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Contributions of Heating and Forcing to the High-Latitude Lower Thermosphere: Dependence on the Interplanetary Magnetic Field

  • Kwak, Young-Sil;Richmond, Arthur;Ahn, Byung-Ho;Cho, Kyung-Suk
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.205-212
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    • 2010
  • To better understand the physical processes that maintain the high-latitude lower thermospheric dynamics, we have identified relative contributions of the momentum forcing and the heating to the high-latitude lower thermospheric winds depending on the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and altitude. For this study, we performed a term analysis of the potential vorticity equation for the high-latitude neutral wind field in the lower thermosphere during the southern summertime for different IMF conditions, with the aid of the National Center for Atmospheric Research Thermosphere-Ionosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (NCAR-TIEGCM). Difference potential vorticity forcing and heating terms, obtained by subtracting values with zero IMF from those with non-zero IMF, are influenced by the IMF conditions. The difference forcing is more significant for strong IMF $B_y$ condition than for strong IMF $B_z$ condition. For negative or positive $B_y$ conditions, the difference forcings in the polar cap are larger by a factor of about 2 than those in the auroral region. The difference heating is the most significant for negative IMF $B_z$ condition, and the difference heatings in the auroral region are larger by a factor of about 1.5 than those in the polar cap region. The magnitudes of the difference forcing and heating decrease rapidly with descending altitudes. It is confirmed that the contribution of the forcing to the high-latitude lower thermospheric dynamics is stronger than the contribution of the heating to it. Especially, it is obvious that the contribution of the forcing to the dynamics is much larger in the polar cap region than in the auroral region and at higher altitude than at lower altitude. It is evident that when $B_z$ is negative condition the contribution of the forcing is the lowest and the contribution of the heating is the highest among the different IMF conditions.

Numerical Study of the Dynamics Connecting a Solar Flare and a Coronal Mass Ejection

  • Inoue, Satoshi;Kang, Jihye;Choe, Gwangson
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.97.1-97.1
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    • 2014
  • We clarify the dynamics connecting a solar flare and a coronal mass ejection (CME) based on the results of a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation starting from a nonlinear force-free field (NLFFF) in Inoue et al. 2014. In previous studies, many authors proposed numerous candidates for triggering processes of a solar flare and the associated CME. Among them, the tether-cutting reconnection or the torus instability has been supported by recent simulations and observations. On the other hand, our MHD simulation in accordance with more realistic situations show that highly twisted field lines are first produced through a tether-cutting reconnection between the twisted field lines in the NLFFF, and then the newly formed, strongly twisted field erupts away from the solar surface because of a loss of equilibrium. This dynamics corresponds to the onset of a solar flare. Furthermore we have found that the strongly twisted erupting field reconnect with the weakly twisted ambient field during the eruption, creating a large flux tube, and then it rises over a critical height of the torus instability to trigger a CME. From these results, we conclude that the coupled process of tether-cutting reconnection and torus instability is important in the flare-CME relationship.

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Stability and Dynamics of a Magnetic Field Producing the M6.6 Class Solar Flare in NOAA Active Region 11158

  • Kang, Jihye;Inoue, Satoshi;Magara, Tetsuya
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.97.2-97.2
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we study the stability and dynamics of a magnetic field producing the M6.6 class solar flare taking place in NOAA active region (AR) 11158 on 2011 February 13th. Toriumi et. al. (2013) recently suggest that a fine scale magnetic structure on the photosphere gives a major possibility to produce the M6.6 class flare. On the other hand, they don't discuss the torus instability as a plausible mechanism even though Zhao et. al. (2014) and Janvier et. al. (2014) suspect it as the trigger mechanism of X2.2 class flare taking place later in the same AR. We are the first to investigate the stability of a nonlinear force-free field (NLFFF) prior to the M6.6 class flare against the torus instability by using analytical and numerical approaches. Consequently, we found that our NLFFF is quite stable against small perturbation. This result supports that the flare is triggered by the photospheric motion suggested by Toriumi et. al. (2013). We further perform another MHD simulation with an anomalous resistivity using the NLFFF as an initial condition. As a result, we found the eruption of strongly twisted lines. We compare our simulation results with observations and discuss relevant dynamics in detail.

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Numerical Analysis on Separation Dynamics of Strap-On Boosters in the Dense Atmosphere

  • Choi, Seongjin;Ko, Soon-Heum;Kim, Chongam;Rho, Oh-Hyun;Park, Jeong-joo
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.1-18
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    • 2001
  • A numerical technique for simulating the separation dynamics of strap-on boosters jettisoned in the dense atmosphere is presented. Six degree of freedom rigid body equations of motion are integrated into the three-dimensional unsteady Navier-Stokes solution procedure to determine the dynamic motions of strap-ons. An automated Chimera overlaid grid technique is introduced to achieve maximum efficiency for multi-body dynamic motion and a domain division technique is implemented in order to reduce the computational cost required to find interpolation points in the Chimera grids. The flow solver is validated by comparing the computed results around the Titan IV launch vehicle with experimental data. The complete analysis process is then applied to the. H-II launch vehicle, the central rocket in japans space program, the CZ-3C launch vehicle developed in China and the KSR-III, a three-stage sounding rocket being developed in Korea. From the analyses, separation trajectories of strap-on boosters are predicted and aerodynamic characteristics around the vehicles at every time interval are examined. In addition, separation-impulse devices generally introduced for safe separation of strap-ons are properly modeled in the present paper and the jettisoning force requirements are examined quantitatively.

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Capture Simulation Study for Space Debris Using Space-Nets (우주 그물을 이용한 우주 쓰레기 포획 시뮬레이션 연구)

  • Hwang, Ui-Jin;Jang, Mi;Lim, Jun-Hyun;Shin, Hyun-Cheol;Sim, Chang-Hoon;Park, Jae-Sang
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.50 no.6
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    • pp.435-444
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    • 2022
  • This study conducts capture simulations of space debris using a space-net. The present capture simulations are performed using ABAQUS, a nonlinear structural dynamics analysis code. A square space-net with 1 m × 1 m and a space debris with a cube configuration(0.3 m × 0.3 m × 0.3 m and 30 kg) are considered as baseline models. Using the baseline models, the capture simulation using ABAQUS is conducted to understand the capture process and establish the criteria of capture success or fail. In addition, the capture simulations are performed when various properties of the space-net are considered, and it is investigated that major design factors of the space-net are recognized to capture successfully the space debris.

Dynamic analysis of foundations in a layered half-space using a consistent transmitting boundary

  • Lee, Jin Ho;Kim, Jae Kwan;Tassoulas, John L.
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.3 no.3_4
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    • pp.203-230
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents results for impedance (and compliance) functions and input motions of foundations in a layered half-space computed on the basis of a procedure that combines a consistent transmitting boundary with continued-fraction absorbing boundary conditions which are accurate and effective in modeling wave propagation in various unbounded domains. The effects of obliquely incident seismic waves in a layered half-space are taken into account in the formulation of the transmitting boundary. Using the numerical model, impedance (and compliance) functions and input motions of rigid circular foundations on the surface of or embedded in a homogeneous half-space are computed and compared with available published results for verification of the procedure. Extrapolation methods are proposed to improve the performance in the very-low-frequency range and for the static condition. It is concluded from the applications that accurate analysis of foundation dynamics and soil-structure interaction in a layered half-space can be carried out using the enhanced consistent transmitting boundary and the proposed extrapolations.

A NEW FUNCTION SPACE Lα(X) VERSION 1.1

  • Pak, Hee Chul;Chang, Sang-Hoon
    • Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.471-481
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    • 2008
  • We develop a new function space $L_{\alpha}(X)$ that generalizes the classical Lebesgue space $L^p(X)$. The generalization is focused on a better explanation of the flux terms arising from many dynamics.

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A Crossed Beam Study of Atom-Radical Reaction Dynamics (원자-라디칼 반응 동력학의 교차 빔 연구)

  • Ju Seon-Gyu;Gwon Lee-Gyeong;Lee Ho-Jae;Choe Jong-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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    • 2003.05b
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    • pp.163-164
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    • 2003
  • Reaction dynamics plays an essential role in understanding the microscopic mechanism of elementary chemical processes at the molecular level. Detailed studies of the reactions of atomic species such as hydrogen and second-row atoms with small closed-shell molecules have provided important insights into hydrocarbon synthesis, combustion, interstellar space and atmospheric chemistry. Despite its mechanistic significance, however, the investigations of atom-radical reaction dynamics are quite scarce in comparison to the extensive studies of atom-molecule reactions. (omitted)

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THE ROBUST CONTROLLER DESIGN FOR UNCERTAIN MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEM USING SWITCHING DYNAMICS

  • Park, Gwi-Tae;Kuo, Chun-Ping;Kim, Dong-Sik;Lim, Sung-Jun
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1989.10a
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    • pp.924-930
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    • 1989
  • This paper presents the design of simple robust controller for a class of uncertain multivariable systems. We introduce switching dynamics instead of switching logics unlike variable structure control scheme. Also, we can construct the continuous control law from this switching dynamics and consequently remove the chattering motion. The dynamic equations of the range-space of a switching surface matrix C and uniform ultimate boundedness in the presence of parameter uncertainties are described mathematically.

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