Preparation of the Biochip experiment on the EXPOSE-R2 mission outside the International Space Station

Biochips might be suited for planetary exploration. Indeed, they present great potential for the search for biomarkers – molecules that are the sign of past or present life in space – thanks to their size (miniaturized devices) and sensitivity. Their detection principle is based on the recognition of a target molecule by affinity receptors fixed on a solid surface. Consequently, one of the main concerns when developing such a system is the behavior of the biological receptors in a space environment. In this paper, we describe the preparation of an experiment planned to be part of the EXPOSE-R2 mission, which will be conducted on the EXPOSE-R facility, outside the International Space Station (ISS), in order to study the resistance of biochip models to space constraints (especially cosmic radiation and thermal cycling). This experiment overcomes the limits of ground tests which do not reproduce exactly the space parameters. Indeed, contrary to ground experiments where constraints are applied individually and in a limited time, the biochip models on the ISS will be exposed to cumulated constraints during several months. Finally, this ISS experiment is a necessary step towards planetary exploration as it will help assessing whether a biochip can be used for future exploration missions.     

金涂覆光纤传输损耗特性及修正方法研究

普通的丙烯酸酯涂覆光纤的工作温度通常为-65 ℃~80 ℃,常见的耐高温聚酰亚胺涂覆光纤工作温度最高为300 ℃。在更高温度工况下,通常采用金属涂覆的特种光纤进行信号传输,如铝涂覆、铜涂覆、金涂覆光纤。本文通过测试金涂覆光纤在不同环境温度下的传输损耗,发现在环境温度变化时,金涂覆光纤的传输损耗变化较大。针对基于黑体辐射原理的光纤温度传感器,传输损耗变化引入的误差可超过60 ℃。在此基础上,本文基于不同波段的光在金涂覆光纤中的传输特性,提出了一种双波段修正方法,能够对环境温度引起的光纤传输损耗进行修正。修正之后,传输损耗引起的误差小于15 ℃。     

长寿命卫星热控涂层性能退化及其对卫星热特征的影响

分析了卫星热控涂层在轨运行时所面临的复杂的空间辐照环境,在国 内外试验数据的基础上,给出了热控涂层在空间辐照环境作用下的退化模型,得到了退化前 后热控涂层光学性能变化的表达式,预测了几种常用热控涂层在空间环境下的退化结果。并 以一颗地球同步轨道模拟星为例,分析热控涂层性能退化对卫星热特征尤其是对卫星红外辐 射特性的影响。
     

涡扇发动机轴对称引射收敛喷管红外辐射特性

数值研究了涡扇发动机轴对称引射收敛喷管的红外辐射特性.排气系统的流场计算采用商用数值模拟软件,红外辐射特性计算采用自主开发的软件NUAA-IR,计算分析了轴对称收敛喷管和引射收敛喷管在3~5μm波段红外辐射特性以及喷管内不同固体壁面在探测方向上的红外辐射贡献.结果表明:引射收敛喷管的红外抑制作用主要在于引射加强了尾喷流与环境大气的掺混,减小了尾喷流的长度,降低了燃气流的红外辐射;引射收敛喷管对喷管内固体壁面的遮挡以及降温作用很小,只在方位角为20°方向上对内涵壁面、外涵内壁等中低温壁面有效;引射收敛喷管的总积分辐射强度在方位角为0°~15°范围内与收敛喷管几乎相等,在其他方位角范围内均小于收敛喷管,且在方位角为40°方向上降低幅度达到最大,约为34%.      

武装直升机红外辐射计算中多重遮挡处理

针对武装直升机红外辐射计算中任意方向上可视净面积求取问题,提出了一种基于随机模拟的遮挡处理方法.该方法利用曲面造型方法建立直升机的三维模型,并将其离散为四边形面元,采用翼边拓扑结构描述直升机外形的数学模型.在此基础上,基于可见性测试、深度测试和遮挡测试原理对空间多边形面元进行遮挡判断,求出其遮挡面元集,再利用随机变量的统计方法对该多边形进行遮挡计算,求得净面积.对某型武装直升机和简单形体的计算表明,通过合理划分面元数和选取随机点数, 简单目标计算误差可以控制在5%以内,复杂目标可以控制在工程精度要求内.该方法已应用于武装直升机红外辐射特性计算软件中,应用表明该方法稳定、可靠,适于工程分析.      

Analytical-HZETRN model for rapid assessment of active magnetic radiation shielding

The use of active radiation shielding designs has the potential to reduce the radiation exposure received by astronauts on deep-space missions at a significantly lower mass penalty than designs utilizing only passive shielding. Unfortunately, the determination of the radiation exposure inside these shielded environments often involves lengthy and computationally intensive Monte Carlo analysis. In order to evaluate the large trade space of design parameters associated with a magnetic radiation shield design, an analytical model was developed for the determination of flux inside a solenoid magnetic field due to the Galactic Cosmic Radiation (GCR) radiation environment. This analytical model was then coupled with NASA’s radiation transport code, HZETRN, to account for the effects of passive/structural shielding mass. The resulting model can rapidly obtain results for a given configuration and can therefore be used to analyze an entire trade space of potential variables in less time than is required for even a single Monte Carlo run. Analyzing this trade space for a solenoid magnetic shield design indicates that active shield bending powers greater than ∼15 Tm and passive/structural shielding thicknesses greater than 40 g/cm² have a limited impact on reducing dose equivalent values. Also, it is shown that higher magnetic field strengths are more effective than thicker magnetic fields at reducing dose equivalent.     

无加力涡扇发动机二元喷管的红外辐射特性实验

对轴对称喷管和一组长宽比分别为1,4,8,12和16的二元喷管进行了红外辐射特性测试实验研究。喷管中的气流由主流燃气和次流空气组成,用以模拟涡扇发动机的喷管。得出了二元喷管的红外辐射强度的空间分布,并且将二元喷管和轴对称喷管的红外辐射强度进行了比较。      

PHITS simulations of the Protective curtain experiment onboard the Service module of ISS: Comparison with absorbed doses measured with TLDs

“Protective curtain” was the physical experiment onboard the International Space Station (ISS) aimed on radiation measurement of the dose – reducing effect of the additional shielding made of hygienic water-soaked wipes and towels placed on the wall in the crew cabin of the Service module Zvezda. The measurements were performed with 12 detector packages composed of thermoluminescent detectors (TLDs) and plastic nuclear track detectors (PNTDs) placed at the Protective curtain, so that they created pairs of shielded and unshielded detectors.     

火星表面热环境对航天器热控影响分析

火星大气对太阳辐射产生吸收和散射作用,同时还将与火星表面航天器发生对流换热.热设计时难以直接评估对流、辐射和导热三种换热对航天器的影响,从而确定主要的控温途径.在调研火星表面辐射、大气等热环境的基础上,从线性化传热系数和对流辐射比的角度对比分析了辐射、对流和导热对航天器的影响.器表辐射传热系数随光学属性和温度的变化范围...     

Human response to high-background radiation environments on Earth and in space

The main long-term objective of the space exploration program is the colonization of the planets of the Solar System. The high cosmic radiation equivalent dose rate represents an inescapable problem for the safe establishment of permanent human settlements on these planets. The unshielded equivalent dose rate on Mars ranges between 100 and 200 mSv/year, depending on the Solar cycle and altitude, and can reach values as high as 360 mSv/year on the Moon. The average annual effective dose on Earth is about 3 mSv, nearly 85% of which comes from natural background radiation, reduced to less than 1 mSv if man-made sources and the internal exposure to Rn daughters are excluded. However, some areas on Earth display anomalously high levels of background radiation, as is the case with thorium-rich monazite bearing sand deposits where values 200–400 times higher than the world average can be found. About 2% of the world’s population live above 3 km and receive a disproportionate 10% of the annual effective collective dose due to cosmic radiation, with a net contribution to effective dose by the neutron component which is 3–4 fold that at sea level. Thus far, epidemiological studies have failed to show any adverse health effects in the populations living in these terrestrial high-background radiation areas (HBRA), which provide an unique opportunity to study the health implications of an environment that, as closely as possibly achievable on Earth, resembles the chronic exposure of future space colonists to higher-than-normal levels of ionizing radiation. Chromosomal aberrations in the peripheral blood lymphocytes from the HBRA residents have been measured in several studies because chromosomal damage represents an early biomarker of cancer risk. Similar cytogenetic studies have been recently performed in a cohort of astronauts involved in single or repeated space flights over many years. The cytogenetic findings in populations exposed to high dose-rate background radiation on Earth or in space will be discussed.