为一系列涡元,并对其端点施加沿尾迹涡线分布的正弦扰动;考虑了桨尖涡的自诱导、互诱导以及与桨叶的干扰作用,并创新地引入在伪涡核对稳定性分析中,因尾迹高度畸变产生的不合理干扰而进行的修正。以H-34型直升机旋翼模型为例,在前飞状态下,重点计算分析了尾迹向后飘移、涡核大小和前飞速度等对旋翼尾迹稳定性的影响。研究结果表明:引入伪涡核模型可以有效地修正在涡线过近处所产生的不现实稳定性分析结果;前飞速度、涡核大小等因素会在一定条件下有限地影响尾迹的不稳定性,但都不改变前飞状态旋翼尾迹的本质不稳定性。     

Vertical shear at the equatorial F-region ionosphere during post-sunset hours

The characteristics of the equatorial F-region zonal plasma drift during post-sunset period have been investigated using the multi-frequency HF Doppler radar. The pattern of the zonal plasma drift is such that it starts with a westward drift during the pre-sunset hours, followed by an eastward drift shortly after the E-region sunset. The zonal plasma drift is characterized by the presence of a positive vertical shear around the post-sunset period and maximum shear is observed at the time of the peak of the pre-reversal enhancement in the vertical drift. The presence of vertical shear in the zonal drift is associated with the post-sunset velocity vortex existing at the equatorial F-region.     

用于新型雷达/红外无源复合诱饵的等离子体参数选择

根据电磁波在分层介质中阻抗匹配原理,计算了非均匀非磁化等离子体平行与垂直极化波的功率反射系数。基于碱金属盐的高温电离特性,以功率反射系数为研究对象,对雷达无源诱饵用等离子体的厚度、温度和电子密度分布等参数选择进行了分析,并根据所选择的参数讨论了入射角对无源诱饵应用的影响。     

再入航天器表面亚波长等离子体薄层对微波信号影响效应研究

为了建立电磁波在亚波长等离子体薄层中传播的物理数学模型,并针对通信频段的电磁波,研究电磁波在再入航天器表面等离子体薄层中的透射问题,相关研究成果可为再入航天器通信“黑障”现象研究提供理论基础。模型从麦克斯韦方程组出发,采用微分薄层法进行数值求解,获得了不同等离子体密度条件下亚波长等离子体中目标电磁波的透射特性及传播规律,揭示了截止反射效应和碰撞吸收效应在其中发挥的作用。本研究对于深入了解亚波长碰撞等离子体薄层中电磁波的传播过程具有意义。     

飞翼布局飞行器等离子体激励滚转操控试验

飞翼布局飞行器采用多个气动舵面共同作用来控制飞行,常规气动舵面的结构复杂,在大迎角时由于流动分离,舵面操纵效率显著降低。等离子体激励器具有结构简单、重量轻和响应快等优势,常被用在流动控制上。本文利用激励器抑制单侧翼面流动分离产生不对称的气动力,对飞翼布局飞行器滚转通道的控制进行了试验研究,得出了激励器在飞行器上的最优布置位置和最佳控制参数,并和常规副翼舵面滚转操控效果进行了对比。结果表明:布置于内翼、中翼前缘的等离子体激励器能够获得最佳的滚转控制效果;激励器调制频率对飞行器滚转控制效果的影响较大,而激励电压对滚转控制效果的影响较小;与常规副翼相比,等离子体激励器在大迎角时对滚转通道的操控效果优于副翼。     

Charging of dust grains by anisotropic solar wind multi-component plasma

In this paper we study the charging process of small grain particles by anisotropic multi-component solar wind plasmas (electrons, protons and heavy ions), versus two-component (electron/proton) plasmas. We are focusing attention on the important characteristics of the charging process, namely the charging time, floating potential and current content as functions of plasma parameters such as He⁺⁺/H⁺ (α/p) number density and T_α/T_p temperature ratios of alpha particles to protons, as well as plasma streaming velocity v₀. Measured statistical properties of solar wind plasma parameters at 1 AU show considerable variations in α/p-temperature ratios from 1 to 10, in α/p-number density ratio from 0.01 to 0.35, as well as in values of streaming velocity v₀ from 200 km/s to 1000 km/s and more. Periods of these variations could last for several days each, leading to significant variability in the charging process, according to newly derived general analytical expressions. Numerical calculations performed for protons/alphas plasmas showed large disparity in the charging characteristics. For example, in anisotropic plasma, grain charging time varies up to 90% depending on α/p-particles temperature and number density ratios, whereas changes in floating potential are up to 40%. In contrast, in isotropic plasma, charging characteristic for grains do not change very much for the same plasma parameters variations, with charging time varying about 12% and floating potential only varying about 4%. It is also shown that in highly anisotropic plasma, with all ballistic electrons and ions, dust grains could not hold their charges, and characteristic discharged time is calculated. We note that the analysis is equally applicable to any sized body immersed in solar wind plasma.     

Kinetic theory of sheath formation in solar wind plasma

We present a general self-consistent kinetic theory for plasma sheath formation in solar wind plasma. The theory could be applied to anisotropic, as well as to isotropic collisionless plasma without resorting to any simplifications, limitations, or assumptions, such as the necessary existence of a ‘pre-sheath’ region of ions acceleration to ensure the Bohm criterion. The kinetic framework is first applied to sheath formation around an arbitrary oriented planar absorbing surface, charged by solar wind anisotropic plasma, under the condition of negligible photoelectric effect. We then make use of our kinetic approach for the plane geometry in isotropic collisionless plasma, as a particular case of a planar electrode orientation parallel to plasma streaming velocity, also analyzing the sheath structure around spherical and cylindrical absorbing electrodes submerged in isotropic collisionless plasma. Obtained results demonstrate principal differences in spatial charge distributions in sheath regions between spherical or cylindrical electrodes of large size and an unbound planar surface submerged in isotropic plasma. In the case of a planar electrode, we directly compare results obtained in our kinetic and hydrodynamic theories and conventional hydrodynamic theory of plasma sheath formation. The outcome from the present study have direct implications to the analysis of plasma sheath structure and associated distribution in space of charged dust grains, which is relevant to the moon exploration near the optical terminator region or in shadowed craters in the moon.     

上游尾迹入射角对压气机叶片负荷的影响

压气机叶片负荷的提高使得叶片表面边界层更容易分离,利用上游叶排产生的非定常尾迹能够抑制边界层分离.运动圆柱代替上游转子,在保证下游叶片进气速度大小及攻角不变的情况下,改变圆柱运动速度以获得上游尾迹与下游静叶吸力面不同的夹角,发现在低负荷小分离情况下静叶损失系数与上游尾迹入射角无关;高负荷大分离情况下静叶损失系数随上游尾迹入射角的增加而降低.分析尾迹作用下高负荷静叶通道内流场,当进入静叶通道的尾迹与叶片吸力面近似平行时,尾迹诱导边界层增厚.使得叶片表面分离泡随时间大幅值脉动,损失增加;当尾迹与叶片吸力面的角度逐渐垂直时,尾迹抑制了边界层分离,同时叶片表面分离泡位置近似不变,其原因是尾迹以负射流形式进入边界层内部,补充了边界层内部低能流体,使得损失减小.      

非平衡等离子体对甲烷点火和火焰传播影响的机理分析

为了探讨非平衡等离子体对甲烷点火和火焰传播速度影响,采用化学动力学模型GRI-Mech3.0,利用零维、均质、完全混合模型和火焰传播速度模型,对甲烷点火过程和火焰传播过程进行数值模拟,计算得到了非平衡等离子体生成自由基(O自由基和NOX自由基)对甲烷点火延迟时间和火焰传播速度的影响规律。结果表明:当分别加入0.5% O和0.5% NOX活性基时,点火延迟时间减少了约94.7%,63.1%(加入NO)和94.2%(加入NO₂)。通过反应路径分析和敏感度分析,揭示了非平衡等离子体生成自由基影响甲烷点火和火焰传播速度的化学反应机理。 