Impact effects from small size meteoroids and space debris

When the impact risk from meteoroids and orbital debris is assessed the main concern is usually structural damage. With their high impact velocities of typically 10–20 km/s millimeter or centimeter sized objects can puncture pressure vessels and other walls or lead to destruction of complete subsystems or even whole spacecraft. Fortunately chances of collisions with such larger objects are small (at least at present). However, particles in the size range 1–100 μm are far more abundant than larger objects and every orbiting spacecraft will encounter them with certainty. Every solar cell (8 cm² area) of the Hubble Space Telescope encountered on average 12 impacts during its 8.25 years of space exposure. Most were from micron sized particles.     

基于离线状态监测的复杂装备预知维修决策及优化

基于免疫粒子群优化算法,对可进行离线状态监测故障呈现渐发特性的复杂装备预知维修决策问题进行了研究。分析了维修决策的必备条件,包括研究对象的前提假设、决策内容、剩余维修时间预测以及维修相关费用;将复杂装备维修决策问题转化为带有约束条件的目标函数求最小解的问题,并构建了数学模型;运用结合粒子群优化算法明确方向性搜索和免疫系统多样性保持能力优势的免疫粒子群算法,对模型进行求解;通过某航空机电设备的实例应用验证,该方法可以有效地解决复杂装备预知维修决策的问题,结果与实际情况基本一致。     

Experiment of gas plasma plume deflection by magnetic control

To investigate the deflection effect of gas plasma plume controlled by magnetic field, a novel experimental scheme was presented. The Cs2CO3 catalytic ionization seeds were injected into the combustion chamber to obtain gas plasma on a high temperature magneto hydrodynamic (MHD) experiment rig. The plasma jet was deflected under the action of an external magnetic field, resulting in a thrust-vector effect. Particle image velocimetry (PIV) collected two-dimensional images of jet flow field. Through image processing and velocity vector analysis, the jet deflection angle can be obtained quantitatively. At 1800-2500K, the jet deflection was verified experimentally under the condition of 0.45T magnetic field strength. The results indicate that the jet deflection angle increases gradually with the increase of gas temperature, and above 2200K, the jet deflection angle increase obviously. In the process of gas plasma jet, it is feasible to realize the jet deflection controlled by MHD by adding an external magnetic field.     

基于PSO-RWE的自适应小波阈值函数滚动轴承振动信号去噪方法

针对现有小波去噪方法存在阈值函数中未知参数选取依赖经验,导致去噪不充分或去噪后信号失真的问题。提出了一种基于相对小波熵(RWE)的粒子群优化(PSO)算法,用于小波阈值函数中未知参数的自适应寻优,达到滚动轴承振动信号自适应降噪目的。改进了一种含两未知参数的小波阈值函数;以相对小波熵为优化算法的适应度函数对未知参数进行自适应寻优,得到最优小波阈值函数;通过对模拟仿真信号和试验采集的滚动轴承振动信号进行分析。结果表明:优化后的小波去噪方法能够更好地将噪声从染噪信号中滤除,去噪后信号波形的平滑度更好,信噪比相较硬阈值去噪提高294%,而且保留了原始信号更多的细节特征,具有更好的去噪性能和应用实用价值。     

基于CPHD的双层粒子滤波目标跟踪算法

常规基于势概率假设密度滤波(Cardinalized Probability Hypothesis Density,CPHD)的粒子滤波(Particle Fil? ter,PF)跟踪算法应用于多目标跟踪时,容易遇到因粒子数量增加而带来的运算效率下降、目标数目估计不准的问题。文章基于常规粒子滤波 CPHD跟踪算法,通过部署双层粒子,提出基于势概率假设密度滤波的双层粒子滤波 (Two-Layer Particle Filter-CPHD,TLPF-CPHD)算法,以便提高目标数目及状态估计精度。仿真实验结果证明,相比于常规 PF-CPHD算法,新算法具有更好的目标数目和状态估计准确性。     

SPH-BASED NUMERICAL ANALYSIS FOR GRANULAR MATERIAL MODEL OF SAND AND REGOLITH

The development of an innovative drilling system makes it necessary to model the material of extra-ter- restrial soil, i.e. regolith or lunar soil. And then the drilling process is numerically simulated. Since real regolith is very scarce and costly, sand properties are investigated by means of experiments and sand model is constructed with the capability of partly reflecting these properties. With the use of smooth particle hydrodynamics （SPH） method in LS-DYNA, data analysis and modeling process are presented to reach the following achievements：（1） Develop a general model approach of sand using SPH method; （2） Compare SPH results with experimental data to validate it; （3） Adapt the sand model to lunar soil while fitting the simulation of dual-reciprocating drilling （DRD） process.     

Cone model-based SEP event calculations for applications to multipoint observations

The problem of modeling solar energetic particle (SEP) events is important to both space weather research and forecasting, and yet it has seen relatively little progress. Most important SEP events are associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that drive coronal and interplanetary shocks. These shocks can continuously produce accelerated particles from the ambient medium to well beyond 1 AU. This paper describes an effort to model real SEP events using a Center for Integrated Space weather Modeling (CISM) MHD solar wind simulation including a cone model of CMEs to initiate the related shocks. In addition to providing observation-inspired shock geometry and characteristics, this MHD simulation describes the time-dependent observer field line connections to the shock source. As a first approximation, we assume a shock jump-parameterized source strength and spectrum, and that scatter-free transport occurs outside of the shock source, thus emphasizing the role the shock evolution plays in determining the modeled SEP event profile. Three halo CME events on May 12, 1997, November 4, 1997 and December 13, 2006 are used to test the modeling approach. While challenges arise in the identification and characterization of the shocks in the MHD model results, this approach illustrates the importance to SEP event modeling of globally simulating the underlying heliospheric event. The results also suggest the potential utility of such a model for forcasting and for interpretation of separated multipoint measurements such as those expected from the STEREO mission.     

Comparison of the transport codes HZETRN,HETC and FLUKA for a solar particle event

The protection of astronauts and instrumentation from galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events is one of the primary constraints associated with mission planning in low earth orbit or deep space. To help satisfy this constraint, several computational tools have been developed to analyze the effectiveness of various shielding materials and structures exposed to space radiation. These tools are now being carefully scrutinized through a systematic effort of verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification. In this benchmark study, the deterministic transport code HZETRN is compared to the Monte Carlo transport codes HETC-HEDS and FLUKA for a 30 g/cm² water target protected by a 20 g/cm² aluminum shield exposed to a parameterization of the February 1956 solar particle event. Neutron and proton fluences as well as dose and dose equivalent are compared at various depths in the water target. The regions of agreement and disagreement between the three codes are quantified and discussed, and recommendations for future work are given.     

On radiation belt dynamics during magnetic storms

Temporal variations of the radiation belt particle during the magnetic storms are investigated using measurements by the low altitude satellite spectrometer. Along with several known effects, such as the outer radiation belt intensity decrease at the main phase, the radial diffusion with the particle acceleration and the recovery of the radiation belt during the recovery phase, some less known features were investigated, such as the dawn–dusk asymmetry of the radiation belt.