模块化多旋转关节空间太阳能电站方案设计

文章基于多旋转关节空间太阳能电站(MR-SPS)方案,以降低远距离高压电力传输技术难度为核心,提出一种更新的模块化多旋转关节空间太阳能电站概念。该方案在分布式太阳电池分阵和多导电旋转关节基础上,对于微波发射天线阵也进行了模块化设计和分布式布局,实现了太阳电池分阵和微波发射天线分阵的一一对应,形成多个独立的太阳能发电与能量传输模块,通过模块的扩展实现整个空间太阳能电站。该方案大幅简化了空间电力传输与管理的复杂性和在轨组装的难度。同时各个模块完全独立,组装后即可单独工作,也提高了系统的可靠性。     

双补燃室固冲凝聚相颗粒分布对比试验研究

针对固冲发动机燃烧效率较低以及凝相粒子分布规律不清楚的现状,本文建立了一套评价固冲发动机燃烧效率的双补燃室试验装置和研究凝相颗粒分布的取样装置。对比研究了结构相同的补燃室内的参数,其误差小于0.5%,说明该装置可以用于精确对比不同补燃室的燃烧效率。然后应用该装置完成了补燃室长度分别为600mm、800mm、1000mm,进气角度分别为30°、45°、60°的对比试验,分析了粒子的粒度分布规律和化学成分变化规律,该规律与数值分析的规律相同。试验结果表明：在进气角度不变情况下,补燃室长度增加有利于提高燃烧效率,燃烧室压强提高,凝相粒子直径明显减小,B粒子燃烧更充分;在补燃室长度为1000mm的情况下,进气角度增加有利于燃烧效率增加,燃烧室压强提高,粒子直径减小,B粒子燃烧更充分。双补燃室发动机是评价补燃室燃烧效率的有效装置,粒度分布和燃烧产物的化学成分有助于补燃室结构设计。     

卫星太阳电池阵平展试验的冲击测试与冲击抑制

为准确测试卫星太阳电池阵平展试验过程中的冲击影响,降低冲击带来的负面影响,文章对试验过程进行仿真分析,设计了冲击测试方案以及冲击抑制机构,并以某型号太阳电池阵为例进行试验验证。结果表明:测试方案可对平展试验中产品所受冲击情况进行有效评估;使用冲击抑制机构后铰链处的冲击得到了有效抑制。     

太阳同步轨道卫星太阳电池阵衰减因子研究

卫星太阳电池阵衰减因子主要由粒子辐照、紫外辐照、微流星体碰撞和冷热交变等衰减因子组成;由于空间环境极其复杂,仅用上述几种因子来描述太阳电池衰减规律并不全面。文章利用某太阳同步轨道卫星在轨6年的太阳电池阵输出功率数据,通过对在轨卫星太阳入射角、日地距离因子、太阳电池阵温度进行归一化计算,最终计算出太阳电池阵在卫星寿命过程...     

日心悬浮轨道混合推进航天器编队构型保持研究

针对混合推进航天器编队日心悬浮轨道保持控制问题进行了研究.首先推导出在日心悬浮轨道附近的航天器编队相对运动方程,考虑到航天器间距离变化值较小且航天器间距离与航天器到太阳的距离的比值为小量,将其在悬浮轨道附近线性化.基于该线性化方程,设计了一种LQR编队控制方式,该控制方式可通过调节太阳帆的姿态及航天器间库仑力的大小对编队构型进行改变或保持,具有响应速度快和控制简单的特点.最后对控制律进行数值仿真,表明该控制方法能实现编队.     

UltraFlex太阳翼有序展开动力学建模与分析

针对刚柔耦合的圆形薄膜UltraFlex太阳翼结构动力学建模与分析困难、微重力下薄膜运动复杂和展开精度要求高的问题,搭建了UltraFlex展开动力学数值分析模型,分析了扭簧和绳索驱动下UltraFlex的有序展开动力学特性。基于绝对坐标方法建立包含柔性附件和柔性薄膜的UltraFlex动力学模型,采用两步检测算法处理薄膜间的复杂接触碰撞问题,利用扭簧逐步释放扭矩的方法驱动结构有序展开,通过控制绳索释放速率的方法完成移动箱板的转动规划和限位跟踪,提高展开位置精度。将该展开驱动策略运用到NASA实际样机尺寸的UltraFlex分析模型中,仿真结果表明该展开策略能够使得UltraFlex结构高精度、有序、稳定地展开;绳索始终处于张紧状态,最大拉力为62.5N;薄膜展开过程复杂,重复出现张紧、回弹的现象,最终趋于稳定。     

小型回流燃烧室燃烧特性数值研究

某科研样机采用蒸发管回流燃烧室,其燃烧室结构复杂,燃烧机理和气流流动情况尚不清楚。在实验过程中发现,蒸发管及附近的火焰筒壁面上出现了较严重的积碳现象,影响燃烧室的性能。为了探究该型燃烧室的工作过程、分析积碳现象的原因,采用k-ε湍流模型、旋涡耗散概念燃烧模型(EDC)以及颗粒随机轨道模型对该燃烧室工作流场进行流固热耦合数值计算。结果表明,燃烧室性能参数计算值与台架试车数据较吻合,各项参数相对误差均小于1.7%。计算得到了燃烧室工作时流动和燃烧情况,同时分析出了各气孔流动情况及发挥的作用,并得出了产生积碳现象的原因,为该型燃烧室优化设计提供依据。     

水空两栖太阳能四旋翼气动特性研究

太阳能四旋翼无人机结合了太阳能飞行器和四旋翼飞行器的优点,已受到广泛关注,但由于太阳能板的存在,旋翼的安装高度和轴距会对整机的气动效能产生影响。通过基于粒子法格子玻尔兹曼技术的XFlowCFD软件,对太阳能四旋翼无人机的整机流场进行非定常数值模拟,并分析该飞行器的气动特性。结果表明:旋翼高度对整机升力的影响较小,旋翼的安装轴距越大整机的升力越大,其主要原因是轴距较小时,旋翼产生的下洗流冲击在太阳能板上,对整机产生气动干扰。     

Evidence for a Two-Stage Acceleration Process in Large Solar Energetic Particle Events

Using high-resolution mass spectrometers on board the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), we surveyed the event-averaged ∼0.1–60 MeV/nuc heavy ion elemental composition in 64 large solar energetic particle (LSEP) events of cycle 23. Our results show the following: (1) The Fe/O ratio decreases with increasing energy up to ∼10 MeV/nuc in ∼92% of the events and up to ∼60 MeV/nuc in ∼64% of the events. (2) The rare isotope ³He is greatly enhanced over the corona or the solar wind values in 46% of the events. (3) The heavy ion abundances are not systematically organized by the ion’s M/Q ratio when compared with the solar wind values. (4) Heavy ion abundances from C–Fe exhibit systematic M/Q-dependent enhancements that are remarkably similar to those seen in ³He-rich SEP events and CME-driven interplanetary (IP) shock events. Taken together, these results confirm the role of shocks in energizing particles up to ∼60 MeV/nuc in the majority of large SEP events of cycle 23, but also show that the seed population is not dominated by ions originating from the ambient corona or the thermal solar wind, as previously believed. Rather, it appears that the source material for CME-associated large SEP events originates predominantly from a suprathermal population with a heavy ion enrichment pattern that is organized according to the ion’s mass-per-charge ratio. These new results indicate that current LSEP models must include the routine production of this dynamic suprathermal seed population as a critical pre-cursor to the CME shock acceleration process.     

A Portrait of the Nucleus of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

In 2003, comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko was selected as the new target of the Rosetta mission as the most suitable alternative to the original target, comet 46P/Wirtanen, on the basis of orbital considerations even though very little was known about the physical properties of its nucleus. In a matter of a few years and based on highly focused observational campaigns as well as thorough theoretical investigations, a detailed portrait of this nucleus has been established that will serve as a baseline for planning the Rosetta operations and observations. In this review article, we present a novel method to determine the size and shape of a cometary nucleus: several visible light curves were inverted to produce a size–scale free three–dimensional shape, the size scaling being imposed by a thermal light curve. The procedure converges to two solutions which are only marginally different. The nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko emerges as an irregular body with an effective radius (that of the sphere having the same volume) = 1.72 km and moderate axial ratios a/b = 1.26 and a/c = 1.5 to 1.6. The overall dimensions measured along the principal axis for the two solutions are 4.49–4.75 km, 3.54–3.77 km and 2.94–2.92 km. The nucleus is found to be in principal axis rotation with a period = 12.4–12.7 h. Merging all observational constraints allow us to specify two regions for the direction of the rotational axis of the nucleus: RA = 220°^+50° _−30° and Dec = −70^° ± 10^° (retrograde rotation) or RA = 40°^+50° _-30° and Dec = +70^°± 10^° (prograde), the better convergence of the various determinations presently favoring the first solution. The phase function, although constrained by only two data points, exhibits a strong opposition effect rather similar to that of comet 9P/Tempel 1. The definition of the disk–integrated albedo of an irregular body having a strong opposition effect raises problems, and the various alternatives led to a R-band geometric albedo in the range 0.045–0.060, consistent with our present knowledge of cometary nuclei. The active fraction is low, not exceeding ~ 7% at perihelion, and is probably limited to one or two active regions subjected to a strong seasonal effect, a picture coherent with the asymmetric behaviour of the coma. Our slightly downward revision of the size of the nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko resulting from the present analysis (with the correlative increase of the albedo compared to the originally assumed value of 0.04), and our best estimate of the bulk density of 370 kg m⁻³, lead to a mass of ~ 8 × 10¹² kg which should ease the landing of Philae and insure the overall success of the Rosetta mission.