Highly biased solar arrays are found to have a number of significant interactions with the space environment. The negatively biased parts of the array undergo enhanced ion drag and also suffer from destructive arcing. The enhanced drag suffered by highly biased solar arrays is studied with the PIC code. A new model of the drag is developed and the results are compared to recent experimental work. The drag calculations contain the effect of having the conductor surrounded by dielectrics as well as the charging of the dielectric by electrons.


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    Titel :

    Ion drag on a high negatively biased solar array


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ionenziehen an einem Solarfeld mit stark negativer Vorspannung


    Beteiligte:
    Hastings, D.E. (Autor:in) / Cho, M. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Space Power ; 9 , 2/3 ; 99-111


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1990


    Format / Umfang :

    13 Seiten, 10 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 5 Quellen



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Ion drag for a negatively biased solar array in low earth orbit

    HASTINGS, DANIEL E. / CHO, MENGU | AIAA | 1990


    Ion drag for a negatively biased solar array in low earth orbit

    Hastings, Daniel E. / Cho, Mengu | NTRS | 1990


    Where do negatively biased solar arrays arc?

    THIEMANN, H. / SCHUNK, R. W. / BOGUS, K. | AIAA | 1990


    Threshold voltage for arcing on negatively biased solar arrays

    Hastings, Daniel E. / Weyl, Guy / Kaufman, Donald | NTRS | 1990


    Threshold voltage for arcing on negatively biased solar arrays

    HASTINGS, DANIEL E. / WEYL, GUY / KAUFMAN, DONALD | AIAA | 1990