On the Flux of Water and Minor Volatiles from the Surface of Comet Nuclei

Surface temperature and the available effective energy strongly influence the mass flux of H₂O and minor volatiles from the nucleus. We perform computer simulations to model the gas flux from volatile, icy components in porous ice-dust surfaces, in order to better understand results from observations of comets. Our model assumes a porous body containing dust, one major ice component (H₂O) and up to eight minor components of higher volatility (e.g. CO, CH₄, CH₃OH, HCN, C₂H₂, H₂S), The body's porous structure is modeled as a bundle of tubes with a given tortuosity and an initially constant pore diameter. Heat is conducted by the matrix and carried by the vapors. The model includes radially inward and outward flowing vapor within the body, escape of outward flowing gas from the body, complete depletion of less volatile ices in outer layers, and recondensation of vapor in deeper, cooler layers. From the calculations we obtain temperature profiles and changes in relative chemical abundances, porosity and pore size distribution as a function of depth, and the gas flux into the interior and into the atmosphere for each of the volatiles at various positions of the body in its orbit. In this paper we relate the observed relative molecular abundances in the coma of Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) and of Comet 46P/Wirtanen to molecular fluxes at the surface calculated from our model. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

热障涂层在线/离线磷光温度测量技术研究进展

精确测量涡轮叶片表面热障涂层温度对航空发动机和地面燃气轮机设计和研制具有极其重要的意义。近年来,基于热像磷光材料磷光特性的热障传感涂层在线测温技术与热历史磷光涂层离线测温技术得到了迅猛发展。前者通过在线测量高温下磷光信号来获取实时温度信息,后者通过离线测量经高温服役后的磷光材料不可逆磷光信号变化来获取服役温度信息。这两项技术都适用于高温、高腐蚀环境下热障涂层非干涉、非接触式和高精度温度测量,具有广阔的应用前景。从热障涂层在线/离线测温原理与方法、磷光材料与制备及应用3个方面详细介绍了热障涂层在线/离线测温技术的研究现状与技术特点,并对这两种技术的发展进行了展望。     

深空探测先进电源技术综述

先进电源技术是保障深空探测任务顺利进行的前提和基础。在梳理我国后续深空探测任务(月球极区探测、小天体探测、火星探测、木星探测等)对电源系统需求的基础上,对涉及空间应用的电源技术(化学能、太阳能、同位素及空间核反应堆电源)进行概述;针对深空探测对电源系统的需求特点,分别阐述了锂离子蓄电池、太阳能电源、钚-238放射性同位素电源和空间堆核反应电源的特点、发展简史、在深空探测中应用限制及发展建议,重点分析了钚-238同位素电源和空间核反应堆电源技术的关键技术、应用情况及应用前景,为深空探测先进电源技术的长足发展提供参考。     

毛细管电泳法测定镀层中金属元素

建立了常见11种金属阳离子同时分离的毛细管电泳方法,并测定了镀层中的4种金属离子。采用50μm×58.5 cm(有效长度50cm)的未处理的熔融石英毛细管柱,研究了电解质组成包括络合剂、pH值、间接紫外检测试剂对分离的影响。加标回收实验结果表明,该方法重复性好,准确度高,简单快速,回收率为97.0-98.6%,具有很好的实用价值。     

离子发动机羽流二维轴对称数值模型与验证

为了解离子发动机羽流特别是交换电荷离子(CEX,Charge-Exchange)的分布和流动特性,建立了离子发动机羽流的物理模型,采用粒子网格(PCI,Particle in Cell)方法对2种型号的离子发动机羽流场进行数值模拟计算,与其地面实验数据进行对比分析.结果表明:在CEX离子密度大小及分布、电势的大小及最大电势梯度的位置、CEX离子流动角方面,模拟结果同实验结果符合得相当好.在电势结构方面,由于舱壁电势的影响,模拟结果同实验结果相比有一些差别.羽流模型和计算结果为相关羽流实验和数值模拟研究提供参考.      

Simulations of pickup-ion acceleration at quasi-perpendicular shocks

We present results from hybrid simulations (kinetic ion/fluid electron) of the interaction of interstellar pickup ions with collisionless shocks. Since cross-field transport is unphysically suppressed in the one-dimensional geometry used here, an ad hoc scattering algorithm is used to model this effect. This is a necessary step to accelerate the pickup ions from their initial low energies at quasi-perpendicular shocks to the high energies which are often observed associated with traveling interplanetary shocks by Ulysses.     

大气潮汐风场诱导中纬突发E层的观测证据及理论模拟分析

统计分析了中纬突发E层的测高仪数据,给出了潮汐风场诱导Es层的观测证据,证实了大气潮汐风场和突发E层的强烈相关性.另外,依据风剪切理论,从连续性方程出发,并结合运动方程,运用特征线方法求解,模拟了Es层在潮汐风场作用下的形成.模拟结果证实了风剪切理论的合理性及潮汐风场导致突发E层形成的可能性.      

微流体流动中的分子模拟技术

综述了研究微流体流动的几种分子模拟方法:分子动力学方法,直接模拟MonteCarlo方法以及IP方法。主要介绍了各种模拟方法的基本原理、模拟的基本步骤、势函数、有限差分算法以及周期性边界条件。并指出了各种模拟方法的优缺点。     

球面密封结构的漏率预估

球面密封结构是国内卫星推进系统管路中经常使用的密封结构,其工作性能直接关系着卫星的在轨安全。针对球面密封的密封机理,通过非线性有限元法分析了安装条件下的密封状态。在此基础上,研究了泄漏气流的流动状态,结合Roth模型建立了分子流状态下的漏率计算模型,得出了泄漏漏率和拧紧力矩、表面粗糙度的对应关系,对检漏条件下结构的漏率进行了预估。在理论计算的同时,通过实验证明了漏率预估方法的准确性。     

A model study of the negative chlorine ion chemistry in the Earth’s mesosphere

An ion chemistry model is used to investigate the negative chlorine ion chemistry of the mesosphere for quiet ionospheric conditions. Model results are presented for high latitudes in February as well as for the equator in Summer. For nighttime, Cl^-${\text{Cl}}^{-}$, Cl^-${\text{Cl}}^{-}$(HCl), and NO₃⁻(HCl) are the most abundant chlorine anions in the mesosphere. The concentration of ClO₃⁻ depends significantly on its stability against collision-induced dissociation. In contrast to previous model predictions, the abundance of Cl^-(_H2O)${\text{Cl}}^{-}({\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O})$ is small. For daytime, photoelectron detachment and photodissociation have pronounced impact on the negative chlorine ion chemistry in the mesosphere. The abundance of all anion cluster is considerably smaller than at night. While Cl^-${\text{Cl}}^{-}$ decreases in the upper mesosphere, its abundance increases at lower altitudes.