Wave-like perturbations in the ionospheric F2-layer observed after the Ms8.1 Samoa earthquake of September 29, 2009

A study of the critical frequency foF2 variations after the large earthquake (M_s = 8.1) which occurred on 29 September, 2009 in the region of Samoa Islands in the Pacific Ocean is carried out using data of the ionospheric station of Kwajalein. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at about 184 km southwest from Apia (the capital of West Samoa). It was found that wave-like perturbations of foF2 were observed for ∼3 h above the station (located approximately 3560 km northwest from the epicenter). The amplitude of the disturbance was as large as ∼20% of the average magnetic quiet day foF2 values. A comparison of the observed perturbations of foF2 with the ones detected at Stanford ionospheric station after the Alaska earthquake of 28 March 1964 (M_s = 8.4) showed a close similarity of the wave-like perturbations of foF2 in both cases.     

高超声速飞行器刚体／弹性体耦合动力学建模

高超声速飞行器广泛采用升力体、乘波体等气动布局和轻质复合材料、薄壁结构等,导致结构振动与刚体运动频率非常接近,给飞行器制导控制系统设计带来了巨大挑战.针对该类飞行器的特点,考虑结构的横向位移,将机身前后体简化为于质心处固联的2根悬臂梁,并从统一的能量观点出发,基于拉格朗日方程与虚功原理,在纵向平面推导出适合高超声速飞行器的刚体/弹性体耦合动力学模型.通过对比耦合模型与传统刚体模型的极点分布情况,发现结构振动与刚体短周期模态紧密耦合,离心力的引入影响了高度与长周期模态,对高超声速飞行器航迹运动的作用不可忽视.最后分析了飞行速度与结构阻尼变化对耦合模型动态性能的影响.结果证明飞行速度对刚体运动模态影响显著,而结构阻尼的变化主要改变弹性模态.     

静电MEMS器件的力电耦合分析与模拟

分析了微机电系统中静电-结构耦合的拉入(pull-in)特性,比较了牛顿迭代法、松弛法、有限元/边界元混合法等方法求解静电-结构耦合问题的各自特点。     

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     

闭环光纤陀螺的死区现象及克服死区实验

克服死区是闭环光纤陀螺设计中需要考虑的重要问题。运用适当的小角速度测试方法测得了闭环光纤陀螺输出信号中的死区。采用了一种简便的偏置输出相移信号的方法以克服闭环光纤陀螺输出信号中的死区。实验表明,上述方法可以克服死区。     

燃气轮机叶片-轮盘耦合振动特性计算

 建立了叶片 -轮盘耦合系统振动固有特性计算分析模型 ,利用有限元通用程序 NASTARN的循环对称分析功能和几何非线性分析功能 ,对某舰用燃气轮机叶片 -轮盘结构进行计算分析。计算中考虑了旋转离心力及材料参数随温度变化对固有特性的影响 ,得到的谐波共振频率与实测结果基本吻合     

微扑翼飞行器驱动机构的设计与动态特性研究

微扑翼飞行器是一种新概念的飞行器,在应用技术上它超出了传统的飞机设计和气动力的研究范畴,同时开创了微机电系统技术(MEMS)在航空领域的应用。微扑翼驱动机构的设计、制作及其动态特性研究是飞行器设计中的关键环节。本文的研究对象是一个静电驱动的胸腔式微扑翼机构,由于这种结构存在着强烈的静电和机械两个物理场的非线性耦合,因此系统的动态特性是非常复杂的。本文从理论上分析了系统奇点的存在与稳定性;在相空间中分析了无阻尼及有阻尼系统的非线性动态特性;研究了初始条件和阻尼对临界拉入电压的影响;最后分析了在不同激励电压信号下系统的响应。所得研究结论对微扑翼驱动机构的设计、制作和应用提供了一定的理论依据。