The Genesis Solar Wind Concentrator Target: Mass Fractionation Characterised by Neon Isotopes

The concentrator on Genesis provided samples of increased fluences of solar wind ions for precise determination of the oxygen isotopic composition. The concentration process caused mass fractionation as a function of the radial target position. This fractionation was measured using Ne released by UV laser ablation and compared with modelled Ne data, obtained from ion-trajectory simulations. Measured data show that the concentrator performed as expected and indicate a radially symmetric concentration process. Measured concentration factors are up to ∼30 at the target centre. The total range of isotopic fractionation along the target radius is 3.8%/amu, with monotonically decreasing ²⁰Ne/²²Ne towards the centre, which differs from model predictions. We discuss potential reasons and propose future attempts to overcome these disagreements.     

Missions to Mercury

Mercury is a very difficult planet to observe from the Earth, and space missions that target Mercury are essential for a comprehensive understanding of the planet. At the same time, it is also difficult to orbit because it is deep inside the Sun’s gravitational well. Only one mission has visited Mercury; that was Mariner 10 in the 1970s. This paper provides a brief history of Mariner 10 and the numerous imaginative but unsuccessful mission proposals since the 1970s for another Mercury mission. In the late 1990s, two missions—MESSENGER and BepiColombo—received the go-ahead; MESSENGER is on its way to its first encounter with Mercury in January 2008. The history, scientific objectives, mission designs, and payloads of both these missions are described in detail.     

CZ2F火箭POGO振动信号特征频率提取

CZ2F运载火箭在第5次飞行过程中意外出现了"8Hz"POGO振动现象,该振动频率对箭体的稳定性和航天员安全产生了严重的影响。为解决这一振动问题,必须精确分析该频率的持续时间和振动量级。通过研究HHT(Hilbert-Huang Transform,希尔伯特-黄变换)方法,结合火箭振动信号特点设计了特征频率提取算法,成功地提取了CZ2F火箭飞行中的"8Hz"POGO振动频率,为有效解决"8 Hz"POGO振动问题提供了技术支撑。     

蓄热式太阳能热光伏-热推进双模系统换热特性数值模拟研究

本文通过三维数值模拟研究蓄热式太阳能热光伏-热推进双模系统的蓄/释热特性和推进性能。在蓄热式太阳能热推进系统工程模型的基础上,通过射线光学的光路分析验证了聚光器设计的合理性,并获得吸热腔壁面能量分布情况,进一步研究了相变蓄热过程的影响因素。基于场协同原理对热光伏再生冷却结构进行了优化设计,使热光伏具有较好的散热特性,提高发电功率;通过整机流动换热仿真,分析了工质流体在推进器内部的换热情况,计算结果表明,蓄热式热推进器具有达到734s比冲和0.9N推力的推进性能,以及能够满足日蚀区微小卫星的供电和推力需求。     

不同冶炼工艺对1Cr18Ni10Ti钢夹杂物的影响

通过试验研究了1Cr18Ni10Ti不锈钢的4种冶炼工艺:真空感应+电渣重熔、真空感应(陶瓷过滤器)、真空感应(陶瓷过滤器)+电渣重熔、真空感应+真空自耗,得到钢锭中夹杂物的种类、大小以及数量的变化.对比试验结果可知,采用真空感应(陶瓷过滤器)冶炼工艺与真空感应+真空自耗之后的钢锭的夹杂物水平相当,D类夹杂物数量最少,大颗粒夹杂物占比也最小.     

捕获加速新生离子对Alfvén波的激发

根据准线性方程,求出了在离子持续产生并被太阳风捕获加速的情况下离子的渐近态分布函数.采用此分布函数分析了斜向传播的Alfven波的稳定性.     

根据行星际闪烁(IPS)的双频互谱估计太阳风速度

本文讨论了观测频率为232MHz和327MHz时,利用互谱的方法估计太阳风速度的可能性、考虑路径积分效应,结果表明在17°≤ε≤50°范围内,对于几种可能的太阳风速度分布,由互谱所得结果与太阳风速度值差别小于15%.      

刚性太阳电池阵基板的研究

文章简要地叙述碳纤维复合材料刚性太阳电池阵基板的结构设计,理论分析,模态试验和振动试验。理论分析和试验结果比较一致。通过试验还解决了基板各种复合材料的力学性能测试问题,取得了必要的数据。     

8mm衰减标准装置

对8mm衰减标准装置的工作原理、系统设计、主要技术特点、误差分析等进行了详细介绍,并附有测试和分析数据。该装置达到了80dB的量程、全频段和±0.003dB/10dB的准确度。     

Ionospheric Effects of Geomagnetic Storms in Different Longitude Sectors

This paper analyzes the state of the ionosphere during two geomagnetic storms of a different intensity evolving in different sectors of local time in different seasons. There were used the data from a network of ionospheric stations located in the opposite longitudinal sectors of 80°-150° E and 250°-310° E.This analysis has permitted us to conclude that the detected differences in the variations of the disturbances are likely to be determined by the local time difference of the geomagnetic storm development, its intensity and by the different illumination conditions of the ionosphere.