pdFOAM: a PIC-DSMC code for near-Earth plasma-body interactions

DOI10.1016/J.COMPFLUID.2017.03.020zbMath1390.76701OpenAlexW2603799943MaRDI QIDQ1648245

Y. Aharonov

Publication date: 27 June 2018

Published in: Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/138700/7/138700.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

space situational awarenesscharged aerodynamicsspacecraft-environment interactions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Particle methods and lattice-gas methods (76M28) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30) Ionized gas flow in electromagnetic fields; plasmic flow (76X05)

Related Items (3)

picFoam: an OpenFOAM based electrostatic particle-in-cell solver ⋮ The effects of gurney flap on the aerodynamic performance of NACA 0012 airfoil in the rarefied gas flow ⋮ pdFOAM

Uses Software

• OpenFOAM
• dsmcFoam
• CPIC
• DEMOCRITUS
• MONACO
• PicUp3D
• DRACO

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