基于候选点稠密匹配的三维场景重构方法

针对星球探测机器人在未知环境中三维场景重建存在的计算复杂度问题,提出基于网格候选点的三目立体匹配算法。在空间中建立代表深度信息的网格节点,并对深度方向的节点分布进行合理规划,确保候选点稠密匹配的准确性和高效性。候选点匹配解决了传统立体匹配算法中图像校正带来的实时性问题,同时采用三目视觉系统代替双目,通过另一组对应点的相似性测度对潜在歧义的少量候选点进行二次判决。实验证明,由于处理每组图像对不再需要进行极线校正,因此计算代价与传统的匹配算法相比有一定降低,而第三台摄像机有效消除了匹配歧义,计算量相对于双目系统也没有明显增加。

     

Low-altitude,near-polar and near-circular orbits around Europa

The dynamics of orbits around planetary satellites, taking into account the gravitational attraction of a third-body and the non-uniform distribution of mass of the planetary satellite, is studied. The Hamiltonian considered is explicitly time-dependent. Conditions for frozen orbits are presented. Low-altitude, near-polar orbits, very desirable for scientific missions to study planetary satellites such as the Jupiter’s moon Europa, are analyzed. Lifetimes for these orbits are computed through the single and double averaged method. Comparison between the results obtained by the single and double averaged method is presented. The single-averaged model is more realistic, since it does not eliminate the term due to the equatorial ellipticity of the planetary satellite as done by the double-averaged problem. Considering the single-averaged method, we found unstable frozen orbits where the satellite does not impact with the surface of Europa for at least 200 days. We present an approach using the unaveraged disturbing potential to analyze the effects of these terms in the amplitude of the eccentricity.     

Issues in planetary protection: policy, protocol and implementation

Planetary protection is NASA's term for the practice of protecting solar system bodies from Earth life while protecting Earth from life that may be brought back from other solar system bodies. Spacefaring nations will soon begin retrieving samples from Mars and other solar system bodies. For these samples, planetary protection is in order, and measures are already in place to prevent the forward contamination of Mars and other bodies by Earth microbes and the backward contamination of Earth by possible extraterrestrial life. A major goal of planetary protection controls on forward contamination is to preserve the planetary record of natural processes by preventing human-caused microbial introductions.     

A facility for simulating Titan’s environment

As a result of measurements acquired by the Cassini–Huygens mission of Titan’s near surface atmospheric composition and temperature, Titan conditions can now be simulated in the laboratory and samples can subsequently be subjected to those conditions. Titan demonstrates an active hydrological-like cycle with its thick atmosphere, dynamic clouds, polar lakes of methane and ethane, moist regolith, and extensive fluvial erosive features. Unlike Earth, Titan’s hydrological-like cycle likely involves several constituents, primarily methane and ethane. Here the properties of a new Titan simulation facility are presented, including conceptual methodology, design, implementation, and performance results. The chamber maintains Titan’s surface temperature and pressure, and the sample cryogenic liquids undergoing experimentation are condensed within the chamber itself. During the experiments, the evaporation rates of the sample liquids are directly determined by continually measuring mass. Constituents are analyzed utilizing a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and vapor concentrations are determined using a gas chromatograph fitted with a Flame Ionization Detector (FID). All pertinent data is logged via computer. Under laboratory conditions, the direct measurements of the evaporation rates of methane, ethane, and mixtures thereof can be achieved. Among the processes to be studied are the effects of regolith on transport from the subsurface to the atmosphere, the freezing point depression effects of dissolved nitrogen, and the solubility of various relevant organic compounds.     

SPH-BASED NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOR GRANULAR MATERIAL MODEL OF SAND AND REGOLITH

The development of an innovative drilling system makes it necessary to model the material of extra-ter- restrial soil, i.e. regolith or lunar soil. And then the drilling process is numerically simulated. Since real regolith is very scarce and costly, sand properties are investigated by means of experiments and sand model is constructed with the capability of partly reflecting these properties. With the use of smooth particle hydrodynamics （SPH） method in LS-DYNA, data analysis and modeling process are presented to reach the following achievements：（1） Develop a general model approach of sand using SPH method; （2） Compare SPH results with experimental data to validate it; （3） Adapt the sand model to lunar soil while fitting the simulation of dual-reciprocating drilling （DRD） process.     

2009年冬季平流层爆发性增温期间行星波活动特征

利用2008年12月至2009年4月的MERRA再分析数据资料,对2009年1月下旬北半球高纬平流层发生的强增温事件以及与之相关的行星波活动进行了研究.谱分析发现,SSW发生前后极区平流层内准16天行星波活动显著.利用二维谐波拟合法分别拟合温度场准16天波4个波模（W1,W2,E1,E2）的振幅和相位,结果表明:背景西风减弱时四个波模的振幅均有不同程度的增大,且都在50°-80°N范围内的平流层中上层达到最大值;准16天W2波的增幅最大且辐合最强烈,其引起的背景流最大西风减速超过4m·-1·d-1,说明准16天W2波在该次增温事件中占主导地位;行星波传播与零风线移动关系密切,准16天W2波在中高纬地区垂直向上传播并近似呈现经向驻波结构,然后分别向极点和赤道两个方向传播,这表明中高纬地区可能是行星波的一个源区.      

时频分析在船载天线和船舶动力系统故障诊断中的应用

针对船载天线传动链和船舶动力系统故障几率高这一问题,构想和简要设计基于IP网和卫星通信技术的远程故障监测诊断系统,分析时域统计量分析、Hilbert包络谱、Hilbert-Huang变换、平移不变多小波相邻系数降噪等振动信号时域和时频域分析工具的基本原理,并将其应用到船载卫通天线传动机构的故障定位诊断中,成功诊断出船载卫通天线传动链振动异常的原因,为船载天线传动链和船舶动力系统的故障监测和定位提供有效的分析方法,为船载装备故障预知维修打下基础。     

空间尘埃的充电过程及与等离子体参数的关系

考虑了地球附近的彗星、行星环、行星际介质等空间尘埃等离子体环境中尘埃颗粒的充电问题．应用典型的空间尘埃等离子体参数，计算了不同种类的尘埃颗粒，以及不同等离子体成分下等离子体中尘粒的平衡电势，得到了尘埃颗粒的平衡电势与尘埃等离子体成分、温度，及其他等离子体参数之间的相互关系．     

New results on planetary lightning

We present the latest observations from spacecraft and ground-based instruments in search for lightning activity in the atmospheres of planets in the solar system, and put them in context of previous research. Since the comprehensive book on planetary atmospheric electricity compiled by Leblanc et al. (2008), advances in remote sensing technology and telescopic optics enable detection of additional and new electromagnetic and optical emissions, respectively. Orbiting spacecraft such as Mars Express, Venus Express and Cassini yield new results, and we highlight the giant storm on Saturn of 2010/2011 that was probably the single most powerful thunderstorm ever observed in the solar system. We also describe theoretical models, laboratory spark experiments simulating conditions in planetary mixtures and map open issues.