Variation of dayside chorus waves associated with solar wind dynamic pressure based on MMS observations

The whistler-mode chorus waves are one of the most important plasma waves in the Earth’s magnetosphere. Generally, the amplitude of whistler-mode chorus waves prefers to strengthen when the energetic fluxes of anisotropic electrons increase outside the plasmapause. This characteristic is commonly associated with the geomagnetic storms or substorms. However, the relationship between the solar wind dynamic pressure (P_sw) and the long-time variation of chorus waves during the quiet period of the geomagnetic activity still needs more detailed investigations. In this paper, based on MMS observations, we present a chorus event just observed in the inner side of magnetopause without obvious geomagnetic storms or substroms. Interestingly, during this time interval, some P_sw fluctuations were recorded. Both the amplitudes and frequencies of chorus waves changed as a response to the variation in P_sw. It proved that the enhancement of P_sw increases the energetic electrons fluxes, which provides free energies for the chorus amplification. Furthermore, the wave growth rates calculated using linear theory increases and the central frequency of the chorus waves shifts to a higher frequency when the P_sw enhancement is greater, which are also consistent well with the observations. The results provide a direct evidence that the P_sw play an important role in the long-time variation of whistler-mode chorus waves inside the magnetopause.     

Collision Risk Mitigation in Geostationary Orbit

The short- and long-term effects of spacecraft explosions, as a function of the end-of-life re-orbit altitude above the geostationary orbit (GEO), were analyzed in terms of their additional contribution to the debris flux in the GEO ring. The simulated debris clouds were propagated for 72yrs, taking into account all the relevant orbital perturbations.The results obtained show that 6–7 additional explosions in GEO would be sufficient, in the long term, to double the current collision risk with sizable objects in GEO. Unfortunately, even if spacecraft were to re-orbit between 300 and 500km above GEO, this would not significantly improve the situation. In fact, an altitude increase of at least 2000km would have to be adopted to reduce by one order of magnitude the long-term risk of collision among geostationary satellites and explosion fragments. The optimal debris mitigation strategy should be a compromise between the reliability and effectiveness of spacecraft end-of-life passivation, the re-orbit altitude and the acceptable debris background in the GEO ring. However, for as long as the re-orbit altitudes currently used are less than 500km above GEO, new spacecraft explosions must be avoided in order to preserve the geostationary environment over the long term.     

航天器的防污染技术

简单介绍了航天器污染的概念,污染对航天器的损害,航天器污染研究的重要性,以及国内外航天器防污染研究概况。着重介绍真空热试验中的污染控制方法。引入航天器自污染的概念,介绍消除航天器自污染的有效办法是真空烘烤。     

网络最大流与最小割集的矩阵算法

本文给出了解决运输问题为中心的一类特殊的线性规划问题的新的、简便的算法。网络最大流与最小割集的矩阵算法,不仅能解决许多这类问题,而且能使最小费用流、分配问题和运输问题容易通过计算机来实现。     

A first step towards proton flux forecasting

We present a preliminary version of a potential tool for real time proton flux prediction which provides proton flux profiles and cumulative fluence profiles at 0.5 and 2 MeV of solar energetic particle events, from their onset up to the arrival of the interplanetary shock at the spacecraft position (located at 1 or 0.4 AU). Based on the proton transportation model by Lario et al. [Lario, D., Sanahuja, B., Heras, A.M. Energetic particle events: efficiency of interplanetary shocks as 50 keV E < 100 MeV proton accelerators. Astrophys. J. 509, 415–434, 1998] and the magnetohydrodynamic shock propagation model of Wu et al. [Wu, S.T., Dryer, M., Han, S.M. Non-planar MHD model for solar flare-generated disturbances in the Heliospheric equatorial plane. Sol. Phys. 84, 395–418, 1983], we have generated a database containing “synthetic” profiles of the proton fluxes and cumulative fluences of 384 solar energetic particle events. We are currently validating the applicability of this code for space weather forecasting by comparing the resulting “synthetic” flux profiles with those of several real events.     

顺序函数法求解二维非稳态热传导逆问题

基于有限控制体积法对二维非稳态热传导问题的数值模拟，导出了处理二维非稳态热传导逆问题的顺序函数法，并用该方法来对一典型的圆环域边界条件反演问题进行了反演计算，结果表明，顺序函数法是求解二维非稳态热传导逆问题的有效方法，当测量噪声比较小时，顺序函数法能得出较高精度的反演结果；当测量噪声增大时，反演结果仍能较好地再现出精确解在空间和时间方向上的变化趋势，具有一定精度。     

等价差分格式在三维复杂流场数值模拟中的应用

结合数值Riemann不变量和通量限制器（FluxLimiter）的概念，将基于Chakravarthy和Osher半离散差分格式的等价差分格式应用于三维复杂流场计算，应用时间相关法和全流场捕捉技术，获得了Ma＝10，a＝10°状态下球头绕流结果，壁面压力分布与Rusanov的计算结果相符合，在此基础上细致地刻画了在Ma＝7，a＝20°状态下绕流带座能飞船的复杂流场。     

粒子云侵蚀问题实验研究中动能通量模拟的意义

本文首先将粒子云侵蚀条件下的驻点表面后退分解为无粒子烧蚀部分、粒子云引起的烧蚀增量部分和粒子撞击物面引起的直接侵蚀部分。然后研究了表面能量平衡关系,给出了粒子云引起的烧蚀增量表达式。最后分三类讨论粒子与飞行器的碰撞:(1)完全弹性碰撞(不符合实际);(2)完全非弹性碰撞;(3)部分弹性碰撞。对于后两种碰撞,本文分析了动能通量模拟适用的条件。     

空间任意形状凸面的轨道空间外热流计算方法

采用蒙特卡罗（ＭｏｎｔｅＣａｒｌｏ）方法，进行了平板、半球面、抛物面的地球反照角系数和地球红外角系数计算，通过与文献数据的比较，证明了由此方法所编程序的可靠性和实用性。利用这种方法，可以计算空间任意形状凸表面的轨道空间外热流。     

Advances in critical technologies for hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnel

Hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels and their measurement techniques are the cornerstone of the hypersonic flight era that is a dream for human beings to fly faster, higher and further. The great progress has been achieved during the recent years and their critical technologies are still in an urgent need for further development. There are at least four kinds of hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels that are widely applied over the world and can be classified according to their operation modes. These wind tunnels are named as air-directly-heated hypersonic wind tunnel, light-gas-heated shock tunnel, free-piston-driven shock tunnel and detonation-driven shock tunnel, respectively. The critical technologies for developing the wind tunnels are introduced in this paper, and their merits and weakness are discussed based on wind tunnel performance evaluation. Measurement techniques especially developed for high-enthalpy flows are a part of the hypersonic wind tunnel technology because the flow is a chemically reacting gas motion and its diagnosis needs specially designed instruments. Three kinds of the measurement techniques considered to be of primary importance are introduced here, including the heat flux sensor, the aerodynamic balance, and optical diagnosis techniques. The techniques are developed usually for conventional wind tunnels, but further improved for hypersonic and high-enthalpy tunnels. The hypersonic ground test facilities have provided us with most of valuable experimental data on high-enthalpy flows and will play a more important role in hypersonic research area in the future. Therefore, several prospects for developing hypersonic and high-enthalpy wind tunnels are presented from our point of view.