Simulation of the secondary air system of turbofan engines: Insights from 1D-3D modeling

Focusing on the internal flow and heat transfer analysis, a platform for the performance evaluation of the Secondary Air System (SAS) is developed. A multi-fidelity modeling technique has been developed in a turbofan engine model under different flight conditions. A turbine blade cooling model which integrates external heat transfer calculations and coolant side modeling with common components is proposed. In addition, the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method is selected to capture the complex flow field structure in the preswirl system. The validity of the SAS models is compared with publicly available data. An elaborately designed cooling system for the AGTF30 engine is analyzed through three main branches. It is found that the 1D-3D modeling technique can provide more accurate predictions of the SAS for the AGTF30 engine. The results demonstrate the versatility and flexibility of the SAS models, thereby indicating the capacity of meeting most of the demands of flow and thermal analysis of the SAS.     

Selective thermal emission and infrared camouflage based on layered media

Infrared camouflage based on artificial thermal metasurfaces has recently attracted significant attention. By eliminating thermal radiation differences between the object and the background, it is possible to hide a given object from infrared detection. Infrared camouflage is an important element that increases the survivability of aircraft and missiles, by reducing target susceptibility to infrared guided threats. Herein, a simple and practicable design is theoretically presented based on a multilayer film for infrared stealth, with distinctive advantages of scalability, flexible fabrication, and structural simplicity. The multilayer medium consists of silicon substrate, carbon layer and zinc sulfide film, the optical properties of which are determined by transfer matrix method. By locally changing the thickness of the coating film, the spatial tunability and continuity in thermal emission are demonstrated. A continuous change of emissive power is further obtained and consequently implemented to achieve thermal camouflage functionality. In addition, other functionalities, like thermal illusion and thermal coding, are demonstrated by thickness-engineered multilayer films.     

Nightside 135.6 nm emission enhancements of mid/low latitudes during geomagnetic storms as observed by the ionosphere PhotoMeter (IPM) on the Chinese meteorological satellite FY-3D

IPM has detected nightside 135.6 nm emission enhancements over a wide latitude range, from the sub-auroral latitudes to the equatorial regions during geomagnetic storms. Our work, presented in this paper, uses the data of IPM to understand these 135.6 nm emission enhancements during of geomagnetic storms and studies the variations of total electron content (TEC) and the F₂ layer peak electron density (NmF2) in the region of enhanced emissions. Middle and low latitude emission enhancements are presented during several medium storms in 2018. The variations of both the integrated electron content (IEC) derived from the nighttime OI 135.6 nm emission by IPM and TEC from the International GNSS Service (IGS) relative to the daily mean of magnetically quiet days of per each latitude bin (30°≦geographic latitude < 40°, 15°≦geographic latitude < 30°, 0°≦geographic latitude < 15°, ?15°≦geographic latitude < 0°, ?30°≦geographic latitude < -15°, ?40°≦geographic latitude < -30°) are investigated and show that on magnetically storm day, IEC by IPM always increases, while TEC from IGC may increase or decrease. Even if both increase, the increase of IEC is greater than that of TEC. From the comparison of IEC and TEC during magnetic storms, it can be seen that the enhancement of the nighttime 135.6 nm emissions is not entirely due to the ionospheric change. The time of IEC enhancements at each latitude bin is in good agreement, which mainly corresponds to the main phase time of the geomagnetic storm event and lasts until the recovery phase. The available ground-based ionosonde stations provide the values of NmF2 which match the 135.6 nm emissions measured by IPM in space and time. The variations of NmF2 squared can characterize the variations of the OI 135.6 nm emissions caused by O⁺ ions and electrons radiative recombination. The study results show that the OI 135.6 nm emission enhancements caused by O⁺ ions and electrons radiative recombination (where NmF2 squared increases) are obviously a contribution to the measured 135.6 nm emission enhancements by IPM. The contribution accounts for at least one of all contributions to the measured 135.6 nm emission enhancements by IPM. However, where the NmF2 squared provided by ionosonde decrease or change little (where the OI 135.6 nm emissions cause by O⁺ ions and electrons radiative recombination also decrease or change little), the emission enhancements measured by IPM at storm-time appear to come from the contributions of other mechanisms, such as energetic neutral atoms precipitation, or the mutual neutralization emission (O+ + O-→2O + h? (135.6 nm)) which also occupies a certain proportion in 135.6 nm airglow emission at night.     

热障涂层在航空发动机涡轮叶片上的应用研究

从热障涂层在涡轮叶片的应用需求出发,研究了陶瓷热障涂层的材料与制备方法,介绍了热障涂层的基本原理和主要工艺特点,解决了热障涂层在喷涂过程中所产生的堵塞气膜孔、减小排气面积、降低疲劳性能、遮挡等方面的难点问题,给出了热障涂层叶片在试验和试车中的考核结果。     

复合气瓶声发射幅度衰减测量技术

针对宇航级复合气瓶声发射传播与衰减特性的测量难题,摸索了声发射波的幅度衰减系数理论计算方法,得到了适用于混杂波幅度衰减系数的理论计算公式.利用两种规格的声发射模拟源在复合气瓶上进行了试验..结果表明:理论衰减曲线与实测衰减曲线吻合良好;不同模拟源产生的声发射模拟信号在频率成分、信号强度上存在较大的不同,综合考虑认为,Φ...     

负电子亲和半导体的二次电子发射

根据0.8keV≤Epomax≤5keV的负电子亲和(negative electron affinity,NEA)半导体二次电子发射(secondary electron emission,SEE)的特性，初级电子产额R，现有的次级电子产额δ的通用公式和实验数据，分别推导并实验证明了NEA金刚石的δ在0.5Epomax≤Epo≤10Epomax, GaN在2keV≤Epomax≤5keV, NEA金刚石的δ在08keV≤Epo≤3keV, GaN在08keV≤Epomax≤2keV的特殊公式;其中Epomax为δ达到最大值时的Epo, Epo为初级电子入射能。推导出了08keV≤Epomax≤5keV时NEA半导体的内部二次电子到达发射极表面后逃逸到真空中的概率B。还提出了计算08keV≤Epomax≤5keV NEA半导体1/α的方法;其中1/α为二次电子的平均逃逸深度。分析结果表明，B和1/α的理论研究有助于研究不同样品制备方法对NEA半导体中SEE的定量影响，从而生产出理想的NEA发射体，如NEA金刚石。