Three-dimensional plasma particle-in-cell calculations of ion thruster backflow contamination
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Three-dimensional plasma particle-in-cell calculations of ion thruster backflow contamination
zbMATH Open document ID: 0860.76072
author: Robie I. Samanta Roy
author: Daniel E. Hastings
author: Steven Taylor
published in: Journal of Computational Physics
publication date: 1997-04-23T00:00:00Z
review text: A fully three-dimensional hybrid plasma particle-in-cell model for multi-computer environments was developed to assess the space-craft backflow contamination of an ion thruster. Results of plume backflow are presented for a 13-cm xenon ion thruster operating with a current level of 0.4 A on a model spacecraft. Three-dimensional results are compared with the results of a two-dimensional axisymmetric model to explore the three-dimensionality of the backstreaming flow field.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76M25
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 76X05
zbMATH DE Number: 947664
zbMATH Keywords: charge-exchange xenon ions
zbMATH Keywords: massively parallel 256-node Cray T3D
zbMATH Keywords: 13-cm xenon ion thruster
zbMATH Keywords: two-dimensional axisymmetric model
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: jcph.1996.0192
OpenAlex ID: W1996695128
DOI: 10.1006/JCPH.1996.0192
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 947664