Observations of loops and prominences

We review recent observations by the Yohkoh-SXT in collaboration with other spacecraft and ground-based observatories of coronal loops and prominences. These new results point to problems that SoHO will be able to address. With a unique combination of rapid-cadence digital imaging (32 s full-disk and 2 s partial-frame images), high spatial resolution (2.5 arcsec pixels), high sensitivity (EM 10⁴² cm^–3), a low-scatter mirror, and large dynamic range, SXT can observe a vast range of targets on the Sun. Over the first 21 months of Yohkoh operations, SXT has taken over one million images of the corona and so is building up an invaluable long-term database on the large-scale corona and loop geometry. The most striking thing about the SXT images is the range of loop sizes and shapes. The active regions are a bright tangle of magnetic field lines, surrounded by a network of large-scale quiet-Sun loops stretching over distances in excess of 10⁵ km. The cross-section of most loops seems to be constant. Loops displaying significant increase in the ratio of the footpoint to loop-top diameter () are the exception, not the rule, implying the presence of widespread currents in the corona.All magnetic structures show changes. Time scales range from seconds to months. The question of how these structures are formed, become filled with hot plasma, and are maintained is still open. While we see the propagation of brightenings along the length of active-region loops and in X-ray jets with velocities of several hundred km/s, much higher velocities are seen in the quiet Sun. In XBP flares, for example, velocities of over 1000 km/s are common. Active-region loops seem to be in constant motion, moving slowly outward, carrying plasma with them. During flares, loops often produce localized brightenings at the base and later at the apex of the loop. Quiescent filaments and prominences have been observed regularly. Their coronal manifestation seems to be an extended arcade of loops overlying the filament. Reliable alignment of the ground-based data with the X-ray images make it possible to make a detailed intercomparison of the hot and cold plasma structures over extended periods. Hence we are able to follow the long-term evolution of these structures and see how they become destabilized and erupt.     

大攻角非对称流动的非定常弱扰动控制

 研制了一种新的大攻角细长旋成体非对称涡的主动控制技术, 即在细长旋成体头部施加非定常弱扰动来控制头部非对称背涡。应用七孔探针测量的空间截面流场揭示了非定常控制下非对称涡变成对称涡的流态特征。测力试验研究结果表明该方法不仅能完全消除背涡的非对称性及其产生的侧向力, 并且有效控制攻角范围从30b直到80b。     

面内强磁场下铁磁板壳的自由振动

本文研究了面内强磁场环境下铁磁板壳的自由振动问题。基于Eringen-Maugin的关于磁弹性作用的理性力学模型,从理论上推导了一般壳体在磁场中的运动方程,进而求解了面内强磁场作用下的小磁化率悬臂铁磁薄板自由振动频率。数值计算结果表明,本文模型和已有的实验结果吻合很好。     

基于数字滤波的B-样条插值法在图像旋转中的应用

提出一种基于无限脉冲响应和有限脉冲响应数字滤波技术的快速 B-样条插值法 ,并将其应用于实时图像旋转处理中。为了优化旋转后的图像质量 ,本文采用 3次 B-样条对图像旋转后的像素点灰度值进行插值运算。另外 ,通过对传统图像旋转矩阵的分解 ,将图像在二维空间中的旋转运算分解成为三步在一维空间内平移运算 ,使插值运算在一维空间中完成 ,从而简化了图像旋转数据处理中的插值运算。最后 ,还提出了一种以硬件方法完成高阶图像插值运算实现图像旋转的新方法 ,并针对 2 5 6灰度级 ,2 5 6× 2 5 6像素的图像 ,设计出一个以 FPGA为核心的实时、高质量的硬件图像旋转系统。     

用电离层特性参量提取等效风场信息

导出了利用中低纬电离层特性参量获取电离层F层峰区高度上等效风场（包含电场和风场信息在内）的基本方程，并尝试用该方法从电离层特性参量（峰高和临频）提取等效风场信息，利用武汉站DGS-256电离层数字测高仪数据及由美国Massachusetts Lowell大学最新版的剖面反演程序换算得到F层峰高，获得了武汉地区夏季至日点附近，冬季至日点附近，冬季地磁特别宁静的九天和冬季平均等效风场的初步特征，并利用Fejer经验电场模式计算冬季电场引起的垂直漂移，估计电场和风场对武汉地区的垂直等效风场的贡献大小，结果表明：等效风场呈现出白天与夜晚幅度和方向的差异。至日点附近冬季与夏季白天的幅度差异以及明显的凌晨凹陷现象；平均情况下，垂直等效风场幅度和方向的变化主要是由中性风引起，受电场的影响不大。     

雷暴云准静电场和夜间低电离层的电离

用点电荷模型计算雷暴云突然放电后形成的准静电后形成的准静电场随高度的分布，以E/N（E的电场大小，N为大气密度）为输入参量，在一定条件下，对Boltzmann方程数值求解，计算电离层电子数密度的扰动。计算结果表明，在约70-90km之间，在约放电后的10ms内，准静电场大于中性大气的击穿电场，将引起大气的雪崩电离，从而引起夜间低电离层电子密度的显著增加，但这种电子密度的增加是暂的，在很短的时期内就恢复到平静时的水平，恢复时间随高度的变化而不同。     

The characteristics of sharp (small-scale) boundaries of solar wind plasma and magnetic field structures

We investigate properties of large (>20%) and sharp (<10 min) solar wind ion flux changes using INTERBALL-1 and WIND plasma and magnetic field measurements from 1996 to 1999. These ion flux changes are the boundaries of small-scale and middle-scale solar wind structures. We describe the behavior of the solar wind velocity, temperature and interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) during these sudden flux changes. Many of the largest ion flux changes occur during periods when the solar wind velocity is nearly constant, so these are mainly plasma density changes. The IMF magnitude and direction changes at these events can be either large or small. For about 55% of the ion flux changes, the sum of the thermal and magnetic pressure are in balance across the boundary. In many of the other cases, the thermal pressure change is significantly more than the magnetic pressure change. We also attempted to classify the types of discontinuities observed.     

一般硬化材料弹塑性旋转盘的变分解法

首先在小弹塑性范围内用应变的奇次四项式相当精确地拟合一般硬化材料的拉伸曲线;再在体积不变条件下用弹性位移场的已知模态和一待定幅值构成弹塑性位移场;最后用势能原理确定该幅值而得到封闭解。     

研究用现场数据估计系统可靠性参数置信区间

研究用元部件现场信息估计系统可靠性参数,如系统可靠度、可靠寿命等区间估计问题。文中提出了一种新的估计方法——替换百分点法,并运用Monte Carlo数字仿真对估计的置信度和精度进行了分析,研究结果表明此方法具有工程应用价值。     

Orientations of LASCO Halo CMEs and their connection to the flux rope structure of interplanetary CMEs

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed near the Sun via LASCO coronographic imaging are the most important solar drivers of geomagnetic storms. ICMEs, their interplanetary, near-Earth counterparts, can be detected in situ, for example, by the Wind and ACE spacecraft. An ICME usually exhibits a complex structure that very often includes a magnetic cloud (MC). They can be commonly modelled as magnetic flux ropes and there is observational evidence to expect that the orientation of a halo CME elongation corresponds to the orientation of the flux rope. In this study, we compare orientations of elongated CME halos and the corresponding MCs, measured by Wind and ACE spacecraft. We characterize the MC structures by using the Grad–Shafranov reconstruction technique and three MC fitting methods to obtain their axis directions. The CME tilt angles and MC fitted axis angles were compared without taking into account handedness of the underlying flux rope field and the polarity of its axial field. We report that for about 64% of CME–MC events, we found a good correspondence between the orientation angles implying that for the majority of interplanetary ejecta their orientations do not change significantly (less than 45 deg rotation) while travelling from the Sun to the near-Earth environment.