Influence of curved thin-film device on deformation of a solar sail

A spinning solar sail IKAROS’s membrane is estimated to unexpectedly deform into an inverted pyramid shape due to thin-film devices with curvature, such as thin-film solar cells and steering devices on the membrane. It is important to investigate the deformation caused by the curved thin-film devices and predict the sail shape because the out-of-plane deformation greatly affects solar radiation pressure (SRP) and SRP torque. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between the global shape and orientation and position of curved thin-film devices and to evaluate SRP torque on the global shape using finite element analysis. The global shape is evaluated based on the out-of-plane displacement and the SRP torque. When the curved thin-film devices make the membrane shrink in the circumferential, diagonal, and radial direction, the sail deforms into a pyramid shape, an inverted pyramid one, and a saddle one, respectively. The saddle shape is more desirable for solar sails than the inverted pyramid shape and the pyramid one from the viewpoint of shape stability to SRP and control of SRP torque in the normal direction of the sail (windmill torque). The position of the thin-film device tends to increase the absolute value of windmill torque when it is biased circumferentially from the petal central axis. The suggested design principles for the arrangement of thin-film devices is that the curved thin-film devices should be directed so that the sail shrinks in the radial direction in order to deform the sail into a saddle shape with high shape stability, and the position of the thin-film devices should be biased in the circumferential direction paying attention to the absolute value of windmill torque to determine the direction of windmill torque.     

Deorbiting spacecraft with passively stabilised attitude using a simplified quasi-rhombic-pyramid sail

This paper studies deorbiting using an analogue to the quasi-rhombic-pyramid concept for planar motion. The focus is on maintaining a stable (meaning oscillatory) attitude close to the direction of the velocity of the spacecraft relative to the atmosphere. The study consists of a massive computation of deorbit times chosen in a region of the phase space where atmospheric drag plays a leading role. Here, no damping effects are considered. Thus, any passive stabilisation observed is either due to solar radiation pressure or atmospheric drag. The results show that such stable deorbiting is feasible up to a threshold that depends upon the physical parameters of the sail. This threshold is around 500 km of altitude. Stable deorbiting is also shown to reduce the unpredictability that appears due to tumbling.     

VSV调节机构阻滞力和调节精度的归因分析

基于ANCF方法和摩擦力的NURBS表达算法，构建了考虑装配间隙、尺寸公差、关键件柔性、热影响以及接触摩擦等因素的复杂VSV调节机构的刚柔耦合动力学模型，并依据部件空间分布关系和参数化表述开发了VSV调节机构的快速自动化建模流程，大大提升了建模效率。分别对VSV调节机构的单级模拟气动实验及热态联调实验状态进行了对比仿真，结果表明，所构建的VSV调节机构模型在阻滞力仿真方面具有较高的可信度，且气动力引起的摩擦力矩是造成机构阻滞力、角度调节迟滞和调节精度下降的主要原因，气动力矩对机构阻滞力和角度迟滞影响不明显，关键件柔性对阻滞力影响较小，但却是调节精度降低的内在因素。     

Temporal variation of the arterial pressure in healthy young people and its relation to geomagnetic activity in Mexico

We present a study of the temporal behavior of the systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure for a sample of 51 normotensive, healthy volunteers, 18 men and 33 women with an average age of 19 years old in Mexico City, Mexico, during April and May, 2008. We divided the data by sex along the circadian rhythm. Three geomagnetic storms occurred during the studied time-span. The strongest one, a moderate storm, is attributed to a coronal hole border that reached the Earth. The ANOVA test applied to the strongest storm showed that even though we are dealing with a moderate geomagnetic storm, there are statistically significant responses of the blood pressure. The superposed epoch analysis during a three-day window around the strongest storm shows that on average the largest changes occurred for the SBP. Moreover, the SBP largest increases occurred two days before and one day after this storm, and women are the most sensitive group as they present larger SBP and DBP average changes than men. Finally, given the small size of the sample, we cannot generalize our results.     

环刷刷丝接触压力检测系统设计

环刷是导电滑环的重要组成部件,其接触压力是滑环使刷丝变形后产生的刷丝对滑环的作用力。环刷刷丝接触压力值微小,影响因素较多,但环刷刷丝接触压力的大小将直接关系着导电滑环的技术性能和使用寿命。本文针对环刷的特点详细研究了环刷刷丝接触压力的测量方法和技术,并设计了一套环刷刷丝接触压力检测系统,实现了对环刷刷丝接触压力的自动精密测量。     

测点布局对航空发动机总压畸变指数的影响

为了阐明测点布局对航空发动机进气总压畸变测试结果的影响，利用旋转总压测量耙对5种畸变流场的稳态和动态总 压畸变成分进行了测试，计算了旋转总压测量耙位于不同位置时畸变流场的稳态周向总压畸变指数和动态总压畸变指数，分析了 不同测点布局下总压畸变指数计算结果的偏差。结果表明：测量耙/测点与畸变流场的相对周向位置对总压畸变指数计算结果的 准确性至关重要，对于所分析的5种畸变流场，增加测量耙/测点周向数目并不能使总压畸变指数计算结果的偏差单调减小，但可 降低其对测量耙/测点周向位置的敏感度。基于畸变区域周向分布设计稳态总压畸变测量耙的周向位置，组合使用不同相对半径 处测点对动态总压畸变进行监测，可提高总压畸变指数计算结果的准确性。     

The 3-step DLR–ESA Gossamer road to solar sailing

The 3-step Gossamer road map to solar sailing is presented that has been agreed between DLR and ESA in November 2009. The main and exclusive purpose of that project is to develop, to prove, and to demonstrate the solar sail technology as a safe and reliably manageable propulsion technique for long lasting and deep space missions. Since the development of the solar sail technology is quite a complex task, presently at the DLR implemented solar sail related research activities will be presented as well.     

8400压力测量采集系统的校准

在压力测量的实际应用中,压力校准成为一种新的技术需求。本文介绍了8400压力测量系统的结构组成及特点,对该系统提出一种切实有效的校准方法。通过该校准方法,可保证8400压力测量系统的准确可靠,为工程实际应用提供更好的技术支撑。     

声爆近场空间压力风洞测量技术

针对暂冲式超声速风洞中的声爆试验，发展了近场空间压力精确测量技术，以航空工业空气动力研究院的FL-60风洞为例，开展了技术验证。FL-60风洞是一座典型的亚跨超三声速下吹式风洞，其试验马赫数范围为0.3~4.2，试验段尺寸为1.2 m×1.2 m，单车次试验时间通常为数十秒。根据暂冲式风洞试验时间短、耗气量大等特点，设计了无反射测压轨以代替传统的静压探针，大幅提高了声爆近场空间压力的测量效率。通过CFD技术对无反射测压轨的流动特性、模型安装位置以及风洞试验段中的波系进行了分析，验证了测压轨设计方案的可行性。采用Seeb-ALR低声爆标模和自行设计的带喷流的旋成体模型进行了验证性试验，采用参考车次方法和空间平均技术获得了高质量的数据，试验测量结果与CFD计算结果一致性较好，验证了声爆近场空间压力测量系统设计的合理性。     

航天器空间环境干扰力矩分析与仿真研究

针对航天器在轨运行时所受到的空间环境干扰力矩进行建模分析,并通过实时解算和矢量叠加的方式进行仿真研究,尤其对太阳光压力矩与大气阻力力矩的建模与仿真提出了新的方法,该方法通过建立光照面与迎风面的判断准则,准确地对太阳光压力矩与大气阻力力矩进行了估计。对各种空间环境干扰力矩的精确建模与仿真为航天器精确姿态控制设计及系统姿态控制方案和控制执行机构的选取提供了依据,文中提出的方法简单易用,工程实现性强,为未来的工程应用提供了一定的理论依据。