Computer Simulation of the Dynamics of the Near-Earth Part of the Geomagnetic Tail.

Abstract

The objective of the contract was to extend the Rice Convection Modeling capabilities tailward to include the near Earth part of the geomagnetic tail, in order to include the dynamics of that region in our substorm simulations. The effort was divided into three parts: 1. Development of equilibrium magnetic-field models; 2. Development of an MHD code for use in the near magnetotail for periods when flows are supersonic or super-Alfvenic; 3. Modification of the Rice Convection Model to make it applicable further out in the magnetotail.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 1986
Accession Number
ADA169449

Entities

People

  • R. Wolf

Organizations

  • Rice University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Convection
  • Current Density
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Grids
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Simulations
  • Solar Wind
  • Students
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flight