Advanced Kinetic-Based Modeling Applied to Plasma and Neutral Flows

Abstract

Summary: First step toward accurate modeling of FRC thruster with neutral entrainment Comparison of ionization and charge exchange reaction rates indicates that the use of nitrogen and especially xenon may be problematic, while neon appears to be a fairly good propellant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA567987

Entities

People

  • Andrew D. Ketsdever
  • Jean Luc Cambier
  • Sergey F. Gimelshein

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Breathing
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Collisions
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Electrons
  • Entrainment
  • Exchange Reactions
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • High Temperature
  • Ion Density
  • Ionization
  • Ions
  • Mass Transfer
  • Military Research
  • Physics
  • Space Propulsion

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster