Development of Physical and Mathematical Models Describing Ionization Mechanisms for Neutral Gas Jets Produced by Conventional Thrusters and Other Onboard Systems

Abstract

The paper contains the description of the code to calculate the parameters of gas-plasma formations (GPF) arising as a result of ionization of neutral gases released from a spacecraft due to action of space flight factors including ultraviolet radiation and ram ionospheric flow, representative samples of calculations and comparison of results obtained with available data on interaction of gas releases with environment User's Manual of Program GPF developed, is presented in Appendix.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA359555

Entities

People

  • Valery Garkusha

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Charged Particles
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Contracts
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Flight
  • Gas Flow
  • Gas Ionization
  • High Energy
  • Ionization
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Radiation
  • Space Flight
  • Three Dimensional
  • Ultraviolet Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster