Emergence of a Habitable Planet

We address the first several hundred million years of Earth’s history. The Moon-forming impact left Earth enveloped in a hot silicate atmosphere that cooled and condensed over ∼1,000 yrs. As it cooled the Earth degassed its volatiles into the atmosphere. It took another ∼2 Myrs for the magma ocean to freeze at the surface. The cooling rate was determined by atmospheric thermal blanketing. Tidal heating by the new Moon was a major energy source to the magma ocean. After the mantle solidified geothermal heat became climatologically insignificant, which allowed the steam atmosphere to condense, and left behind a ∼100 bar, ∼500 K CO₂ atmosphere. Thereafter cooling was governed by how quickly CO₂ was removed from the atmosphere. If subduction were efficient this could have taken as little as 10 million years. In this case the faint young Sun suggests that a lifeless Earth should have been cold and its oceans white with ice. But if carbonate subduction were inefficient the CO₂ would have mostly stayed in the atmosphere, which would have kept the surface near ∼500 K for many tens of millions of years. Hydrous minerals are harder to subduct than carbonates and there is a good chance that the Hadean mantle was dry. Hadean heat flow was locally high enough to ensure that any ice cover would have been thin (<5 m) in places. Moreover hundreds or thousands of asteroid impacts would have been big enough to melt the ice triggering brief impact summers. We suggest that plate tectonics as it works now was inadequate to handle typical Hadean heat flows of 0.2–0.5 W/m². In its place we hypothesize a convecting mantle capped by a ∼100 km deep basaltic mush that was relatively permeable to heat flow. Recycling and distillation of hydrous basalts produced granitic rocks very early, which is consistent with preserved >4 Ga detrital zircons. If carbonates in oceanic crust subducted as quickly as they formed, Earth could have been habitable as early as 10–20 Myrs after the Moon-forming impact.     

Modelling of Ejecta as a Space Debris Source

When a micro-debris or a micrometeoroid impacts a spacecraft surface, a large number of secondary particles, called ejecta, are produced. These particles can contribute to a modification of the debris environment: either locally by the occurrence of secondary impacts on the components of complex and large space structures, or at great distance by the formation of a population of small orbital debris. This paper describes firstly, the ejecta overall production, and secondly, the lifetime and the orbital evolution of the particles. Finally the repartition of ejecta in LEO is computed. Some results describing the population as a function of size and altitude are presented.     

Numerical Simulation of Impact Loading on Solid Propellant Within an Orthotropic Shell

The strain–stress state of the solid propellant rocket engines (SPREs) is simulated under impact. The effect of orientation of elastic and strength properties of orthotropic organoplastic shell material on the strain–stress state of the solid propellant is investigated. Normal and oblique impact of single steel cylinder projectiles, both simultaneous and at different times of multiple, converging steel spheric particles with SPRE are investigated in this study. The investigation is conducted numerically. The numerical modeling was carried out in a three-dimensional formulation by the method of finite elements for the continuous approach of the mechanics of a deformable solid. The destruction of the anisotropic material is described by the tensor-polynomial criterion of the fourth degree, which takes into account the influence of hydrostatic pressure.     

有限空间轴对称射流流场的数值模拟

本文在к－ε紊流模型下，采用罚有限元法对有限空间轴对称射流流场进行数值模拟。引用罚函数优化迎风格式和退化积分，建立有限元解法的数值矩阵，在不同截面上求得工，压力和紊流参数分布，计算结果与实验数据十分接近。本文研究结果可应用于火箭发动机的喷射设计和射流量论的研究。     

76°/40°双三角翼前缘涡破裂及其控制实验研究

流动显示结果表明,喷流能有效地推迟双三角翼前缘涡的破裂,且随着攻角的增大,前缘涡破裂位置逐渐推后,喷流极大地改善了大攻角情况下前缘涡的非对称破裂特性,能有效地克服可能出现的机翼的"摇滚"现象.另外,后缘喷流可以减弱乃至消除前缘涡混掺现象的发生,进而有利于飞行器的操纵.     

0.4C-铬镍钼硅钢多冲疲劳裂纹起始寿命估算

 本文采用局部应力一应变法,结合Coffin公式,忽略弹性应变。考虑应变速率的影响,导出了在给定的试验条件下,根据材料的拉伸性能估算其多冲疲劳裂纹起始寿命的表达式,经试验结果验证表明,对不同冲击能量,不同热处理状态以及不同缺口形状的多冲试样,估算式均具有较高的准确性。     

CFRP层板的落重冲击分层损伤研究

采用落重冲击试验方法研究了航空上常用的铺层形式为［Ｏ２／９Ｏ２／４５２／－４５２］ｓ的先进复合材料（ＣＦＲＰ）低能冲击损伤问题。重点讨论了落重冲击后分层损伤形貌、冲击能量Ｗ与分层面积Ａ之间的关系以及基体韧性对ＣＦＲＰ抗冲击性能影响。     

尾支撑喷流试验技术研究

本文以喷流模拟、柱体环形喷管喷流对模型底压影响、以及尾支撑和侧支撑对模型底压影响为基础,从定性、定量得出,用尾支撑作喷流试验,支撑干扰小,可做到既经济又可靠,数据准度较高。     

三维机身起落架着陆冲击力学模型

 本文根据起落架系统的几何、运动学及动力学特性,推导出目前广泛使用的三维机身式起落架,并具有柔性支柱系统的着陆冲击力学模型。并对其初始条件、对称着陆及不对称着陆情况作了动力学分析。     

机场跑道耐冲磨混凝土的研究

针对机场跑道混凝土所处环境、受力特环以及对修补材料的性能要求，提出采用超塑化、膨胀、树脂掺入等复合手段，大幅度改善钢纤维混凝土基质材料的结构性能。通过高效粘结，充分发挥了钢纤维的增韧抗冲击作用，使这种有机无机复合、金属非金属复合的混凝土材料具有优异的抗冲击性和耐磨性。实验结果表明，机场跑道混凝土特别是飞机起降区域板块适合采用SPE－SFRC复合材料。在基础稳定的条件下，基本可在设计使用年限内无须大修，其社会、经济效益巨大。