High Fidelity Modeling of Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) Thrusters

Abstract

This report reviews our effort to develop an advanced multiscale and multifidelity Modeling and Simulation (M and S) capability targeted at the fundamental studies of the physical characteristics of Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) plasma for advanced space propulsion. This effort consists of numerical model development, physical model development, and systematic studies of the non-linear plasma dynamics and finite rate processes governing FRC formation, acceleration, stability and interaction with the environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1010980

Entities

People

  • Justin Koo

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Charged Particles
  • Clearances
  • Collisions
  • Dynamics
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Environment
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Momentum Transfer
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Physics
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Space Propulsion
  • Thrusters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster