Plasma-surface interactions caused by electric propulsion devices are an important
spacecraft aspect of the design that is difficult to measure in ground-based facilities. The …

When designing spacecraft with electric propulsion (EP) devices, it is important to assess
spacecraft integration to ensure that the important components are not subject to significant …

Relaxing the direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method to be compatible with variable
particle weights has significant advantages when applied to simulations with a large density …

Assessment of spacecraft integration issues is typically accomplished with a combination of
numerical tools developed to simulate different regions with different key physics. For …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-4325. vid Foundational shifts in the
space ecosystem are increasing the need for rapid adaptation throughout the technology …

H thrusters are a common spacecraft propulsion device for orbit maintenance and north-
south station keeping. One of the concerns about Hall thrusters is the effect of the thruster …

Hall thrusters are a spacecraft propulsion device for orbit maintenance and north-south
station keeping. One of the concerns about Hall thrusters is the sputtering of high energy …

A 3-D electron fluid model has been developed as a stepping stone to fully describe the
electron current flow across magnetic fields inside a vacuum chamber and to provide …