用于新型雷达/红外无源复合诱饵的等离子体参数选择

根据电磁波在分层介质中阻抗匹配原理,计算了非均匀非磁化等离子体平行与垂直极化波的功率反射系数。基于碱金属盐的高温电离特性,以功率反射系数为研究对象,对雷达无源诱饵用等离子体的厚度、温度和电子密度分布等参数选择进行了分析,并根据所选择的参数讨论了入射角对无源诱饵应用的影响。     

再入航天器表面亚波长等离子体薄层对微波信号影响效应研究

为了建立电磁波在亚波长等离子体薄层中传播的物理数学模型,并针对通信频段的电磁波,研究电磁波在再入航天器表面等离子体薄层中的透射问题,相关研究成果可为再入航天器通信“黑障”现象研究提供理论基础。模型从麦克斯韦方程组出发,采用微分薄层法进行数值求解,获得了不同等离子体密度条件下亚波长等离子体中目标电磁波的透射特性及传播规律,揭示了截止反射效应和碰撞吸收效应在其中发挥的作用。本研究对于深入了解亚波长碰撞等离子体薄层中电磁波的传播过程具有意义。     

飞翼布局飞行器等离子体激励滚转操控试验

飞翼布局飞行器采用多个气动舵面共同作用来控制飞行,常规气动舵面的结构复杂,在大迎角时由于流动分离,舵面操纵效率显著降低。等离子体激励器具有结构简单、重量轻和响应快等优势,常被用在流动控制上。本文利用激励器抑制单侧翼面流动分离产生不对称的气动力,对飞翼布局飞行器滚转通道的控制进行了试验研究,得出了激励器在飞行器上的最优布置位置和最佳控制参数,并和常规副翼舵面滚转操控效果进行了对比。结果表明:布置于内翼、中翼前缘的等离子体激励器能够获得最佳的滚转控制效果;激励器调制频率对飞行器滚转控制效果的影响较大,而激励电压对滚转控制效果的影响较小;与常规副翼相比,等离子体激励器在大迎角时对滚转通道的操控效果优于副翼。     

Charging of dust grains by anisotropic solar wind multi-component plasma

In this paper we study the charging process of small grain particles by anisotropic multi-component solar wind plasmas (electrons, protons and heavy ions), versus two-component (electron/proton) plasmas. We are focusing attention on the important characteristics of the charging process, namely the charging time, floating potential and current content as functions of plasma parameters such as He⁺⁺/H⁺ (α/p) number density and T_α/T_p temperature ratios of alpha particles to protons, as well as plasma streaming velocity v₀. Measured statistical properties of solar wind plasma parameters at 1 AU show considerable variations in α/p-temperature ratios from 1 to 10, in α/p-number density ratio from 0.01 to 0.35, as well as in values of streaming velocity v₀ from 200 km/s to 1000 km/s and more. Periods of these variations could last for several days each, leading to significant variability in the charging process, according to newly derived general analytical expressions. Numerical calculations performed for protons/alphas plasmas showed large disparity in the charging characteristics. For example, in anisotropic plasma, grain charging time varies up to 90% depending on α/p-particles temperature and number density ratios, whereas changes in floating potential are up to 40%. In contrast, in isotropic plasma, charging characteristic for grains do not change very much for the same plasma parameters variations, with charging time varying about 12% and floating potential only varying about 4%. It is also shown that in highly anisotropic plasma, with all ballistic electrons and ions, dust grains could not hold their charges, and characteristic discharged time is calculated. We note that the analysis is equally applicable to any sized body immersed in solar wind plasma.     

Kinetic theory of sheath formation in solar wind plasma

We present a general self-consistent kinetic theory for plasma sheath formation in solar wind plasma. The theory could be applied to anisotropic, as well as to isotropic collisionless plasma without resorting to any simplifications, limitations, or assumptions, such as the necessary existence of a ‘pre-sheath’ region of ions acceleration to ensure the Bohm criterion. The kinetic framework is first applied to sheath formation around an arbitrary oriented planar absorbing surface, charged by solar wind anisotropic plasma, under the condition of negligible photoelectric effect. We then make use of our kinetic approach for the plane geometry in isotropic collisionless plasma, as a particular case of a planar electrode orientation parallel to plasma streaming velocity, also analyzing the sheath structure around spherical and cylindrical absorbing electrodes submerged in isotropic collisionless plasma. Obtained results demonstrate principal differences in spatial charge distributions in sheath regions between spherical or cylindrical electrodes of large size and an unbound planar surface submerged in isotropic plasma. In the case of a planar electrode, we directly compare results obtained in our kinetic and hydrodynamic theories and conventional hydrodynamic theory of plasma sheath formation. The outcome from the present study have direct implications to the analysis of plasma sheath structure and associated distribution in space of charged dust grains, which is relevant to the moon exploration near the optical terminator region or in shadowed craters in the moon.     

非平衡等离子体对甲烷点火和火焰传播影响的机理分析

为了探讨非平衡等离子体对甲烷点火和火焰传播速度影响,采用化学动力学模型GRI-Mech3.0,利用零维、均质、完全混合模型和火焰传播速度模型,对甲烷点火过程和火焰传播过程进行数值模拟,计算得到了非平衡等离子体生成自由基(O自由基和NOX自由基)对甲烷点火延迟时间和火焰传播速度的影响规律。结果表明:当分别加入0.5% O和0.5% NOX活性基时,点火延迟时间减少了约94.7%,63.1%(加入NO)和94.2%(加入NO₂)。通过反应路径分析和敏感度分析,揭示了非平衡等离子体生成自由基影响甲烷点火和火焰传播速度的化学反应机理。      

Total electron content of the ionosphere at two stations in East Africa during the 24–25 October 2011 geomagnetic storm

The equatorial ionosphere has been known to become highly disturbed and thus rendering space-based navigation unreliable during space weather events, such as geomagnetic storms. Modern navigation systems, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) use radio-wave signals that reflect from or propagate through the ionosphere as a means of determining range or distance. Such systems are vulnerable to effects caused by geomagnetic storms, and their performance can be severely degraded. This paper analyses total electron content (TEC) and the corresponding GPS scintillations using two GPS SCINDA receivers located at Makerere University, Uganda (Lat: 0.3^o N; Lon: 32.5^o E) and at the University of Nairobi, Kenya (Lat: 1.3^o S; Lon: 36.8^o E), both in East Africa. The analysis shows that the scintillations actually correspond to plasma bubbles. The occurrence of plasma bubbles at one station was correlated with those at the other station by using observations from the same satellite. It was noted that some bubbles develop at one station and presumably “die off” before reaching the other station. The paper also discusses the effects of the geomagnetic storm of the 24–25 October 2011 on the ionospheric TEC at the two East African stations. Reductions in the diurnal TEC at the two stations during the period of the storm were observed and the TEC depletions observed during that period showed much deeper depletions than on the non-storm days. The effects during the storm have been attributed to the uplift of the ionospheric plasma, which was then transported away from this region by diffusion along magnetic field lines.     

脉冲等离子体源控制航天器表面充电电位的研究

在空间环境运行的航天器存在表面充电现象,而航天器表面充电引发的静电放电是导致航天器异常及故障的重要原因之一。因此,在航天器设计和应用中,必须对航天器表面电位采取必要的控制和防护措施。文章介绍了用脉冲等离子体源进行航天器表面充电电位主动控制的研究。通过模拟实验和实验数据分析,证实了用脉冲等离子体源能有效地控制航天器表面充...     

脉冲周期介质阻挡放电作用的PIV实验研究

静止大气下,对施加脉冲周期介质阻挡放电,半顶角为10°的圆锥前体进行了PIV实验研究。采用总平均和相位锁定平均方法对脉冲周期放电进行了分析;对比了不同占空比和不同相位角沿θ=90°半径上的切向速度和轴向涡量分布,得到了在圆锥表面等离子体诱导的最大速度和最大涡量;分析了脉冲周期放电的动量转移特性。实验结果表明：脉冲周期放电引发动量转移的主要机制是涡的增强而非气流的加速;当激励器处于脉冲放电间歇时,相位锁定平均的最大速度和最大涡量不为零,存在流动滞后效应,有利于节省能耗。     

用于飞行器隐身的闭式等离子体厚度选择分析

为分析闭式等离子体用于飞行器隐身的可行性,引入了可观隐身效果的概念及对应的闭式等离子体厚度。采用WKB方法,详细研究了X波段下的闭式等离子体吸波效果,得到了对应频段下产生可观隐身效果需要的等离子体厚度;研究了不同电子密度分布的吸波特性,数值算例说明,对不同电子密度分布的等离子体,吸波效果与厚度均成线性关系,同时,采用理论推导验证了该现象的正确性。结果表明,对于给定的电磁波,采用一定厚度的闭式等离子体可以达到可观隐身效果。