POLAR 2.0 Validation and Preflight SPEAR 1 (Space Power Experiments Aboard Rockets) Calculations

Abstract

The authors present a description of the POLAR 2.0 code and data structure. POLAR 2.0 calculations of the self-consistent magnetosheath of a sphere in a magnetic field are presented and shown to be consistent with the Parker-Murphy limits. The POLAR code is shown to agree with the results of a 2-dimensional code for this symmetric case. Preflight SPEAR II calculation of the current distribution to the spheres, booms, and rocket body were performed for two of the voltage configurations. These results are presented here and compared with corresponding nonself-consistent calculations using the NASCAP/LEO code. Keywords: Magnetic limiting, Space charge. Author.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201094

Entities

People

  • G. A. Jongeward
  • I. Katz
  • J. Lilley
  • M. J. Mandell

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Algorithms
  • Angular Momentum
  • Availability
  • Boundaries
  • Charge Density
  • Classification
  • Electric Fields
  • Geometry
  • High Voltage
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Security
  • Space Charge
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Satellites