The signature of hot hydrogen in the atmosphere of the extrasolar planet HD 209458b

About ten per cent of the known extrasolar planets are gas giants that orbit very close to their parent stars. The atmospheres of these 'hot Jupiters' are heated by the immense stellar irradiation. In the case of the planet HD 209458b, this energy deposition results in a hydrodynamic state in the upper atmosphere, allowing for sizeable expansion and escape of neutral hydrogen gas. HD 209458b was the first extrasolar planet discovered that transits in front of its parent star. The size of the planet can be measured using the total optical obscuration of the stellar disk during an observed transit, and the structure and composition of the planetary atmosphere can be studied using additional planetary absorption signatures in the stellar spectrum. Here we report the detection of absorption by hot hydrogen in the atmosphere of HD 209458b. Previously, the lower atmosphere and the full extended upper atmosphere of HD 209458b have been observed, whereas here we probe a layer where the escaping gas forms in the upper atmosphere of HD 209458b.     

Large subglacial lakes in East Antarctica at the onset of fast-flowing ice streams

Water plays a crucial role in ice-sheet stability and the onset of ice streams. Subglacial lake water moves between lakes and rapidly drains, causing catastrophic floods. The exact mechanisms by which subglacial lakes influence ice-sheet dynamics are unknown, however, and large subglacial lakes have not been closely associated with rapidly flowing ice streams. Here we use satellite imagery and ice-surface elevations to identify a region of subglacial lakes, similar in total area to Lake Vostok, at the onset region of the Recovery Glacier ice stream in East Antarctica and predicted by ice-sheet models. We define four lakes through extensive, flat, featureless regions of ice surface bounded by upstream troughs and downstream ridges. Using ice velocities determined using interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), we find the onset of rapid flow (moving at 20 to 30 m yr(-1)) of the tributaries to the Recovery Glacier ice stream in a 280-km-wide segment at the downslope margins of these four subglacial lakes. We conclude that the subglacial lakes initiate and maintain rapid ice flow through either active modification of the basal thermal regime of the ice sheet by lake accretion or through scouring bedrock channels in periodic drainage events. We suggest that the role of subglacial lakes needs to be considered in ice-sheet mass balance assessments.     

供热设计方案综合评价与优选研究

多目标综合效果测度法是一种非常有效的系统优化评价方法。从方案的经济性、技术性及对环境的影响等角度,对5种供热方案进行分析,运用多目标综合效果测度法对备选方案进行评价,确定污水源热泵系统为最佳方案。     

电磁阻尼器性能参数试验研究

电磁阻尼器性能与多种因素有关,在电磁阻尼器基本性能试验研究基础上,制作了一个电磁阻尼器模型,进行了涡流板厚度参数影响的试验研究:做了3种厚度涡流板在不同频率、不同位移情况下的试验,得到了涡流板厚度对阻尼器性能影响的定性结论。     

粘土基防渗浆材的实验研究

针对目前常用浆材的局限性和工程应用的需要,采用正交优化的实验方法研究一种以粘土为主的粘土基防渗浆材,浆材具有良好的稳定性和可灌性,其结石体具有低渗透性和较低强度,适用于非加固型的防渗注浆工程。     

QY25起重机行星变速箱优化设计

根据产品要求,对起重机起升机构中的行星变速箱进行优化设计,主要对变速箱中的齿轮进行高度变位计算,从而达到减轻整机的重量和体积,合理地确定已有参数,以期达到最佳设计的目的。     

一种包边模边界缩进控制方法

 将确定性优化方法用于板料包边设计.汽车板料包边仿真中变形区域小导致有限元模型在变形区域的网格很小,模型计算时间太长.本文针对影响板料包边后边界缩进较大的3个参数,建立目标函数的径向基函数近似模型,并用确定性优化方法对近似模型进行优化,近似模型计算效率高,提高了优化方法计算效率,使板料包边的优化设计成为可能,并为生产中的汽车板料控制包边后的边界缩进提供了一种新的思路.     

某类重特大火灾数值模拟研究

某酒吧火灾、深圳舞王俱乐部火灾和福建长乐拉丁酒吧火灾的发生场所和火灾原因类似,且短时间就造成大量人员伤亡,研究这类火灾防控措施有较好的意义。本文利用FDS软件构造某酒吧的火灾模型,合理分析场所的人员情况设定疏散模拟参数,根据火场情况设定合适的火灾场景,分析热辐射、烟气温度、烟气毒性、烟气能见度等参数的变化过程,并得到可用疏散时间。结合CFE软件进行人员疏散过程模拟,模拟的预期火灾人员伤亡与实际情况较好相符;并对不同的可燃物类型、消防设施状况和待疏散人数进行火灾后果分析,可燃物分析结果说明装修用聚氨酯泡沫吸音棉是造成火灾极速蔓延的直接原因,这类材料产生大量的有毒浓烟,很快就造成人员伤亡;不同消防设施模拟分析的结果体现了自动消防设施的重要作用,公共娱乐场所的自动喷水灭火系统应推广快速响应喷头,未按国家标准安装自动消防设施是造成重大火灾人员伤亡的成灾原因;对酒吧不同待疏散人数的火灾预期伤亡数定量分析证明了公共娱乐场所定员管理的重要意义;模拟分析的结果可用于此类火灾成因分析和火灾防控措施研究。     

飞机电热除冰的研究进展与展望

 飞机在结冰气象条件下容易发生结冰现象,冰的存在会破坏飞机气动特性,影响飞行安全,严重结冰可导致机毁人亡,故必须及时将冰移除。电热除冰是目前最常考虑的除冰方式之一,本文系统介绍了电热除冰装置及其工作原理。首先,主要围绕除冰过程的传热特性、冰层力学特性和冰脊的形成,详细阐述了国内外电热除冰研究的发展。然后,针对国内外研究存在的一些问题,提出了几点对电热除冰研究的粗略想法,电热除冰数值计算方法和模拟技术研究、热力耦合特性对冰层融化和力学特性的影响研究、冰脱落准则和运动规律研究是未来研究需要重视的方向。     

救荒野豌豆对根竞争的响应及其识别机制

以救荒野豌豆为材料,研究其对邻体根的响应机制以及根之间的识别方式.结果表明:邻体根存在时,叶、茎、冠、根生物量,根冠比和花数量均没有变化,而繁殖生物量明显增加,表明根的生长与繁殖不存在权衡,也表明救荒野豌豆能够检测到邻体根的存在并做出响应;根之间的识别方式既有直接接触,也有间接的化感作用.