Impact of a novel hybrid accelerometer on satellite gravimetry performance

The state-of-the-art electrostatic accelerometers (EA) used for the retrieval of non-gravitational forces acting on a satellite constitute a core component of every dedicated gravity field mission. However, due to their difficult-to-control thermal drift in the low observation frequencies, they are also one of the most limiting factors of the achievable performance of gravity recovery. Recently, a hybrid accelerometer consisting of a regular EA and a novel cold atom interferometer (CAI) that features a time-invariant observation stability and constantly recalibrates the EA has been developed in order to remedy this major drawback. In this paper we aim to assess the value of the hybrid accelerometer for gravity field retrieval in the context of GRACE-type and Bender-type missions by means of numerical closed-loop simulations where possible noise specifications of the novel instrument are considered and different components of the Earth’s gravity field signal are added subsequently. It is shown that the quality of the gravity field solutions is mainly dependent on the CAI’s measurement accuracy. While a low CAI performance (10^?8 to 10^?9?m/s²/Hz^1/2) does not lead to any gains compared to a stand-alone EA, a sufficiently high one (10^?11?m/s²/Hz^1/2) may improve the retrieval performance by over one order of magnitude. We also show that improvements which are limited to low-frequency observations may even propagate into high spherical harmonic degrees. Further, the accelerometer performance seems to play a less prominent role if the overall observation geometry is improved as it is the case for a Bender-type mission. The impact of the accelerometer measurements diminishes further when temporal variations of the gravity field are introduced, pointing out the need for proper de-aliasing techniques. An additional study reveals that the hybrid accelerometer is – contrary to a stand-alone EA – widely unaffected by scale factor instabilities.     

DISTRIBUTED OPTIC－FIBER FORCE SENSOR BASED ON MODE COUPLING EFFECTS IN HIGH－BIREFRINGENT FIBER

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Numerical simulation of time delay interferometry for a LISA-like mission with the simplification of having only one interferometer

In order to attain the requisite sensitivity for LISA, laser frequency noise must be suppressed below the secondary noises such as the optical path noise, acceleration noise etc. In a previous paper (Dhurandhar, S.V., Nayak, K.R., Vinet, J.-Y. Time delay interferometry for LISA with one arm dysfunctional. Class. Quantum Grav. 27, 135013, 2010), we have found a large family of second-generation analytic solutions of time delay interferometry with one arm dysfunctional, and we also estimated the laser noise due to residual time-delay semi-analytically from orbit perturbations due to Earth. Since other planets and solar-system bodies also perturb the orbits of LISA spacecraft and affect the time delay interferometry (TDI), we simulate the time delay numerically in this paper for all solutions with the generation number n ? 3. We have worked out a set of 3-year optimized mission orbits of LISA spacecraft starting at January 1, 2021 using the CGC2.7 ephemeris framework. We then use this numerical solution to calculate the residual optical path differences in the second-generation solutions of our previous paper, and compare with the semi-analytic error estimate. The accuracy of this calculation is better than 1 cm (or 30 ps). The maximum path length difference, for all configuration calculated, is below 1 m (3 ns). This is well below the limit under which the laser frequency noise is required to be suppressed. The numerical simulation in this paper can be applied to other space-borne interferometers for gravitational wave detection with the simplification of having only one interferometer.     

基于TDLAS的电弧风洞流场Cu组分监测

电弧风洞是进行防热材料和防热结构考核与研究的必要设备，也是高超声速地面试验能力的重要组成部分，但电弧加热器的电极烧蚀会导致较为严重的流场污染，影响试验准确性。利用可调谐二极管激光吸收光谱技术（TDLAS），通过对20 MW级片式电弧加热器内部流场中Cu原子809.25 nm跃迁谱线进行实时测量，研究了电弧风洞流场中Cu污染情况和电极烧蚀情况。在获得Cu原子该谱线低能态数密度基础上，估算了运行功率分别在7.3、8.7、10.0和11.7 MW时流场中Cu组分（原子态和离子态）总数密度平均为10.6×10¹³、11.2×10¹³、11.7×10¹³和16.4×10¹³ cm^-3，同时得到平均电极烧蚀率约为1.65×10^-5 g/C。试验还发现，TDLAS信号在高温流场建立阶段起伏变化明显，并且在功率跃变时也会出现突然增强而后迅速回落的现象，表明电弧抖动会使电极烧蚀严重加剧。     

孔壁冷挤压工艺对LC9板材疲劳寿命的影响

介绍了对LC9板材孔壁采用冷挤压工艺前后的疲劳寿命对比试验情况；论述了孔壁冷挤压强化对疲劳寿命的影响。     

移相干涉中移相误差测量与补偿

移相干涉测量中对移相器的移相误差进行测量与补偿是提高该测量方法准确度的有效手段。通过研究移相干涉移相误差对测量结果的影响,提出了测量移相器工作时位移与角度变化的方法,建立了相应的实验测量装置,实现了移相器的位移及角度变化的测量。根据移相器中位移与角度的数学关系完成了移相误差的补偿,修正后的移相效果在移相干涉仪中采用了整周期移相干涉图灰度差值的方法进行了验证。     

基于知网的软件故障案例语义表示方法

为解决采用静态框架描述故障案例存在的问题,提出一种基于知网的软件故障案例语义表示方法.通过分析案例的语义匹配准则,给出表示方法的具体语法描述规范.在此基础上,结合实际案例,分析软件故障领域中实体、事件、属性和属性值4类义原及其相互关系,并用KDML语言进行统一描述.实验表明,与传统基于关键字的模糊匹配方法相比,采用基于...     

Ka数字波束合成-合成孔径雷达顺轨干涉性能分析

顺轨干涉-合成孔径雷达(ATI-SAR)能够利用多普勒信息对宽幅场景径向速度进行测量,然而目前既有的顺轨干涉性能分析主要是针对两组单通道数据实现误差分解,并没有考虑距离向数字波束合成-合成孔径雷达(DBF-SAR)。为实现面向高分宽幅应用的顺轨干涉测速应用,分析在毫米波频段收发天线轻量化、集成化优势下的毫米波距离向多通道合成SAR顺轨干涉系统,评估通道间相位误差、波达角估计误差等因素对干涉相位相干性的影响。结果表明:在一定的弱散射场景下,在Ka频段实现的DBF技术能够利用较少的通道数有效改善测速性能,为后续的多通道顺轨干涉数据分析提供定量化参考。     

北斗GEO卫星CEI相时延解算方法研究

连线端站干涉测量(connected element interferometry，CEI)是高精度测角技术，在中高轨卫星、月球及深空航天器定轨定位中有良好的应用前景。基于CEI技术特点，提出了一种新的测量方法，即在相干测距模式下利用测距音和载波信号作为信号源进行连线端站干涉测量。构建了CEI试验系统对北斗GEO卫星进行观测，利用相干测距模式下的下行信号解算群时延、相时延。利用北斗GEO卫星精密星历计算的时延理论值，对北斗GEO卫星CEI群时延和相时延结果进行评估。结果表明，相干测距模式下CEI群时延和相时延残差均值分别为0.47ns、0.08ns，标准差(3σ)分别4.2ns、0.13ns。该项研究验证了相干测距模式下CEI相时延解算的可行性，可为共位地球同步卫星精密相对定位、月球探测器CEI测量提供技术参考。