国外宇航员舱外机动装置发展综述

综述了“双子星座”和航天飞机等空间飞行器上的宇航员舱外机动装置（ＭＭＵ）的发展历程、技术特点及主要技术参数，并对其优缺点进行了分析。介绍了国外对空间站上的ＭＭＵ的设想。     

基于约束运动理论的航天员舱外救生中的姿态运动控制

航天员舱外救生或作业时相对母体航天器经常要进行大角度姿态机动或姿态保持,利 用欧拉四元数描述姿态无奇异性且冗余度小。然而航天员舱外调姿时通常含有一定的约束或 是沿着某种预定轨迹,而且欧拉四元数在计算过程中可能发散。基于Udwadia和Kalaba 提出的约束运动理论,分析了航天员和航天器的相对姿态的描述方法,直接用四元数对航天 员的姿态进行动力学建模,将四元数2范数为1的约束加入到动力学方程里。利用该约束运动 理论推导和仿真了航天员姿态欧拉角奇异时的姿态跟踪控制方法。该控制方法对航天员肢体 变化引起的转动惯量等参数的改变具有鲁棒性,能通过平衡解稳定参数的选取方便地对控制 系统的性能进行调节,且计算量小。
     

基于星载加速度计反演载人航天轨道大气密度

热层大气密度直接影响低轨道航天器的精密定轨,热层大气密度模型的误差是影响载人航天定轨精度的关键因素。选取400km为载人航天轨道的代表高度,利用CHAMP卫星数据修正热层大气密度模型,进而反演得到2002年的热层大气密度,统计其中长期变化特征,并分析大气密度与太阳活动和地磁活动的关系,得出热层大气密度与两种指数的总体变化趋势一致的结论,且地磁活动与大气密度的相关性更好。同时将大气密度的反演值与神舟三号飞船的实测密度值进行对比,结果显示二者有较好的一致性,其平均残差和均方根误差分别为0．03和0．24,并且地磁平静期的误差明显小于磁暴期。结果表明,利用星载加速度计数据反演载人航天轨道大气密度是一种有效的方法。     

地外天体起飞时进入喷管内部激波对喷管的力、热效应

为研究激波进入喷管内部对发动机喷管产生的力、热效应,对喷管与起飞平台基面之间的羽流场进行了大量的仿真计算,着重分析了不同导流型面、不同起飞偏角情况下,进入喷管内部激波对喷管产生的力、热综合效应,激波在喷管内部的分布形态,并给出了激波移出喷管的条件.结果表明:当激波进入喷管内部但不产生激波贴壁现象时,激波不会对喷管内壁产生附加的力、热冲击;当激波进入喷管内部且产生激波贴壁现象时,在激波贴壁区产生一定的附加力矩和附加热流.该结论对探测器结构布局的设计具有重要的指导作用.      

金属橡胶技术应用研究

金属橡胶作为一种先进的新型功能材料,它主要为了满足航空航天飞行器上的特殊需要,解决高低温、高压、高真空及剧烈振动等环境下的密封、减振、过滤等疑难问题。通过开展金属橡胶材料在军机密封技术和阻尼隔振技术两方面的应用研究,从根本上解决液压系统在低温条件下的活动密封泄漏问题,彻底解决因橡胶隔振器存在易腐蚀、易老化、耐高低温能力差等不足造成管路事故频发的问题。     

弹性变形金属的力学化学效应与腐蚀过程相关性的研究

１根据力学，热力学、电化学的原理，就弹性变形对金属热力势和电机电势的影响，从而加速金属腐蚀的问题，进行了详细的理论分析与探讨。     

On the dynamics of the heliosphere on intermediate and long time-scales

A time-dependent, three-dimensional model of the dynamics of the heliosphere as a result of solar activity and a time-varying local interstellar medium is presented. The model is based on a recent version of the well known ZEUS code and employs parallel processing. It includes the solar and interstellar plasma components as well as neutral atoms, and contains the heliospheric magnetic field in a kinematic fashion. We study the dynamics of the heliosphere due to solar activity on periods of months to years up to the so-called Schwabe (11-year) cycle as well as due to time variations of the local interstellar medium, all of which have drawn increasing attention during recent years, as the significance of their direct or indirect effect on the Earth and its environment is under lively debate.     

Space weather and commercial airlines

Space weather phenomena can effect many areas of commercial airline operations including avionics, communications and GPS navigation systems. Of particular importance at present is the recently introduced EU legislation requiring the monitoring of aircrew radiation exposure, including any variations at aircraft altitudes due to solar activity. With the introduction of new ultra-long-haul “over-the-pole” routes, “more-electric” aircraft in the future, and the increasing use of satellites in the operation, the need for a better understanding of the space weather impacts on future airline operations becomes all the more compelling. This paper will present the various space weather effects, some provisional results of an ongoing 3-year study to monitor cosmic radiation in aircraft, and conclude by summarising some of the identified key operational issues, which must be addressed, with the help of the science community, if the airlines want to benefit from the availability of space weather services.     

Gnevyshev gap, Forbush decreases, ICMEs and solar wind electric field: relationships

We have studied annual frequency distribution of the Forbush decreases for three solar cycles (20, 21, 22); most are associated with the fast ICMEs and SSCs. The frequency varies in step with the solar cycle but the distribution has a notable gap embedded in it, near the maximum of the cycle leading to two peaks in Forbush decreases per cycle. We show that the gap coincides with the epoch of solar polar field reversal. There is an indication of an odd/even cycle effect in the frequency distribution of Forbush decreases and the associated SSCs. We find that two peaks in Forbush decrease and SSC distributions are separated by the Gnevyshev gap; second peaks occur well before the onset of the high-speed streams in the descending phase of a cycle which do not cause Forbush decreases but do contribute to a peak in the geomagnetic activity index Ap. We compare Forbush decrease and SSC distributions with the corresponding distribution of the solar wind electric field and find that a large amplitude of the electric field of itself does not cause a Forbush decrease to occur unless it is also associated with a fast ICME/SSC.     

RPC-MIP: the Mutual Impedance Probe of the Rosetta Plasma Consortium

The main objective of the Mutual Impedance Probe (MIP), part of the Rosetta Plasma Consortium (RPC), is to measure the electron density and temperature of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko’s coma, in particular inside the contact surface. Furthermore, MIP will determine the bulk velocity of the ionised outflowing atmosphere, define the spectral distribution of natural plasma waves, and monitor dust and gas activities around the nucleus. The MIP instrumentation consists of an electronics board for signal processing in the 7 kHz to 3.5 MHz range and a sensor unit of two receiving and two transmitting electrodes mounted on a 1-m long bar. In addition, the Langmuir probe of the RPC/LAP instrument that is at about 4 m from the MIP sensor can be used as a transmitter (in place of the MIP ones) and MIP as a receiver in order to have access to the density and temperature of plasmas at higher Debye lengths than those for which the MIP is originally designed.