An experiment to study solar flare effects on radio-communication signals

The occurrence of radio signal fading events caused by ionospheric absorption plays an important role in the performance of radio-communication systems. It is necessary to know the magnitude and time-scale of such events in order to specify technical parameters of the communication system to be used. Generally, fading events are associated with solar flares, which are characterized by sudden increase in the solar X-ray flux that causes an increase in the ionization in the lower ionosphere. The abrupt increase of ionization causes the absorption of radio waves propagating in the Earth–ionosphere wave-guide and is reported as radio signal fading events. A simple experiment to monitor the behavior of lower ionosphere has been carried out at the Southern Space Observatory-SSO/INPE (29.43°S, 53.8°W), located in southern Brazil. The experiment is basically a computer controlled radio receiver that records the received signal strength of Amplitude Modulated (AM) radio signals in the HF (High Frequencies) range. We analyzed data of the 6 MHz beacon signal that has been transmitted by a broadcasting radio station located about 400 km from the observation site. In this work we present initial results of daily variation of the received signal strength and fading events associated with solar flares observed in the 6 MHz signal monitored by the experiment during 2001. X-ray solar flux data from the GOES-8 satellite were used to identify X-ray solar bursts associated with solar flares. Based on the one-year data collected by the experiment, a statistical summary of fading occurrences and their correlation with solar flares, as well as the distributions of time-scales and magnitudes of such events are presented.     

乙烯基硅橡胶生胶中低分子的脱除

由于硅橡胶是用催化平衡的方法制备，生胶中含有约3％的挥发性的低分子量环体，会对硅橡胶的热真空失重（TML）、可凝挥发物性能（CVCM）有极大影响。为使所制得的硅橡胶符合空间级材料要求，分别采用溶剂抽提法和热真空处理法来脱除乙烯基硅橡胶中的小分子，通过比较处理前后硅橡胶的分子量及其分布、TML、CVCM，对比了两种方法脱除小分子的效果；并制备得到了符合空间级标准的硅橡胶。     

Ground experimental investigations into an ejected spray cooling system for space closed-loop application

Spray cooling has proved its superior heat transfer performance in removing high heat flux for ground applications.However,the dissipation of vapor–liquid mixture from the heat surface and the closed-loop circulation of the coolant are two challenges in reduced or zero gravity space environments.In this paper,an ejected spray cooling system for space closed-loop application was proposed and the negative pressure in the ejected condenser chamber was applied to sucking the two-phase mixture from the spray chamber.Its ground experimental setup was built and experimental investigations on the smooth circle heat surface with a diameter of 5 mm were conducted with distilled water as the coolant spraying from a nozzle of 0.51 mm orifice diameter at the inlet temperatures of 69.2 °C and 78.2 °C under the conditions of heat flux ranging from 69.76 W/cm~2 to 311.45 W/cm~2,volume flow through the spray nozzle varying from 11.22 L/h to 15.76 L/h.Work performance of the spray nozzle and heat transfer performance of the spray cooling system were analyzed;results show that this ejected spray cooling system has a good heat transfer performance and provides valid foundation for space closed-loop application in the near future.     

航天器对接中接近至首次接触阶段的数值仿真

确定接触点问题是航天器对接过程中接近与接触阶段的仿真的关键问题。以内导向瓣异体同构周边式对接机构为例，给出了确定接触点的方法，建立了确定接触点的数学模型、接近与接触阶段两航天器的刚体运动方程，并对接近与接触阶段进行了数值仿真。仿真结果表明：所建立的数学模型和动力学方程是正确的。     

大型空间环模设备液氮系统冷箱设计

液氮系统是大型空间环境模拟设备中的主要分系统之一,液氮流程采用了单相密闭循环、文丘利管、液氮泵增压及阀门冷箱的结构方案。文章重点介绍了阀门冷箱的设计,这是近年来国外大型空间模拟器液氮流程发展的新趋势。     

空间太阳电站的发展前景评估

首先回顾了NASA的空间太阳电站1979 SPS基准系统方案及其产生与搁置的背景，强调了1995－1997年新一轮论证中所提方案的高度模块化特点，这一特点使空间太阳电站的技术可行性大为增加，其次介绍了空间电站研究的工作分解结构和所需的关键技术，最后从全球对电能的需求，有关国家的态度，关键技术的进展等几个方面，给出了对空间电站发展前景的不同评价。     

基于轨迹规划的自由漂浮空间机器人抓取运动物体的研究

针对空间机器人非完整性和冗余性，对笛卡空间下的轨迹规划问题进行了研究。在此基础上，分析了空间机器人抓取运动物体的策略，提出了基于轨迹规划的空间机器人路径规划方法，并以三自由度空间机器人为例，对空间机器人抓取运动目标体的问题进行了研究，该方法是开环控制方法，但由于在进行轨迹跟踪过程中，误差不累积，得到的实际曲线与理论曲线相近，误差达到了规定的范围。     

污染低温凝结效应设备的研制

成功研制了星用非金属材料空间分子污染低温凝结效应环模测试设备 ,可原位、连续、定量测量星用非金属材料空间出气物在低温敏感表面上的凝结 ,给出全过程的数据和凝结量级。测试系统功能稳定、测试仪器灵敏、可实现大冷量、宽低温范围的模拟。设备致冷范围为 - 10 0℃～ 2 5℃ ,测试灵敏度为 10 - 8克 ,最优真空度达 7.0× 10 - 6 Pa。是我国目前唯一的用作星用非金属材料空间出气污染物在低温敏感表面上沉积凝结效应定量原位测试的专用环模设备。可用于空间分子污染机理的综合研究、空间分子污染的防护与控制工程。设备兼设有符合国际现行通用标准的星用非金属材料环模评价筛选系统     

锤头体弹性振动跨音速气动阻尼系数的确定

通过研究锤头形运载火箭跨音速飞行时，箭体结构的弹性振动与气体运动的耦合效应，描述了用全弹模型的风洞实验和非定常数值计算、确定气动阻尼系数的技术和方法，分别给出了实验和数值模拟的结果，并对结果进行了对比分析。结果表明，在气动阻尼实验中，模拟低阶固有模态的前节点位置是非常重要的，该方法可以作为研究航天飞行器非定常飞动特性的一种方法。