Kyushu University Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences
Kyushu University Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences
Kyushu University Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences
Kyushu University Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences
出版者
宇宙航空研究開発機構
出版者（英）
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
雑誌名
宇宙航空研究開発機構研究開発報告: 磁気プラズマセイルの推力発生メカニズムの解明
雑誌名(英)
JAXA Research and Development Report: Elucidation of Thrust Generation Mechanism of Magnetic Sail
Recently, a new propulsion system called Magneto Plasma Sail (MPS) attracts attention, and it is expected to have high thrust to power ratio and high specific impulse. The MPS produces the propulsive force by the interaction between the solar wind and the artificial magnetic field inflated by the plasma injection. By using a 3D hybrid simulation code, we investigated, considering the finite Larmor radius effect, the inflation by the plasma injection and the interaction between the solar wind and the artificial magnetic field, respectively. In this paper, we showed the results of the magnetic field inflation with the finite Larmor radius effect and investigated the dependence of thrust on the size of the magnetic cavity. Also, we discussed the problem about costs of large scale calculation related with above numerical analysis and the necessity of concurrent analysis including both the inflation and the interaction between the solar wind and the magnetic field.
3次元ハイブリッドコードを用いた磁気プラズマセイルの数値解析
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