Hydrodynamic instabilities and transverse waves in propagation mechanism of gaseous detonations

The present study examines the role of transverse waves and hydrodynamic instabilities mainly, Richtmyer–Meshkov instability (RMI) and Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (KHI) in detonation structure using two-dimensional high-resolution numerical simulations of Euler equations. To compare the numerical results with those of experiments, Navier–Stokes simulations are also performed by utilizing the effect of diffusion in highly irregular detonations. Results for both moderate and low activation energy mixtures reveal that upon collision of two triple points a pair of forward and backward facing jets is formed. As the jets spread, they undergo Richtmyer–Meshkov instability. The drastic growth of the forward jet found to have profound role in re-acceleration of the detonation wave at the end of a detonation cell cycle. For irregular detonations, the transverse waves found to have substantial role in propagation mechanism of such detonations. In regular detonations, the lead shock ignites all the gases passing through it, hence, the transverse waves and hydrodynamic instabilities do not play crucial role in propagation mechanism of such regular detonations. In comparison with previous numerical simulations present simulation using single-step kinetics shows a distinct keystone-shaped region at the end of the detonation cell.     

Heliopause stability revisited: dispersion analysis and numerical simulations

The heliopause, a surface separating the tenuous hot heliosheath flow and the dense, strongly magnetized interstellar flow, is subject to instabilities of the Rayleigh–Taylor and Kelvin–Helmholtz types. The dynamic evolution of this discontinuity is of considerable importance for understanding the neutral atom and cosmic-ray filtration at the interface. Here, we investigate the stability of the upwind heliopause in the presence of charge exchange collisions using both an analytic (dispersion relation) approach and a numerical model that includes the interstellar magnetic field. The linear analysis yields a cubic dispersion relation that admits imaginary solutions for the full range of wavenumbers, implying that the stagnation point on the heliopause is unconditionally Rayleigh–Taylor unstable to small perturbations propagating parallel to the discontinuity surface. We confirm this result by following the nonlinear development of the instability with a time-dependent simulation using a four fluid MHD-neutral numerical code. For the typical solar wind and LISM conditions, we obtain cyclical evolution of the upwind heliopause with a period of the order of 100 years. We also identify two areas of space physics where the instability may have important implications.     

单目主动视觉无人机导引中摄像机内参数标定的线性方法

提出一种单目主动视觉无人机导引中摄像机内参数标定的线性方法,在摄像机主点位置进行预标定的条件下,摄像机只需拍摄一幅着舰平面靶标上的一组正方形图像,无须知道该组正方形的任何几何信息,通过计算圆环点,建立绝对二次曲线对摄像机内参数的约束方程即可线性求解摄像机内参数,仿真实验和真实图象实验表明:该方法在摄像机内参数(如焦距等)需要经常改变的视觉任务,如基于视觉的无人机着舰导引、运动参数估计、三维视觉重建及视觉监控中,使得摄像机内参数的标定具有简便、实时和鲁棒性强的特点。     

某涡喷发动机压气机气动失稳过程的非线性分析

对某涡喷发动机压气机的气动失稳过程进行了相关积分分析。对节流过程中压气机静压信号进行延时嵌入重构,发现失稳过程中重构相空间的吸引子结构发生了显著变化;应用相关积分值作为压气机内部流动状况变化的评价指标,发现节流过程中压气机第1级端部的流动最先发生不稳定,随后第2级先于第3,4级发生不稳定征兆;1,2级的失速类型为渐进型失速,3,4级为突变型失速;第3级叶根最先发生不稳定,且发展较快,最终导致全叶高失速;低通滤波可以提高相关积分方法检测失速征兆的时效性。分析表明,非线性的相关积分分析方法是进行压气机气动失稳过程研究的有效手段。      

可控肥皂膜气柱界面与激波相互作用的实验研究

基于肥皂膜技术提出了一种生成气柱界面的简单方法。形成的界面不需要支撑网格,因此初始条件可以很好地控制。在水平激波管中结合高速纹影开展了平面激波与二维或三维气柱界面作用的实验。纹影照片显示实验结果杂波更少,演变中的界面也比文献的结果更对称。此外,还特别研究了由极小曲面特征导致的三维效应,发现三维效应使界面的演变和发展变慢了。本研究将有助于更多了解三维性对Richtmyer-Meshkov不稳定性发展的影响。     

On Stabilizing Role of Parallel Inhomogeneous Flow on Low-frequency Space Fluctuations

A fundamental reality throughout the space plasma is the existence of magnetic field-aligned flows. It is usually believed that the spatial transverse shear in the parallel flow destabilizes many low frequency oscillations and this may be the origin of low frequency oscillations in the ionosphere (V. V. Gavrishchaka et al., 1998, Phys. Rev. Lett., 80, 728 and Phys. Rev. Lett.: 2000, 85, 4285). Here we show that this notion of destabilizing influence of the shear in the parallel flow can be changed altogether if one takes the effect of the flow curvature (second spatial derivative) into account. The transverse curvature in the parallel flow can overcome the destabilizing influence of the shear and can render the low frequency modes stable. It is shown that unlike flow shear the effect of flow curvature is sign- and mode-dependent. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

平均绝对差图象匹配系统的定位精度

本文证明了两个基本定理。在假定图象信号和附加噪声是相互独立的零均值齐次高斯随机场、且二次可微的条件下,解决了平均绝对差图象匹配系统的定位精度的分析和计算问题。用实例说明了精度分析和计算的方法,分析了影响定位精度的因素和参数。为匹配性能的定量分析提供了理论依据和方法。     

Effect of the seed perturbation amplitude on the equatorial spread F initiation during solar minimum

The contribution of gravity wave (GW) to the initiation/development of spread F during a solar minimum year was investigated through the comparison of the observed precursory parameters and characteristics of the corresponding equatorial spread F (ESF) events. The ionospheric parameters were recorded at the magnetic equatorial station Sao Luis (2.3°S, 44°W, dip latitude 2°S) during March and October 2010. These data were used to estimate the influence of the relative gravity wave amplitude and the ambient ionospheric condition on the diurnal variation of the spread F initiation. The vertical velocity drift indicated a clear control and defines the threshold for the seasonal variability of the ESF occurrence. However, it was insufficient to solely determine or predict the day to day variation of ESF occurrence. Thus, few days with contrasting ambient ionospheric condition and magnitude of GW amplitude were analysed in order to investigate the role of the different precursory factors in the observed diurnal variation of the plasma irregularity development. The density scale length and gravity wave amplitude were shown to immensely contribute to the linear instability growth rate, especially during the days with a low post-sunset rise. Thus, the experimental observations have demonstrated the strong inter-dependence between the precursory factors and they have also highlighted the probable control of the ESF morphology.     

喷嘴式隔板与纵向肋式隔板阻尼效应分析

利用声学模型和单喷嘴声学模拟试验研究了喷嘴式隔板的耗散机理;用数值方法分析了纵向肋式隔板周围的涡流;用声学理论研究了纵向肋式隔板的声场。研究结果表明:选取合适的管间隙将会使喷嘴式隔板具有更好的稳定性作用;肋片周围是涡流产生的主要区域;肋高对燃烧室声学特性的影响远大于肋长。     

Low-cost precise measurement of oscillator frequency instability based on GNSS carrier observation

Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receivers can be used in time and frequency metrology by exploiting stable GNSS time scales. This paper proposes a low-cost method for precise measurement of oscillator frequency instability using a single-frequency software GNSS receiver. The only required hardware is a common radio frequency (RF) data collection device driven by the oscillator under test (OUT). The receiver solves the oscillator frequency error in high time resolution using the carrier Doppler observation and the broadcast ephemeris from one of the available satellites employing the onboard reference atomic frequency standard that is more stable than the OUT. Considering the non-stable and non-Gaussian properties of the frequency error measurement, an unbiased finite impulse response (FIR) filter is employed to obtain robust estimation and filter out measurement noise. The effects of different filter orders and convolution lengths are further discussed. The frequency error of an oven controlled oscillator (OCXO) is measured using live Beidou-2/Compass signals. The results are compared with the synchronous measurement using a specialized phase comparator with the standard coordinated universal time (UTC) signal from the master clock H226 in the national time service center (NTSC) of China as its reference. The Allan deviation (ADEV) estimates using the two methods have a 99.9% correlation coefficient and a 0.6% mean relative difference over 1–1000 s intervals. The experiment demonstrates the effectiveness and high precision of the software receiver method.