Plasma Interactions with Spacecraft. Volume 2, NASCAP-2K Scientific Documentation for Version 4.1

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
Apr 15, 2011
Accession Number
ADA542582

Entities

People

  • M. J. Mandell
  • V. A. Davis

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Charged Particles
  • Computational Science
  • Earth Orbits
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Photoelectrons
  • Physics
  • Protons
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Charging

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space