Simulation of depth–dose distributions for various ions in polyethylene medium

Study of depth–dose distributions for intermediate energy ion beams in tissue-like media such as polyethylene (CH₂)_n provides a good platform for further improvements in the fields of hadrontherapy and space radiation shielding. The depth–dose distributions for ¹²C ions at various energies and for light and intermediate ion beams (³He, ¹⁶O, ²⁰Ne and ²⁸Si) as well as for heavy ions ⁵⁶Fe in polyethylene were estimated by using simulation toolkit: Geant4. Calculations were performed mainly by considering two different combinations of standard electromagnetic (EM), binary cascade (BIC), statistical multifragmentation (SMF) and Fermi breakup (FB) models. The energies of the ion beams were selected to achieve the Bragg peaks at predefined position (∼60 mm) and as per their availability. Variations of peak-to-entrance ratio (from 7.44 ± 0.05 to 8.87 ± 0.05), entrance dose (from 2.89 ± 0.01 to 203.71 ± 0.63 MeV/mm) and entrance stopping power (from 3.608 to 208.858 MeV/mm, calculated by SRIM) with atomic number (Z) were presented in a systematic manner. The better peak-to-entrance ratio and less entrance dose in the region Z = 2 to 8 (i.e. ³He to ¹⁶O) may provide the suitability of the ion beams for hadrontherapy.     

Nuclear fragmentation database for GCR transport code development

A critical need for NASA is the ability to accurately model the transport of heavy ions in the Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) through matter, including spacecraft walls, equipment racks, etc. Nuclear interactions are of great importance in the GCR transport problem, as they can cause fragmentation of the incoming ion into lighter ions. Since the radiation dose delivered by a particle is proportional to the square of (charge/velocity), fragmentation reduces the dose delivered by incident ions. The other mechanism by which dose can be reduced is ionization energy loss, which can lead to some particles stopping in the shielding. This is the conventional notion of shielding, but it is not applicable to human spaceflight since the particles in the GCR tend to be too energetic to be stopped in the relatively thin shielding that is possible within payload mass constraints. Our group has measured a large number of fragmentation cross sections, intended to be used as input to, or for validation of, NASA’s radiation transport models. A database containing over 200 charge-changing cross sections and over 2000 fragment production cross sections has been compiled. In this report, we examine in detail the contrast between fragment measurements at large acceptance and small acceptance. We use output from the PHITS Monte Carlo code to test our assumptions using as an example ⁴⁰Ar data (and simulated data) at a beam energy of 650 MeV/nucleon. We also present preliminary analysis in which isotopic resolution was attained for beryllium fragments produced by beams of ¹⁰B and ¹¹B. Future work on the experimental data set will focus on extracting and interpreting production cross sections for light fragments.     

The influence of in situ pitch-angle cosine coverage on the derivation of solar energetic particle injection and interplanetary transport conditions

Modelization of solar energetic particle (SEP) events aims at revealing the general scenario of SEP injection and interplanetary propagation and relies on in situ measurements of SEP distributions. In this paper, we study to what extent the LEFS60 and LEMS30 electron telescopes of the Electron Proton Alpha Monitor (EPAM) on board the Advanced Composition Explorer are able to scan pitch-angle distributions during near-relativistic electron events. We estimate the percentage of the pitch-angle cosine range scanned by both telescopes for a given magnetic field configuration. We obtain that the pitch-angle coverage is always higher for LEFS60 than for LEMS30. Therefore, LEFS60 provides more information of the directional distribution of the observed particles. The aim of the paper is to study the relevance of the coverage when fitting LEFS60 particle measurements in order to infer the solar injection and the interplanetary transport conditions. By studying synthetic electron events, we obtain that at least 70% of the pitch-angle cosine range needs to be scanned by the telescope. Otherwise, multiple scenarios can explain the data.     

数字仿真在航空可靠性工程中的应用

回顾近10年来蒙特卡罗数字仿真在我国航空可靠性工程领域的应用和发展,它展示出可靠性仿真在该领域的作用和地位。最后,对今后可靠性仿真研究提出了几点看法。     

镜反射凹面及相互可视表面的轨道外热流计算

通过对空间表面所受外热流以及镜反射表面所具有的特性的分析，提出了采用蒙特卡罗法计算镜反射凹面及镜反射相互可视表面的轨道热流的方法，并对半球凹面和两相互垂直可视平板的轨道热流进行了计算。     

IMPROVED STRATIFIED SAMPLING MONTE CARLO METHOD TO ANALYZE RELIABILITY OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS

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Nonlinear uncertainty quantification of the impact of geometric variability on compressor performance using an adjoint method

Manufactured blades are inevitably different from their design intent, which leads to a deviation of the performance from the intended value. To quantify the associated performance uncertainty, many approaches have been developed. The traditional Monte Carlo method based on a Computational Fluid Dynamics solver(MC-CFD) for a three-dimensional compressor is prohibitively expensive. Existing alternatives to the MC-CFD, such as surrogate models and secondorder derivatives based on the adjoint metho...     

基于高保真有限元模型失谐叶盘受迫响应的统计特性

采用极值理论分析失谐叶盘最大受迫响应的统计特性并应用于某压气机叶盘上。对失谐叶盘进行减缩建模,运用蒙特卡洛方法模拟响应计算,研究不同激励阶次下最大响应放大因子的分布特性。采用极值理论对最大响应放大因子分布进行统计学建模,以极大似然估计方法求解未知参数,进行分布拟合,并采用K-S(Kolmogorov-Smirnov)检验方法检验各分布函数拟合的好坏程度。对某压气机叶盘进行失谐响应统计特性分析,对比了7种分布函数对最大响应放大因子的拟合效果,结果表明:极值分布、二参数威布尔分布、正态分布、对数正态分布和伽马分布拟合效果较差;常用的三参数威布尔分布不如广义极值分布的拟合效果好。因此,说明广义极值分布更能准确地描述失谐叶盘动力响应的统计特性。      

卫星变轨发动机羽流污染的研究

针对卫星变轨发动机工作时高空羽流污染问题 ,从分子运动论出发 ,采用直接模拟MonteCarlo(DSMC)方法对轴对称羽流场进行模拟 ,发动机喷管出口参数采用内流计算的给定值。首先对计算方法进行了验证 ,然后通过计算给出羽流场压力、密度等参数 ,给出计算位于回流区内的卫星表面敏感部件的羽流污染量的方法 ,并进行了计算。