Magnetosphere Imaging Instrument (MIMI) on the Cassini Mission to Saturn/Titan

The magnetospheric imaging instrument (MIMI) is a neutral and charged particle detection system on the Cassini orbiter spacecraft designed to perform both global imaging and in-situ measurements to study the overall configuration and dynamics of Saturn’s magnetosphere and its interactions with the solar wind, Saturn’s atmosphere, Titan, and the icy satellites. The processes responsible for Saturn’s aurora will be investigated; a search will be performed for substorms at Saturn; and the origins of magnetospheric hot plasmas will be determined. Further, the Jovian magnetosphere and Io torus will be imaged during Jupiter flyby. The investigative approach is twofold. (1) Perform remote sensing of the magnetospheric energetic (E > 7 keV) ion plasmas by detecting and imaging charge-exchange neutrals, created when magnetospheric ions capture electrons from ambient neutral gas. Such escaping neutrals were detected by the Voyager l spacecraft outside Saturn’s magnetosphere and can be used like photons to form images of the emitting regions, as has been demonstrated at Earth. (2) Determine through in-situ measurements the 3-D particle distribution functions including ion composition and charge states (E > 3 keV/e). The combination of in-situ measurements with global images, together with analysis and interpretation techniques that include direct “forward modeling’’ and deconvolution by tomography, is expected to yield a global assessment of magnetospheric structure and dynamics, including (a) magnetospheric ring currents and hot plasma populations, (b) magnetic field distortions, (c) electric field configuration, (d) particle injection boundaries associated with magnetic storms and substorms, and (e) the connection of the magnetosphere to ionospheric altitudes. Titan and its torus will stand out in energetic neutral images throughout the Cassini orbit, and thus serve as a continuous remote probe of ion flux variations near 20R _S (e.g., magnetopause crossings and substorm plasma injections). The Titan exosphere and its cometary interaction with magnetospheric plasmas will be imaged in detail on each flyby. The three principal sensors of MIMI consists of an ion and neutral camera (INCA), a charge–energy–mass-spectrometer (CHEMS) essentially identical to our instrument flown on the ISTP/Geotail spacecraft, and the low energy magnetospheric measurements system (LEMMS), an advanced design of one of our sensors flown on the Galileo spacecraft. The INCA head is a large geometry factor (G ∼ 2.4 cm² sr) foil time-of-flight (TOF) camera that separately registers the incident direction of either energetic neutral atoms (ENA) or ion species (≥5^∘ full width half maximum) over the range 7 keV/nuc < E < 3 MeV/nuc. CHEMS uses electrostatic deflection, TOF, and energy measurement to determine ion energy, charge state, mass, and 3-D anisotropy in the range 3 ≤ E ≤ 220 keV/e with good (∼0.05 cm² sr) sensitivity. LEMMS is a two-ended telescope that measures ions in the range 0.03 ≤ E ≤ 18 MeV and electrons 0.015 ≤ E≤ 0.884 MeV in the forward direction (G ∼ 0.02 cm² sr), while high energy electrons (0.1–5 MeV) and ions (1.6–160 MeV) are measured from the back direction (G ∼ 0.4 cm² sr). The latter are relevant to inner magnetosphere studies of diffusion processes and satellite microsignatures as well as cosmic ray albedo neutron decay (CRAND). Our analyses of Voyager energetic neutral particle and Lyman-α measurements show that INCA will provide statistically significant global magnetospheric images from a distance of ∼60 R _S every 2–3 h (every ∼10 min from ∼20 R _S). Moreover, during Titan flybys, INCA will provide images of the interaction of the Titan exosphere with the Saturn magnetosphere every 1.5 min. Time resolution for charged particle measurements can be < 0.1 s, which is more than adequate for microsignature studies. Data obtained during Venus-2 flyby and Earth swingby in June and August 1999, respectively, and Jupiter flyby in December 2000 to January 2001 show that the instrument is performing well, has made important and heretofore unobtainable measurements in interplanetary space at Jupiter, and will likely obtain high-quality data throughout each orbit of the Cassini mission at Saturn. Sample data from each of the three sensors during the August 18 Earth swingby are shown, including the first ENA image of part of the ring current obtained by an instrument specifically designed for this purpose. Similarily, measurements in cis-Jovian space include the first detailed charge state determination of Iogenic ions and several ENA images of that planet’s magnetosphere.This revised version was published online in July 2005 with a corrected cover date.     

神经网络与D-S理论结合的HRR识别研究

基于D-S(Dempster-Shafer)证据理论,比较和研究了相关数据和不相关数据的融合方法,分析了多传感器数据融合的算法:集中式融合算法和分布式融合算法.经过实验证明,执行分布式有反馈融合算法时的效果最好.然后利用该算法,提出了和线性内插神经网络相结合的识别方法.利用4种飞机的步进频率雷达的高分辨率一维距离像,将神经网络的识别结果作为证据分别送入传感器进行融合,进行识别研究.实验证明,与单纯利用神经网络的方法比较,目标的正确识别率得到了改善.     

彩色三维激光快速成型技术的研究

目前逆向工程采用线结构激光和一个彩色面阵CCD摄像机构成三维彩色扫描系统,彩色CCD摄像机分两次对被测物体成像,首先摄取物体的彩色图片,然后加用滤光片再摄取激光光平面上的三维信息.最后将两次获取的信息重叠,便可得到三维彩色信息.提出了激光光平面方程式三维测量方法,建立了相应的数学模型.研制成一套适用于彩色逆向工程流程,并进行了实验研究,给出了实验结果.     

W波段UAV MISAR实时成像运动补偿方法

建立了实时成像正侧视合成孔径雷达(SAR)运动误差模型,采用了一种基于惯导和相位梯度自聚焦(PGA)运动误差估计的中心波束平面运动补偿算法。该算法对回波包络和相位进行分开补偿,利用惯导数据把带有运动误差的回波包络拉直,再利用相位梯度自聚焦算法对回波进行相位误差估计并补偿。针对实时成像的时间少、运算量大、运算资源受限等特点,该算法取消了距离徙动校正的步骤,将运动误差矢量在斜距平面投影并完成包络校正和相位误差估计。该方法运算量小,同时能满足分辨率要求。仿真结果表明:该方法能够得到质量较高的SAR图像。     

调频连续波合成孔径雷达滑动聚束成像算法

调频连续波(FMCW)体制下,传统脉冲合成孔径雷达(SAR)的"走—停"回波模型已经不再适用,快时间走动项引入的距离-方位耦合项不可以忽略,否则会使图像质量的降低。该文首先构建FMCW回波模型,其次,提出了一种基于两步式的滑动聚束SAR成像算法。所提算法针对滑动聚束模式中,多普勒历程大于脉冲重复频率(PRF)所造成的频谱混叠问题,采用方位频域去斜的预处理加以解决。由于距离徙动校正(RCMC)后方位时域依旧混叠,该算法通过方位去斜在频域完成聚焦避免再一次的解混叠操作。通过仿真验证,该算法能够实现高精度的FMCW SAR滑动聚束成像。     

超高速干气密封扰流效应及抑扰机制

干气密封在高速时优异的动压性能使其应用范围从传统的压缩机、离心机等中高速设备逐渐扩大到航空发动机、（微型）燃气轮机等超高速设备中。基于实际超高速工况特点,对转速范围为10 000~120 000 r/min时的干气密封性能进行了系统性仿真计算,结果发现：在一定几何参数和工况参数下,类似于气浮轴承的微振动现象,干气密封会出现疑似受气体压力波动流影响的开启力、泄漏量与转速非正相关变化的扰流现象,尤其在高压、大膜厚、小槽深时的扰流效应愈加显著;在转速持续增大过程中,干气密封微尺度流场会出现二次拐点现象,且一次拐点发生转速与设计参数有关,而二次拐点发生转速基本约为90 000 r/min。同时结合导流织构的设计思路,进一步研究了超高速下干气密封槽底导流织构的驱动导流效应,结果表明：加设导流织构后,承载效果明显提高,拐点发生工况延后且压力波动区域被压缩。表明导流织构具有良好的抑制扰流、维持开启力与转速持续正相关的作用,在此基础上,进一步阐释了导流织构的抑扰机制,以期为突破干气密封在超高速工况下的应用壁垒提供新思路。     

纵向波纹隔热屏气膜冷却特性实验

针对加力燃烧室纵向波纹隔热屏气膜冷却效果开展了细致的实验研究,利用红外热像仪测量了隔热屏壁面的温度分布,分析了隔热屏板型、吹风比、开孔率等参数对气膜冷却效率的影响。实验中板型选取了平板和纵向波纹隔热屏,吹风比变化范围是0.5~3.0,开孔率变化范围是1.4%~3.7%。结果表明:相比于平板隔热屏的气膜冷却效率沿程逐渐增加,纵向波纹隔热屏的气膜冷却效率随波纹板的起伏而起伏且大于平板隔热屏;随着吹风比的增加气膜冷却效率逐渐加大,在吹风比为3.0时达到最大值;气膜冷却效率在波峰处低,波谷处高,整体上随波纹板的起伏而波动,吹风比越小,气膜冷却效率随波纹板的起伏变化越明显;高吹风比(吹风比为2.0~3.0)下,气膜冷却效率沿程变化与增幅较为缓慢;整体上,随着开孔率的增加气膜冷却效率逐渐加大,小开孔率(开孔率为1.4%、2.7%)下的气膜冷却效率相差不大,但在次流背风侧,开孔率小的气膜冷却效率要小于开孔率大的气膜冷却效率。      

一种基于正弦图的工业CT系统转台旋转中心自动确定方法

构建一个工业CT成像系统,转台旋转中心的确定是非常关键的步骤,其定位误差会引起CT图像上的伪影。本文在详细分析了现存旋转中心确定方法不足的基础上,提出了一种新方法,该方法利用隐含在正弦图中的对称投影信息,并根据经过旋转中心的射线束在两个对称投影视角下透过的物体路径相同这一规律来定位旋转中心。相对现有算法,该方法适用于射线源与旋转中心的连线不严格垂直于探测器的情形,无需使用模体,亦无需知晓任何几何参数,实时且基本不受随机噪声影响。实验数据验证了该方法的有效性。     

一种改进的FMCW SAR RD成像算法

FMCWSAR将调频连续波与合成孔径成像技术结合于一体,是一种新近被提出来的成像雷达体制,它以其体积小、重量轻、成本低、分辨率高等一系列优点,引起越来越多的关注。然而,在FMCWSAR系统中,雷达连续不断地发射信号,调制信号周期相对较长,停一走（STOP AND GO）近似不再成立,所以要用合适的算法来实现成像。针对FMCW SAR的特点,详细推导了停一走近似失效时FMCW SAR的信号模型及处理过程,提出了一种改进的RD算法。此方法是通过补偿连续运动引入的多普勒频移,消除连续运动的影响。