Four Contemporary Issues Concerning Ionospheric Plasma Flow to the Magnetosphere

Space Science Reviews - In this review, we examine four specific questions/issues of contemporary interest within the overall topic of ionospheric plasma outflow into the magnetosphere. These four...     

翼型分离流动的等离子体控制数值分析方法研究

利用等离子体进行流动控制是当前的研究热点之一.本文研究通过数值方法模拟等离子体对流场作用的实现方法,及利用数值模拟方法研究翼型大迎角分离流动的等离子体控制.利用CFD软件Fluent中的自定义函数接口,通过C语言编程在软件中引入DBD等离子体激励模型外加体积力源项,对NACA0015翼型大迎角下的等离子体控制进行数值模拟.验证DBD等离子体激励在抑制流动分离与增升减阻方面的作用.结果表明：流动控制效果与DBD激励器布置位置有直接关系;激励器的数量与激励强度均会影响流动控制作用.     

翼型动态失速影响因素及流动控制研究进展

深入认识翼型动态失速，结合有效流动控制手段，对解决直升机、风力机桨叶等动态失速引起的高阻力、大低头力矩等气动问题具有重要意义。本文首先介绍了翼型动态失速的流场特点和危害，进而分析了缩减频率、雷诺数、马赫数以及翼型型面等参数对动态失速的影响，并在此基础上总结了常见的动态失速流动控制方法及其研究进展。等离子体气动激励易于产生快速、可控的宽频带气动激励，在动态失速控制领域具有潜力，本文着重介绍了等离子体气动激励动态失速控制的概念和流动控制原理，总结了近来年等离子体激励在翼型动态失速控制上的进展。     

Coating deposition regularity depended on orientation difference in PS-PVD plasma jet

The YSZ coatings are prepared by the plasma spray-physical vapor deposition (PS-PVD) technology based on a specific experimental design. The structure, thickness and growth angle of YSZ coatings on the entire circumferential surface of the cylindrical sample are studied. The results indicated that the structure, thickness and deflection growth angle of YSZ coatings are related to the orientation of deposition location. The numerical simulation of the multiphase mixed fluid near the substrate is carried out and the deposition regularity and mechanism of YSZ coatings prepared by PS-PVD is deduced. The growth rate is related to the local characteristics of the plasma flow field, and is directly proportional to the field pressure and inversely proportional to the field velocity. The growth angle of the coating is generally affected by the flow direction of the plasma jet. Especially, the normal component of velocity vector, V_norm, mainly affects the speed at which the coating grows vertically upwards. The tangential component of velocity vector, V_tan, determines the degree that the coating growth direction deviates from the vertical direction. When V_tan ≠ 0, the coating forms a fine column with a certain deflection angle and finally develops into an oblique columnar structure.     

无线电波在再入等离子体中传输的衰减模型及仿真验证

简要描述再入等离子体的流场特性和等离子体的电特性参数,从平面电磁波在无限大均匀等离子体层的传输出发,推导无线电波在均匀和非均匀等离子体中受到衰减的数学模型。结合美国RAMC飞行试验数据,利用衰减模型计算了25km~75km高度上信号的衰减值,通过与美国RAMC飞行试验结论的对比,验证了衰减模型的正确性。     

等离子体对大折转角扩压叶栅性能影响的机理

利用熵和耗散函数分析了某大折转角扩压叶栅内的流动及损失特性,探讨了等离子体减小损失的作用机理。结果表明,分离区仅是低能流体聚集区,而非高损失来源区;等离子体影响叶栅流动的机制可归结为,诱导其作用区上游流体加速降压、在其作用区内构造局部顺压力梯度以及增加电极附近的气流速度;等离子体通过减弱流动分离以减小栅内损失,其本质是通过减小吸力面后半部的分离区或低速区以减弱其与主流的剪切强度和减小强剪切作用区,从而减弱该区域内的耗散;等离子作用下吸力面附近气体流速的增加使得尾迹损失减小,而电极表面附近的粘性摩擦损失增加。     

基于热喷涂技术制备的热障涂层

着眼于热喷涂技术在热障涂层制备方面的研究现状,在分析热障涂层失效原因的基础上,介绍了等离子喷涂技术及冷喷涂技术和在热障涂层结合层和陶瓷层制备方面的研究进展。     

化学模型对数值模拟等离子体流动的影响研究

针对典型再入飞行试验条件,基于求解化学非平衡N-S方程的数值方法,对再入体非平衡等离子体绕流进行数值模拟,比较分析了两种典型化学模型对电子数密度数值模拟结果的影响。研究发现,7组分化学模型的电子数密度模拟结果具有较好的一致性,而11组分化学模型的数值模拟结果则存在较大差异,产生差异的主要机制在于不同模型中氧原子的电离效应,总体上Park模型的数值模拟结果与飞行测量结果具有较好的一致性。     

叶栅等离子体流动控制布局优化和影响规律

为提高流动控制能力,基于高负荷压气机叶栅的流场特性和等离子体气动激励特性,对等离子体流动控制的激励布局进行优化,通过选取典型激励布局,实验揭示了不同因素对等离子体气动激励抑制叶栅流动分离的影响.结果表明:吸力面激励布局中,靠近前缘流向激励的作用效果强于展向激励和尾缘激励,沿流向分布多组电极的激励效果最佳;端壁激励布局中,横向激励的作用效果明显强于流向激励;组合激励布局中,基于端壁横向激励和吸力面流向激励的组合布局的激励效果最佳.等离子体气动激励的作用效果随着激励电压的增大而增强,随着攻角的增大其作用效果先增强后变弱;变定常激励为非定常激励,通过耦合流动的不稳定性,可以提高等离子体气动激励流动控制效果.      

Diagnostic and modelling investigation on the ion acceleration and plasma throttling effects in a dual-emitter hollow cathode micro-thruster

Hollow cathode discharges are widely used as neutralizers for the electric propulsion systems and recently developed into micro-thrusters for the small satellites. In this work, a dual-emitter hollow cathode thruster is developed, which can be operated in two different modes—the neutralizer mode and the micro-thruster mode. For characterizing this kind of new device, the Langmuir probe, Faraday probe, and retarding potential analyzer are used to determine the electron temperature, electron density, ion flux, and ion energy distribution function. The operating parameters, including the thrust, and specific impulse, are also measured. A two-dimensional self-consistent extended fluid model is employed to calculate the spatial distribution of plasma parameters and the fluid field of electrons in the region around the emitters. By comparing the diagnostic and modelling results, it is found that the change in the electric field and ionization zone is the essential reason for the different performances of the device in the neutralizer and micro-thruster modes. Variation in the electric field leads to an ion acceleration effect in the micro-thruster mode; moving of the ionization zone raises the plasma pressure in the orifice region of the hollow cathode, and thus leads to enhanced plasma throttling and gas expanding effects. By analyzing the above mechanisms, the possible methods for improving this kind of hollow cathode micro-thruster are discussed.