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 electron flux to solar arrays for spacecraft surface charging model. A detailed description of the numerical treatment of the electric potential solver, including finite-volume formulation, implementation, and the treatment of boundary conditions, are presented in this paper. Verification tests of the model are presented.


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    Title :

    Development Status of a Three-Dimensional Electron Fluid Model for Hall Thruster Plume Simulations


    Contributors:
    Choi, Maria (author) / Yim, John T. (author)

    Conference:

    Joint Propulsion Conference, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum ; 2018 ; Cincinnati, OH, United States


    Publication date :

    2018-10-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English