Fully-Kinetic Pife-Pic Simulations of Plasma Charging at Lunar Craters
Abstract
This paper presents a fully-kinetic numerical investigation of plasma charging at lunar craters using the most recently developed Parallel Immersed-Finite-Element Particle-in-Cell (PIFE-PIC) code. This model explicitly includes the lunar regolith layer and the bedrock in the simulation domain, taking into account the regolith layer thickness and permittivity, and is capable of resolving a non-trivial surface terrain or spacecraft configuration. 3-D domain decomposition is used for both particle-push and field-solve steps of the PIC loop to distribute the computation among multiple processors. Simulations are presented to study surface charging and lunar habitat charging near the lunar craters.
Recommended Citation
D. Lund et al., "Fully-Kinetic Pife-Pic Simulations of Plasma Charging at Lunar Craters," Proceedings of the AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum (2020, Orlando, FL), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Jan 2020.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-1549
Meeting Name
AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum (2020: Jan. 6-10, Orlando, FL)
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for High Performance Computing Research
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-162410595-1
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
10 Jan 2020
