The output torque estimation of MCMG for agile satellites

Studied in this paper are the attitude control law design and the output torque estimation problem of micro control moment gyros （MCMGs） for the agile satellites executing rapid attitude maneuver mission. An algorithm is proposed for estimating the output torques and the gimbal angular rates of MCMGs, which can help engineers to choose reasonable size for actuators so that the cost of satellite can be decreased. According to some special maneuver missions, a numerical example of attitude control system for a small satellite with MCMGs in pyramid configuration is studied, and the simulation results validate the proposed estimation algorithm.     

Effect of hydrogen doping in ZnO thin films by pulsed DC magnetron sputtering

This study examined the role of hydrogen impurities in highly oriented ZnO thin films. Hydrogen intentionally incorporated was found to play an important role as a donor in n-type conduction, improving the free carrier concentration. The increase in the conductivity of ZnO thin films was attributed to the two centers assigned to isolated hydrogen atoms in the anti-bonding sites as well as bond-centered interstitial hydrogen located between the Zn–O bonds and Zn vacancy passivated by one or two hydrogen atoms. Micro Raman spectroscopy showed two additional modes at approximately 501 and 573 cm⁻¹. These two peaks were attributed to damage to the crystal lattice, which could be explained by the optical-phonon branch at the zone boundary and host lattice defects, such as vacancy clusters, respectively.     

Thermal oxidation of clay-nanoreinforced polypropylene

The thermo-oxidation process at low temperatures for a montmorillonite-nanoreinforced polypropylene (PP) was studied. Experimental aging kinetic data at 100, 80 and 60 °C have been obtained and compared with a computational simulation in which a kinetic model based on the closed loop approach was used. As a result, it has been found that the montmorillonite role is not limited to a role of inert filler in the polymer matrix but induces a slight catalytic effect leading to induction period reduction. This effect has been well simulated by increasing initial hydroperoxyde concentration. The consequences of kinetic control by oxygen diffusion have also been investigated by using micro ATR-FTIR mapping to assess concentration profiles of the oxidation products across the sample thickness. It has been found that the oxidized layer thickness is close to 17 μm for the pure polypropylene whereas it is around 10 μm for the nanocomposite at 100 °C. These profile variations have been attributed to differences in oxygen diffusion coefficient values. Simulations based on the kinetic model including diffusion-reaction coupling describe these profiles well.     

Effect of transverse cracks on the mechanical properties of angle-ply composites laminates

A modified shear lag analysis, taking into account the notion of stress perturbation function, is employed to evaluate the effect of transverse cracks on the stiffness reduction in [±θ_n/90_m]_S angle-ply laminated composites. Effects of number of 90° layers and number of ±θ layers on the laminate stiffness have also been studied. The present results represent well the dependence of the degradation of mechanical properties on the fibre orientation angle of the outer layers, the number of cracked cross-ply layers and the number of uncracked outer ±θ layers in the laminate.     

FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE J_2-INTEGRAL IN BIMATERIAL SOLIDS

The J_2-integral induced from the interface of bimaterial solids(J_2~(interface))is stud-ied by numerical method.First,the effect on the J_2-integral induced from the interface is verysignificant in bimaterial solids,which is inherently related to that induced from the subinterfacecracks.Moreover,it can be concluded that either the first or the second component of the J_k-vector is always equal to zero when the contour encloses both the cracks and the whole interfacein bimaterial solids.Secondly,it can also be concluded that the interface does produce significanteffect on the J_2-integral induced from the subinterface cracks(J_2~(sub))in bimaterial solids.Thiseffect depends on the geometry of the crack arrangement,which is corresponding to the differentinteraction effect among the cracks and the interface.Moreover,the interface effect on the J_2~(sub)can be neglected when the distance from the crack center to the interface is large enough,whichreveals that the bimaterial solids can be regarded as homogenous solids in fracture analysis whenthe subinterface crack is far enough from the interface.Three examples are given in this paper.     

Temperature control of electrohydrodynamic micro heat pipes

Active thermal control was achieved by using an electrohydrodynamically (EHD) assisted micro heat pipe array. A simulation model of temperature control of EHD micro heat pipes was established in a Matlab Sinulink environment. An experimental model was designed and fabricated to verify the model and identify the factors most influential to the thermal control via EHD micro heat pipe array. Good correspondence between simulations and experiments was achieved. Electric field intensity, set-point temperature and the gap between the upper and lower set-point temperatures were shown to have a dramatic influence on the temperature control.     

Real-time visualisation of deformation fields using speckle interferometry and temporal phase unwrapping

A real-time system for analysing data from speckle interferometers, and speckle shearing interferometers, has been developed. Interferograms are continuously recorded by a digital camera at a rate of 60 frames s⁻¹ with temporal phase shifting carried out at the same rate. The images are analysed using a pipeline image processor. With a standard 4-frame phase-shifting algorithm (phase steps of π/2), wrapped phase maps are calculated and displayed at 15 frames s⁻¹. These are unwrapped using a temporal phase unwrapping algorithm to provide a real-time colour-coded display of the relevant displacement component. Each camera pixel (or cluster of pixels) behaves in effect as an independent displacement sensor. The reference speckle interferogram is updated automatically at regular user-defined intervals, allowing arbitrarily large deformations to be measured and errors due to speckle decorrelation to be minimised. The system has been applied to the problem of detecting sub-surface delamination cracks in carbon fibre composite panels.     

水杨醛类希夫碱在LB膜上的光谱性能的研究

合成了两种末端碳锭长度不同的水杨醛类希夫碱N-十二烷基（2-羟基-5-硝基苯甲亚胺）和N-十六烷基（2-羟基-5-硝基苯甲亚胺），研究了它们在气-液界面上的成膜性能，并通过紫外、荧光、红外显微镜等光谱手段对它们在LB膜上的性能进行了表征。实验结果表明两种希夫碱分子在LB膜中都形成了J-聚体，末端碳链较长的希夫碱 成膜性能相对较好，并且在膜上也能光致发光，但希夫碱分子的LB膜存在一定的缺陷。     

基体开裂的正交复合材料对称层合板的粘弹性力学行为

本文讨论了含有均匀基体裂纹的正交复合材料对称层合板的线性粘弹性力学行为.采用二维剪切滞后模型并对其层间剪应力在厚度方向进行线性假设分布,求得层合板的平均应力应变的线弹性解,利用等效约束模型和经典层合理论可得到层合板因为含有基体裂纹而所引起的刚度退化现象.在弹性-粘弹性对应原理的基础上对其层合板的线粘弹性进行了讨论和研究.结果表明:层合板的松弛模量和蠕变泊松比随着时间的增加而减少,到达稳态后其值基本上是恒值.并跟Zocher的解析解和有限元数值解作了比较,发现结果非常吻合.