Surface-Exosphere-Magnetosphere System Of Mercury

Mercury is a poorly known planet, since the only space-based information comes from the three fly-bys performed in 1974 by the Mariner 10 spacecraft. Ground-based observations also provided some interesting results, but they are particularly difficult to obtain due to the planet’s proximity to the Sun. Nevertheless, the fact that the planet’s orbit is so close to the Sun makes Mercury a particularly interesting subject for extreme environmental conditions. Among a number of crucial scientific topics to be addressed, Mercury’s exosphere, its interaction with the solar wind and its origin from the surface of the planet, can provide important clues about planetary evolution. In fact, the Hermean exosphere is continuously eroded and refilled by these interactions, so that it would be more proper to consider the Hermean environment as a single, unified system – surface-exosphere-magnetosphere. These three parts are indeed strongly linked to each other. In recent years, the two missions scheduled to explore the iron planet, the NASA MESSENGER mission (launched in March 2004) and the ESA cornerstone mission (jointly with JAXA) BepiColombo (to be launched in 2012), have stimulated new interest in the many unresolved mysteries related to it. New ground-based observations, made possible by new technologies, have been obtained, and new simulation studies have been performed. In this paper some old as well as the very latest observations and studies related to the surface-exosphere-magnetosphere system are reviewed, outlining the investigations achievable by the planned space-based observations. This review intends to support the studies, in preparation of future data, and the definition of specific instrumentation.     

Education and Public Outreach for Nasa’s Deep Impact Mission

The Deep Impact mission’s Education and Public Outreach (E/PO) program brings the principles of physics relating to the properties of matter, motions and forces and transfer of energy to school-aged and public audiences. Materials and information on the project web site convey the excitement of the mission, the principles of the process of scientific inquiry and science in a personal and social perspective. Members of the E/PO team and project scientists and engineers, share their experiences in public presentations and via interviews on the web. Programs and opportunities to observe the comet before, during and after impact contribute scientific data to the mission and engage audiences in the mission, which is truly an experiment.     

MHD Waves and Heating in Coronal Holes

Coronal holes have been identified as source regions of the fast solar wind, and MHD wave activity has been detected in coronal holes by remote sensing, and in situ in fast solar wind streams. I review some of the most suggestive wave observations, and discuss the theoretical aspects of MHD wave heating and solar wind acceleration in coronal holes. I review the results of single fluid 2.5D MHD, as well as multi-fluid 2.5D MHD models of waves in coronal holes, the heating, and the acceleration of the solar wind be these waves.     

太阳能热动力系统吸热/蓄热器能量分析

空间太阳能热动力发电系统是一种新型的空间电力系统。吸热 /蓄热器是热动力发电系统关键部件之一。吸热 /蓄热器采用的蓄热方式是相变蓄热。通过对吸热 /蓄热器的能量分析 ,可以很好的了解吸热器的能量传递 ,以及相变材料的工作过程。建立了太阳能热动力发电系统吸热器腔体辐射模型 ,结合换热管的传热模型计算了吸热器的传热过程。得到了吸热器的能量损失、工质吸收能量、PCM的潜热储能和显热储能等重要指标 ,并且得到了换热管最大温度 ,工质出口温度等重要结果。计算结果可以用于吸热器的设计     

热化学非平衡流辐射流场工程计算方法研究

从耦合辐射的轴对称热化学非平衡 N-S方程出发,采用双温度、1 1组元反应气体模型,耦合修正的Nicolet单温度辐射模型,利用隐式 NND有限差分格式和时间预处理技术数值求解了 FIREII飞船热化学非平衡辐射流场,得到的辐射传热结果与有关实验结果和更细致的热化学非平衡辐射模型的结果进行了比较     

低功率氩电弧喷射推力器中的辐射

为了研究低功率氩电弧喷射推力器中的辐射损失,采用辐射模型和非辐射模型对其工作过程进行了对比数值模拟分析。采用二阶精度无波动、无自由参数的耗散差分格式(NND格式)数值求解耦合电磁源项和辐射源项的N-S方程组,并采用隐式残差光滑法加速收敛;采用有限控制容积积分方法离散求解椭圆型偏微分电磁场方程,并采用逐点超松弛迭代方法加快收敛速度。数值模拟结果对比给出了辐射模型和非辐射模型流动分布情况,并比较了两种模型推力器推力、比冲和推进效率。研究结果表明,与非辐射模型相比,辐射模型比冲低0.137%,推进效率低1.03%,辐射对低功率电弧喷射推力器性能影响比较小。      

用矩量法研究直升机高频天线电磁特性的旋翼调制效应

 基于面元模型的矩量法与快速多极子方法结合分析了直升机机载高频通信天线电磁特性的旋翼调制效应。通过三维计算机辅助实体建模技术,建立了一个尺度与真实直升机相当的仿真模型,实现了机体表面网格的自动剖分。应用准静态法和FFT技术,计算分析了旋转桨叶对天线辐射场幅度和频率的调制效应,还分析了桨叶旋转对天线输入导纳和互导纳的影响。计算结果表明,旋转桨叶对直升机机载天线辐射场产生了显著的影响。本方法亦适用于其它类型的直升机和其它具有旋转桨叶的载体上天线电磁特性的分析。     

基于物质对辐射射线吸收原理的航空燃油密度的测量

本文根据飞机燃油量指示系统的发展对实现高精度，数字式的航空燃油密度实时测量的要求，介绍了物质对辐射射线的吸收原理，并详细讨论了基于这一原理的航空燃油密度实时测量的具体实现方案。     

建筑物表面光伏组件最佳铺设方案的研究

对不同情况下建筑物屋顶及外墙表面铺设光伏电池进行研究。采用启发式算法进行电池性能的优劣评价,采用模糊规划,作出铺设电池的初步判断。以光伏电池每平方米利润最大为目标采用贪心算法选择需要铺设的电池,并配合矩形排样中最低轮廓线法对光伏电池的安放进行优化,从而得到利润最大的组合。利用多维线性规划对逆变器进行选择,通过成本—收入—利润模型对选配逆变器之后的最终利润进行进一步优化。     

基于增强型离散相模型和化学燃烧的红外诱饵弹建模方法

红外（IR）诱饵弹是一种主要的红外对抗武器,建立一种准确的红外诱饵弹模型将对红外制导算法的研究起重要作用。目前,针对红外诱饵弹的计算机流体仿真（CFD）建模方法中,通常不考虑红外药剂的燃烧对红外模型产生的影响,这将从机理上直接导致建模精度下降。针对这一不足,本文在增强型离散相模型（DPM）红外诱饵弹建模方法的基础上加入了化学燃烧相,建立了准确性更高的仿真模型。实验结果表明,与原有的模型相比,加入化学燃烧相后的新模型在图形特征的仿真精度上有明显提升。