Planetary protection issues related to human missions to Mars

In accordance with the United Nations Outer Space Treaties [United Nations, Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, UN doc A/RES/34/68, resolution 38/68 of December 1979], currently maintained and promulgated by the Committee on Space Research [COSPAR Planetary Protection Panel, Planetary Protection Policy accepted by the COSPAR Council and Bureau, 20 October 2002, amended 24 March 2005, http://www.cosparhq.org/scistr/PPPolicy.htm], missions exploring the Solar system must meet planetary protection requirements. Planetary protection aims to protect celestial bodies from terrestrial contamination and to protect the Earth environment from potential biological contamination carried by returned samples or space systems that have been in contact with an extraterrestrial environment. From an exobiology perspective, Mars is one of the major targets, and several missions are currently in operation, in transit, or scheduled for its exploration. Some of them include payloads dedicated to the detection of life or traces of life. The next step, over the coming years, will be to return samples from Mars to Earth, with a view to increasing our knowledge in preparation for the first manned mission that is likely to take place within the next few decades. Robotic missions to Mars shall meet planetary protection specifications, currently well documented, and planetary protection programs are implemented in a very reliable manner given that experience in the field spans some 40 years. With regards to sample return missions, a set of stringent requirements has been approved by COSPAR [COSPAR Planetary Protection Panel, Planetary Protection Policy accepted by the COSPAR Council and Bureau, 20 October 2002, amended 24 March 2005, http://www.cosparhq.org/scistr/PPPolicy.htm], and technical challenges must now be overcome in order to preserve the Earth’s biosphere from any eventual contamination risk. In addition to the human dimension of the mission, sending astronauts to Mars will entail meeting all these constraints. Astronauts present huge sources of contamination for Mars and are also potential carriers of biohazardous material on their return to Earth. If they were to have the misfortune of being contaminated, they themselves would become a biohazard, and, as a consequence, in addition to the technical constraints, human and ethical considerations must also be taken into account.     

旋涡运动与湍流模型

本文力图将熟知的湍流大涡运动现象与湍流模型理论联系起来以减少模型理论中的经验关系。 在剪切流中以球的流体动力系数,分析确定了涡球的运动,并以此确定剪切流中的湍流剪应力。由此得到了一个二方程模型,方程中仅包含球的流体动力系数。 平板湍流边界层的实例计算表明,计算的速度剖面在整个边界层中都能很好地与实验符合。     

MESSENGER: Exploring Mercury’s Magnetosphere

The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission to Mercury offers our first opportunity to explore this planet’s miniature magnetosphere since the brief flybys of Mariner 10. Mercury’s magnetosphere is unique in many respects. The magnetosphere of Mercury is among the smallest in the solar system; its magnetic field typically stands off the solar wind only ∼1000 to 2000 km above the surface. For this reason there are no closed drift paths for energetic particles and, hence, no radiation belts. Magnetic reconnection at the dayside magnetopause may erode the subsolar magnetosphere, allowing solar wind ions to impact directly the regolith. Inductive currents in Mercury’s interior may act to modify the solar wind interaction by resisting changes due to solar wind pressure variations. Indeed, observations of these induction effects may be an important source of information on the state of Mercury’s interior. In addition, Mercury’s magnetosphere is the only one with its defining magnetic flux tubes rooted beneath the solid surface as opposed to an atmosphere with a conductive ionospheric layer. This lack of an ionosphere is probably the underlying reason for the brevity of the very intense, but short-lived, ∼1–2 min, substorm-like energetic particle events observed by Mariner 10 during its first traversal of Mercury’s magnetic tail. Because of Mercury’s proximity to the sun, 0.3–0.5 AU, this magnetosphere experiences the most extreme driving forces in the solar system. All of these factors are expected to produce complicated interactions involving the exchange and recycling of neutrals and ions among the solar wind, magnetosphere, and regolith. The electrodynamics of Mercury’s magnetosphere are expected to be equally complex, with strong forcing by the solar wind, magnetic reconnection, and pick-up of planetary ions all playing roles in the generation of field-aligned electric currents. However, these field-aligned currents do not close in an ionosphere, but in some other manner. In addition to the insights into magnetospheric physics offered by study of the solar wind–Mercury system, quantitative specification of the “external” magnetic field generated by magnetospheric currents is necessary for accurate determination of the strength and multi-polar decomposition of Mercury’s intrinsic magnetic field. MESSENGER’s highly capable instrumentation and broad orbital coverage will greatly advance our understanding of both the origin of Mercury’s magnetic field and the acceleration of charged particles in small magnetospheres. In this article, we review what is known about Mercury’s magnetosphere and describe the MESSENGER science team’s strategy for obtaining answers to the outstanding science questions surrounding the interaction of the solar wind with Mercury and its small, but dynamic, magnetosphere.     

一个有理递归序列解的性质

文中分析了方程xn＋1=a＋bxn^2/1＋xn-2^2（其中a,6∈[0,∞）,a＋b〉0）的解的性质．并得山①当a=0,0〈b〈2时,方程的每一个解最终严格递减到0;②当b=0,0〈a时,方程的每一个非平凡解关于方程的平衡解振动。特别,当b=0、0〈a≤2时,方程的每一个正解收敛到平衡解x^-上.     

基于非结构网格流场超大规模并行计算

大规模并行的计算流体力学已成为现代航空工业研发的核心手段之一。基于非结构混合网格和有限体积法,发展了适用于工业级复杂外形气动计算的并行流动数值模拟方法。文中首先介绍了紧致数值离散格式、基于Metis的分布式多核系统网格分区技术、并行边界虚拟单元技术和MPI并行实现等相关算法。采用网格量相对较小的旋成体构型绕流模型对比分析多核并行计算结果与单核计算结果以验证并行计算的正确性,比较了不同并行规模下并行效率和残差收敛情况。然后通过对上亿网格单元的运输机复杂构型绕流模拟,开展并行效率的测试,结果表明,本文方法并行加速性能高,直到多达18816核并行效率都保持在80%以上。     

FGH96涡轮盘低循环疲劳寿命分析技术与试验

分析FGH96涡轮盘的尺寸效应,分析了分别适合于FGH96亚尺寸盘和全尺寸盘的低循环疲劳寿命预测方法.成功设计了FGH96亚尺寸盘、全尺寸裂纹扩展盘试验件;通过低循环疲劳试验,展现了两种不同的低循环疲劳失效机理,验证了提出的低循环疲劳寿命预测方法;通过裂纹扩展试验,获得了FGH96全尺寸轮盘的裂纹扩展特性,揭示了FGH96全尺寸涡轮盘与紧凑拉伸试样裂纹扩展特性具有显著差别的客观规律;获得FGH96全尺寸涡轮盘580℃损伤容限值,明确某发动机高压涡轮盘损伤容限水平.      

高超飞行器内流道激波振荡问题的数值研究及试验验证

采用数值模拟和风洞试验的方法,对吸气式高超声速飞行器盲腔状态的流动特性进行了研究。采用＂双时间步＂方法进行了内外流一体化的非定常数值模拟,利用彩色纹影系统对高超声速飞行器前体流场进行显示,并采用动态压力传感器测得了飞行器内流道的壁面压力随时间的变化。结果表明：盲腔构型在高超声速飞行中会出现周期性的激波振荡现象。数值模拟所得流场变化特征、内流道壁面压力振荡周期和壁面压力变化趋势与试验结果吻合良好。     

基于WCFSE-FSVM的转子振动故障诊断方法

为了提高含有噪声和野值的转子振动故障样本诊断精度,提出了基于WCFSE-FSVM的故障诊断方法。充分融合小波相关特征尺度熵(WCFSE)特征提取方法和FSVM故障诊断方法的优点,建立WCFSE-FSVM故障诊断模型。基于转子实验台模拟4种典型故障,获得原始故障数据;并利用WCFSE方法提取这些故障数据的WCFSE值,选取故障信号高频段中的尺度1和尺度2上的小波相关特征尺度熵W1和W2构造出振动信号的故障向量作为故障样本,建立FSVM诊断模型。实例分析显示:WCFSE-FSVM方法的转子故障诊断精度最高,即故障类别诊断精度为94.49%,故障严重程度的诊断精度为95.58%,二者都优于其它故障诊断方法。验证了WCFSE-FSVM方法的可行性和有效性。      

光纤陀螺标度因数温度补偿的工程应用

针对光纤陀螺仪在较宽温度范围（-40～+60℃）的使用需求,本文分析了光纤陀螺标度因数误差项的温度特性,依据回归分析理论,建立了光纤陀螺的全温误差模型并对陀螺进行了误差补偿,取得了较好的效果。补偿后陀螺的标度因数温度灵敏度由不大于70ppm/℃下降到不大于10ppm/℃,标度因数温度补偿提高了光纤陀螺仪的环境适应性,拓展了光纤陀螺的工程应用领域。     

液体火箭发动机中频耦合振荡初步研究

为了研究常规液体火箭发动机研制中出现的中频流量型耦合振荡问题,对发动机耦合系统中各环节建立了满足声学分析的线性化频域模型.通过比较供应系统和燃烧室的幅频响应,并分析耦合系统的自由振荡复频率,以判断发动机的耦合稳定性.计算结果符合发动机试车规律,能够有效地反映该类型不稳定的特征.进一步讨论了燃烧时滞、喷注压降、管路长度和安装节流圈对系统耦合不稳定的影响规律,并揭示了该类型不稳定的机理.