The Origin of Mercury

Mercury’s unusually high mean density has always been attributed to special circumstances that occurred during the formation of the planet or shortly thereafter, and due to the planet’s close proximity to the Sun. The nature of these special circumstances is still being debated and several scenarios, all proposed more than 20 years ago, have been suggested. In all scenarios, the high mean density is the result of severe fractionation occurring between silicates and iron. It is the origin of this fractionation that is at the centre of the debate: is it due to differences in condensation temperature and/or in material characteristics (e.g. density, strength)? Is it because of mantle evaporation due to the close proximity to the Sun? Or is it due to the blasting off of the mantle during a giant impact? In this paper we investigate, in some detail, the fractionation induced by a giant impact on a proto-Mercury having roughly chondritic elemental abundances. We have extended the previous work on this hypothesis in two significant directions. First, we have considerably increased the resolution of the simulation of the collision itself. Second, we have addressed the fate of the ejecta following the impact by computing the expected reaccretion timescale and comparing it to the removal timescale from gravitational interactions with other planets (essentially Venus) and the Poynting–Robertson effect. To compute the latter, we have determined the expected size distribution of the condensates formed during the cooling of the expanding vapor cloud generated by the impact. We find that, even though some ejected material will be reaccreted, the removal of the mantle of proto-Mercury following a giant impact can indeed lead to the required long-term fractionation between silicates and iron and therefore account for the anomalously high mean density of the planet. Detailed coupled dynamical–chemical modeling of this formation mechanism should be carried out in such a way as to allow explicit testing of the giant impact hypothesis by forthcoming space missions (e.g. MESSENGER and BepiColombo).     

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.     

空战机动动作库设计方式研究

具体阐述了两类常见空战动作库的设计 :典型战术动作库和基本操作动作库 ,详细分析了这两类空战机动动作库的不足 ,最后提出了改进动作库设计的具体意见和建议。     

低空突防任务下综合飞行/推进系统的建模与仿真

建立了综合飞行／推进系统的数学模型，介绍了飞机全维非线性数学模型和涡轮风扇发动机非线性部件级数学模型的建模及综合方法。对飞机执行地形中随任务时，飞行员调节飞行速度的方法与基于总能量的调节飞行速度的方法进行了比较。结果表明，基于总能量的方法比飞行员直接控制飞行速度能够减小发动机的燃油消耗，降低发动机的磨损，进而可以增加飞机的航程，延长发动机的使用寿命。     

四维下降飞行技术的研究与仿真：定常航迹角法下降剖面解算

本文研究的是四维飞行性能管理系统的核心环节－飞机在终端区域内的四维下降技术，首先探讨了基于常值航迹角的定常Ｍ数／指示空速下降飞行技术，论述了其高度剖面的构成与特点，通过尤拉积分方法求解飞机运动方程，实现了高度冲面的解算。其次开发了对速度剖面的迭代过程，选取原则及方法。本文在进行理论分析的同时，还开发了满意的仿真软件，一了其应用价值。     

星载遥感器在模拟空间环境中辐射定标设备研制

文章简述了星载遥感器辐射定标设备的研制过程及其在模拟空间环境中的调试过程,试验证明了该设备设计的合理性。     

尾支杆干扰非线性修正方法的初步研究

利用CFD方法 ,采用两套网格重叠的形式 ,研究了一种对尾支杆干扰进行修正的非线性方法。运用本方法 ,研究了尾支杆等直段长度、直径和锥角对模型气动特性的影响 ,研究了四个模型有攻角时的尾支杆干扰 ,并对GBM 0 4A模型的零阻进行了尾支杆干扰的修正。     

低地球轨道环境原子氧对航天器表面材料聚酰亚胺作用的数值模拟

在建立数学物理模型的基础上，对氏地球轨道环境和地面实验环境下，有无保护层的聚酰亚胺所受原子氧冲蚀作用进行了进行了成功的数值模拟，获得了具有工程应用价值的数值计算结果，并讨论了数学物理模型中各参数对基蚀曲线形状的影响。从数值模拟结果和美国太空实验结果的比较可以看出，本文数据模拟的结果是正确的。该项工作对航天器的设计具有重要指导意义。     

液体火箭发动机性能可靠性的随机仿真方法

分析了影响液体火箭发动机性能可靠性的随机扰动来源,提出了一种基于随机仿真的发动机性能可靠性的预估方法,并以某型号液氧/煤油补燃循环上面级发动机为研究对象,采用随机仿真方法对该发动机的性能可靠性进行计算,获得了该发动机主要性能参数的分布规律和在给定偏差范围内主要性能参数的可靠性。     

运载火箭模态试验仿真技术研究新进展

针对传统数学模型修改技术无法解决大型工程问题的局限性,为了实施模态试验仿真,提出一套适用于航天器复杂结构模型修改新技术,称之为子结构试验建模综合技术。简要综述在运载火箭模态试验仿真技术方面研究的新进展,并介绍两个应用实例:一是CZ-2E运载火箭全箭模态试验仿真与预示,用介绍的模态试验仿真技术成功地预示运载火箭模态参数,预示的模态与随后进行的实尺运载火箭模态试验所测到的模态非常一致,进而验证介绍的仿真技术的可靠性;另一个是CZ-2F载人运载火箭全箭模态试验仿真,它为箭船耦合动力学分析提供了可靠数学模型与数据。这两个大型工程应用实例说明了运载火箭模态试验仿真技术的工程实用性。