Nascap-2k Version 4.2 Scientific Documentation

Abstract

Nascap-2k is a spacecraft charging and plasma interactions code designed to be used by spacecraft designers, aerospace and materials engineers, and space plasma environments experts to study the effects of both the natural and spacecraft-generated plasma environments on spacecraft systems.This document describes the physics and numeric models used in the surface charging, potential solution, and particle tracking portions of the code.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 2014
Accession Number
AD1012669

Entities

People

  • M. J. Mandell
  • V. A. Davis

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space