Giant Planet Ionospheres and Thermospheres: The Importance of Ion-Neutral Coupling

Planetary upper atmospheres-coexisting thermospheres and ionospheres-form an important boundary between the planet itself and interplanetary space. The solar wind and radiation from the Sun may react with the upper atmosphere directly, as in the case of Venus. If the planet has a magnetic field, however, such interactions are mediated by the magnetosphere, as in the case of the Earth. All of the Solar System’s giant planets have magnetic fields of various strengths, and interactions with their space environments are thus mediated by their respective magnetospheres. This article concentrates on the consequences of magnetosphere-atmosphere interactions for the physical conditions of the thermosphere and ionosphere. In particular, we wish to highlight important new considerations concerning the energy balance in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter and Saturn, and the role that coupling between the ionosphere and thermosphere may play in establishing and regulating energy flows and temperatures there. This article also compares the auroral activity of Earth, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. The Earth’s behaviour is controlled, externally, by the solar wind. But Jupiter’s is determined by the co-rotation or otherwise of the equatorial plasmasheet, which is internal to the planet’s magnetosphere. Despite being rapid rotators, like Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus appear to have auroral emissions that are mainly under solar (wind) control. For Jupiter and Saturn, it is shown that Joule heating and “frictional” effects, due to ion-neutral coupling can produce large amounts of energy that may account for their high exospheric temperatures.     

基于并行遗传算法的向心涡轮气动优化设计

为了提高向心涡轮轮周效率,保持流量、膨胀比不变,以流道、安装角、型面为设计变量,基于并行遗传算法的优化方法,对某微型发动机向心涡轮叶片气动性能进行多变量耦合的自动优化设计,利用商用软件NUMECA进行3维流场计算分析,并比较了优化前后向心涡轮转子的总体性能。结果表明:在设计工况下,向心涡轮的轮周效率提高近3%,流量也略有增加,膨胀比近似不变;在非设计工况下,优化叶片效率均高于初始叶片的,向心涡轮的整体性能得到提高。该算法不仅可自动实现多变量耦合优化,而且可高效地得到高气动性能叶片。     

斜置翼布局飞机的飞行动力学模型研究

从机理上分析了斜置翼布局飞机的气动耦合及惯性耦合特性;对其六自由度动力学模型进行了建模及纵横耦合线性化;以F-8 OWRA(Oblique Wing Research Aircraft)为算例,对其机翼斜置角为45°时的操纵响应特性进行了仿真计算及分析,仿真结果体现了斜置翼布局飞机纵横耦合的运动特性,说明所建立的动力学模型是可靠的。     

Stratosphere-mesosphere coupling during stratospheric sudden warming events

In this review article we summarize recent results in the coupling of the stratosphere–mesosphere during stratospheric sudden warming (SSW) events. We focus on the role of planetary and gravity waves in driving the middle atmosphere circulation and illustrate the stratosphere–mesosphere coupling during undisturbed wintertime circulation, during an SSW event, and after an SSW event during the formation of an elevated stratopause using simulations of past Arctic and Antarctic winters from the Specified Dynamics version of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (SD-WACCM). We illustrate the transition of the polar stratopause from being a gravity wave driven phenomena to a planetary wave driven phenomena during SSW events and its subsequent reestablishment and control by gravity waves. We also examine the synoptic structure of the stratosphere, mesosphere, and lower thermosphere using SD-WACCM data fields that show the structure of the vortex during specific dynamical events in both hemispheres. We illustrate the longitudinal asymmetry in the thermal structure in the stratosphere and mesosphere driven by differences in circulation over the polar cap regions during an SSW event. We complement this analysis of the middle atmosphere circulation with a classification of both the Arctic and Antarctic winters since 1979 into major, minor, elevated stratopause or quiet winters based on the level of disturbance using the Modern Era-Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) reanalysis data. From the MERRA data we find that the combined occurrences of both major and minor warmings in the Arctic have remained constant over the past three decades while we find a minor increase in their occurrences in the Antarctic.     

吸气式高超声速飞行器俯仰/滚转耦合运动特性

针对一种类似SR-72构型的吸气式高超声速飞机开展了进气道通流状态下俯仰/滚转耦合运动相关研究。通过数值模拟获得了滚转单自由度静稳定性、动稳定性以及强迫俯仰/自由滚转运动下的两自由度耦合动稳定性，研究了飞行器转动惯量以及俯仰运动频率对耦合运动的影响，简要分析了耦合运动的机理。研究发现虽然此飞行器具有滚转静稳定性和动稳定性，但是在强迫俯仰/自由滚转运动过程中，滚转通道却出现了小幅度振荡与大振幅振荡交替出现的情况，最大滚转角超过70°。小幅度振荡出现在正弦俯仰振荡的上半周期，其振荡频率随轴向转动惯量增加而降低，幅值随俯仰振荡频率增加而增大；大振幅振荡出现在下半周期，其幅值基本不变，而振荡频率与俯仰振荡一致。这种现象基本不受惯性耦合作用影响，可以认为是由气动力主导的。     

“Ⅳ型”激波干扰中流-热-固耦合问题一体化计算分析

针对高超声速进气道前缘"Ⅳ型"激波干扰产生的气动加热与结构传热多物理场耦合计算问题，发展了一种基于有限体积法的流-热-固一体化计算方法。该方法采用一体化控制方程组统一离散求解外部高速流场与内部结构温度场，规避了传统分区耦合算法在时间域内交替迭代的繁琐数据交换策略。另外，提出一种新的双温阻模型计算流-固交界面的物性参数以保证计算准确性，采用LU-SGS隐式时间迭代和自适应时间步长以提高计算效率。采用经典高超声速二维圆管流-热-固耦合算例对该一体化方法进行验证，计算结果与试验值和参考文献数据吻合较好，证明了该方法的可靠性和正确性。利用一体化方法对高超声速前缘"Ⅳ型"激波干扰流-热-固耦合问题进行定常/非定常计算与分析，给出了温度与热流的时变特性，计算结果表明，激波干扰作用产生的超声速"喷流"不断冲击壁面，使得壁面最大压力系数增大约9倍，壁面最大热流增大约4.7倍，给高速飞行器的热防护设计与选材带来严峻挑战。同时，也表明了一体化计算方法可以较好地用于长航时飞行条件下与复杂飞行环境下的高超声速热防护系统的热环境特性分析与综合性能评估。     

球柔性桨毂直升机气动/机械稳定性分析

本文应用有限元法和模态综合技术建立了直升机气动/机械稳定性分析模型,详细讨论了球柔性桨毂旋翼结构和气动耦合对动力系统稳定性特性的影响,分析了导致稳定性特性改变的一些重要参数。     

高超声速飞行器有限时间耦合模糊控制

针对高超声速飞行器的角度与角速度子系统间的耦合控制问题，提出了一种基于耦合特性评价的有限时间模糊控制方案。首先，针对高超声速飞行器的动力学模型，并且考虑到与工程实际相结合，将舵系统引入到动力学模型中，建立了相对完善的动力学模型，通过引入期望指令，建立了面向控制的动力学误差模型。其次，在控制律设计上采用终端滑模设计了有限时间控制器，同时在耦合评价的基础上，为了解决系统对耦合的适应性以及耦合的抖振问题采用了模糊控制方法，并借助于干扰观测器解决外部干扰问题。采用李雅普诺夫稳定性理论证明了所设计的控制律是有限时间稳定性的。在数字仿真过程中，充分考虑了舵系统特性、气动拉偏、控制输入抖动等因素，仿真结果表明该方法是有效的。     

Ring Current Dynamics

This chapter reviews the current understanding of ring current dynamics. The terrestrial ring current is an electric current flowing toroidally around the Earth, centered at the equatorial plane and at altitudes of ∼10,000 to 60,000 km. Enhancements in this current are responsible for global decreases in the Earth’s surface magnetic field, which have been used to define geomagnetic storms. Intense geospace magnetic storms have severe effects on technological systems, such as disturbances or even permanent damage of telecommunication and navigation satellites, telecommunication cables, and power grids. The main carriers of the ring current are positive ions, with energies from ∼1 keV to a few hundred keV, which are trapped by the geomagnetic field and undergo an azimuthal drift. The ring current is formed by the injection of ions originating in the solar wind and the terrestrial ionosphere into the inner magnetosphere. The injection process involves electric fields, associated with enhanced magnetospheric convection and/or magnetospheric substorms. The quiescent ring current is carried mainly by protons of predominantly solar wind origin, while active processes in geospace tend to increase the abundance (both absolute and relative) of O⁺ ions, which are of ionospheric origin. During intense geospace magnetic storms, the O⁺ abundance increases dramatically. This increase has been observed to occur concurrently with the rapid intensification of the ring current in the storm main phase and to result in O⁺ dominance around storm maximum. This compositional change can affect several dynamic processes, such as species-and energy-dependent charge-exchange and wave-particle scattering loss.     

Large-eddy Simulation of Near-field Dynamics in a Particle-laden Round Turbulent Jet

This article investigates the near-field dynamics in a particle-laden round turbulent jet in a large-eddy simulation (LES). A point-force two-way coupling model is adopted in the simulation to reveal the particle modulation of turbulence. The particles mainly excite the initial instability of the jet and bring about the earlier breakup of vortex rings in the near-field. The flow fluctuating intensity either in the axial or in the radial directions is hence increased by particles. The article also describes the mean velocity modulated by particles. The changing statistical velocity induced by particle modulation implies the effects of modulation of the local flow structures. This study is expected to be useful to the control of two-phase turbulent jets.