Microstructure,thermophysical property and ablation behavior of high thermal conductivity carbon/carbon composites after heat-treatment

Uni-directional carbon/carbon composites with high thermal conductivity are suitable to supply continuous thermal protection for future reentry vehicles since they could reduce surface temperature and ablation rates simultaneously in harsh environments. In this work, the high thermal conductivity carbon/carbon composites were prepared by chemical vapor infiltration. After heat-treatment, both their open porosity and internal friction increase due to the fiber/matrix thermal expansion mismatch; while their thermal conductive performance become better due to more complete carbon structure. With raising heat-treatment temperature from 1800 °C to 2450 °C, the mass and linear ablation rates of C/C composites with fibers vertical to the oxyacetylene torch for 60 s decrease from 0.66 mg/s and 2.95 μm/s to 0.51 mg/s and 2.05 μm/s respectively. The improved ablation resistance is resulted from the increased thermal conductivity from 282 to 508 W/(m·K) and more carbon fibers exposed to the flame during ablation, which have better oxidation resistance than those of carbon matrix. While such ablation rates become larger for composites with fibers parallel to the flame, from 1.02 mg/s and 3.73 μm/s to 1.28 mg/s and 5.01 μm/s respectively since the ablation occurred more easily through gaps at the fiber/matrix interfaces, which become larger and are always exposed to the flame for this case.     

Soil carbon distribution and site characteristics in hyper-arid soils of the Atacama Desert: A site with Mars-like soils

The soil carbon content and its relation to site characteristics are important in evaluating current local, regional, and global soil C storage and projecting future variations in response to climate change. In this study we analyzed the concentration of organic and inorganic carbon and their relationship with in situ climatic and geological characteristics in 485 samples of surface soil and 17 pits from the hyper-arid area and 51 samples with 2 pits from the arid–semiarid region from the Atacama Desert located in Peru and Chile. The soil organic carbon (SOC) in hyperarid soils ranged from 1.8 to 50.9 μg C per g of soil for the 0–0.1 m profile and from 1.8 to 125.2 μg C per g of soil for the 0–1 m profile. The analysis of climatic (temperature and precipitation), elevation, and some geologic characteristics (landforms) associated with hyper-arid soils explained partially the SOC variability. On the other hand, soil inorganic carbon (SIC) contents, in the form of carbonates, ranged from 200 to 1500 μg C per g of soil for the 0–0.1 m profile and from 200 to 3000 μg C per g of soil for the 0–1.0 m profile in the driest area. The largest accumulations of organic and inorganic carbon were found near to arid–semiarid areas. In addition, the elemental carbon concentrations show that the presence of other forms of inorganic carbon (e.g. graphite, etc.) was negligible in these hyperarid soils. Overall, the top 1 m soil layer of hyperarid lands contains ∼11.6 Tg of organic carbon and 344.6 Tg of carbonate carbon. The total stored carbon was 30.8-fold the organic carbon alone. To our knowledge, this is the first study evaluating the total budget carbon on the surface and shallow subsurface on ∼160,000 km² of hyperarid soils.     

Interference-free wind tunnel testing of jet propelled missiles

Wind tunnel evaluation of the aerodynamic interaction effects between plume and the external flow past the missile body including the wake boundary (“slipstream”) over powered flight envelopes of rocket propelled vehicles can be greatly facilitated — or even made possible — by a methodology replacing the hot propellant by cold, inert gases. Model nozzle design is based on the second order matching of plume geometry and first order modeling of plume stiffness. Since modeled nozzles will have larger throat radii than the prototypes, one can use sting-supported, sting-fed model installations thus eliminating aerodynamic interference effects due to struts. The concepts of simulated altitude and simulated full-scale Reynolds Number greatly reduce wind tunnel occupancy time. Computer programs, covering all steps of evaluating prototype nozzle performance, model sting nozzle design, model test evaluation and interpretation have been developed. The modeling methodology is supported by experimental results obtained in an induction wind tunnel at the FFA, Bromma, Sweden and in the 16 T and VKF-A altitude tunnels at AEDC, Tullahoma, Tenn.     

低雷诺数下高负荷轴流压气机表面粗糙度流动调控机制

以某1.5级高负荷轴流压气机为研究对象,采用经过校核的数值模拟手段详细探究了低雷诺数下表面粗糙度对其气动性能及内部流场的影响.结果表明:相比于光滑叶片,表面粗糙度为137.8时压气机性能提升最为明显,总压比、堵塞流量以及峰值效率分别提升4.01％、2.24％、5.34％.在整个表面粗糙度大小范围内,表面粗糙度布置在吸力...     

双级高压涡轮气动性能试验状态模化方法

针对双级高压气冷涡轮的低温试验状态模化方法，对以空气为工质、基于不同相似准则数的试验模化状态的流场相似 性进行数值仿真。结果表明：对于有冷气试验模化方法，采用出口马赫数与设计状态一致的模化方法可获得相似性较好的试验状 态流场，此时反力度、载荷系数、马赫数均能保证良好的相似性，主要相似准则数偏差不超过5%；对于无冷气试验模化方法，保持 涡轮几何不变并增大膨胀比使得等熵速比与设计状态的一致，或通过改变叶片数保证各排出口马赫数与设计状态的一致，均能显 著改善无冷气模化状态与设计状态的流场相似性。其中前者反力度相似性接近98%，而后者载荷系数和马赫数的相似性达到了 同样水平，但破坏了模型的几何相似。     

Increase in fish abundance during two typhoons in the South China Sea

A fish monitoring program was conducted in the northern region of the South China Sea from March 2009 to December 2010. During this period, two typhoons, GONI and Koppu, hit this region consecutively in August and September 2009. The fish and satellite data were analyzed to understand the influence of the typhoons on fish activities. The results showed that the fish species number (FSN) increased by approximately 14.29% and 14.81% after the two typhoons, GONI and Koppu, respectively. The five increased fish species included three estuarine species and two shallow sea species. However, one shallow sea species was also absent. In the nearshore (near the Pearl River Estuary) and offshore (along the typhoon’s track) regions after GONI, the FSN increased by approximately 24% (nearshore) and 52.63% (offshore), with estuarine species accounting for 42.86% (nearshore) and 33.33% (offshore) of the fish species; after Koppu, the FSN increased by approximately 15.38% (nearshore) and 163.64% (offshore), with estuarine species accounting for 60% (nearshore) and 26.32% (offshore) of the fish species. In the increased records, small and medium-sized fish species were dominant nearshore, and small fish species were dominant offshore. The FSN increased to a maximum value between the 5th and the 10th days after the typhoon nearshore and between the 3rd and 8th days after the typhoon offshore. The results indicated that river discharge, triggered by the typhoon’s nearshore rainfall, as well as offshore upwelling nutrients, also triggered by the typhoons, and may have played important roles in the variability of fish species. This research found that the increase in the FSN was associated with the typhoons in the northern South China Sea.     

应用低温风洞模拟热喷流

应用低温风洞模拟热喷流,是喷流模拟技术一大进步。本文讨论了喷流模拟相似参数,分析了现有冷喷和热喷技术不足,指出应用低温风洞模拟喷流的基本优点,研究表明,通过选择不同组成和组分的喷流模拟气,低温风洞可实现喷流全参数完全模拟。     

电极面型对横向激励高气压CO2激光器放电的影响

计算并讨论了均匀场电极中电极板安装结构、电极板厚度对实际电场分布影响。计算表明在基本参数类似的条件下,近罗可夫斯基电极表面电场强度具有17%的非均匀性,但在垂直放电方向的对称面上却有更好的均匀性。对放电区辉光的时间积分照片和像增强型CCD相机记录的瞬态照片进行了分析,结果表明:电极表面的电场强度分布,仅对放电的初始发展具有影响,而放电区中央的电场分布以及预电离强度,对最终放电区的均匀性具有决定性的影响。     

模糊σ-代数上的模糊数值测度及应用(Ⅰ)

设(Χ,A,μ)是一个全有限测度空间,H为由A生成的模糊σ-代数。通过计算H中模糊子集的截集的测度,运用一维模糊数的嵌入定理,构造了一种定义在H上取值于一维模糊数空间的测度,这种测度限制在A上就是测度μ,并且具有可列可加性、下连续性、上连续性、自连续性等性质。这种测度取值一维模糊数,保留了模糊子集较多的信息,所以它可以更为细致地刻划模糊子集。作为在模糊聚类理论方面的应用,把(Χ,A,μ)上用于度量普通集合间不相似性的度量推广到了H上的模糊子集间,得到了一种基本的H上不相似度量。     

气动优化设计中的遗传算法研究

建立以实数编码技术为基础的多种遗传算法模型，利用这些模型来研究复制、重组和变异三种基本的遗传操作对气动优化设计的优化质量和效率产生的影响，在此基础上研究群体规模、最大进化代数和遗传概率等遗传控制参数对优化质量和优化效率的影响，期望对应用遗传算法的气动优化设计提供一些有益的参考。