Acceleration of PIC and CR algorithms for High Fidelity In-Space Propulsion Modeling (Briefing Charts)

Abstract

We describe enhancements under development for multi-scale methods to be applied to the high-fidelity modeling of spacecraft electric propulsion systems and their environment. Multiple challenges in multi-scale integration, statistical accuracy, and physical modeling are addressed through a variety of innovative numerical methods and mathematical approaches. We emphasize the advances made on a specialized multi-scale time-stepping integrator for finite-Larmor radius particle trajectories, accelerated collisional-radiative non-equilibrium ionization kinetics through Boltzmann equilibrated level groups, and a novel approach to dynamic phase-space reconstruction which can be used to resolve the problems of multi-scale statistics in particle-based kinetic simulations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 29, 2013
Accession Number
ADA596963

Entities

People

  • Carl Lederman
  • Hai Le
  • Jean Luc Cambier
  • Robert Martin

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algorithms
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Energy Conservation
  • Estimators
  • Ionization
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Kinetics
  • Magnetic Mirrors
  • Particles
  • Physics
  • Reliability
  • Secondary Emission
  • Space Propulsion
  • Spacecraft
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster