論文

査読有り
2008年10月

Development of Multi-Utility Spacecraft Charging Analysis Tool (MUSCAT)

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE
  • Takanobu Muranaka
  • Satoshi Hosoda
  • Jeong-Ho Kim
  • Shinji Hatta
  • Koichiro Ikeda
  • Takamitsu Hamanaga
  • Mengu Cho
  • Hideyuki Usui
  • Hiroko O. Ueda
  • Kiyokazu Koga
  • Tateo Goka
  • 全て表示

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開始ページ
2336
終了ページ
2349
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1109/TPS.2008.2003974
出版者・発行元
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC

A new numerical software package to analyze spacecraft charging, named "Multi-Utility Spacecraft Charging Analysis Tool" (MUSCAT), has been developed. MUSCAT consists of an integrated graphical user interface tool called "Vineyard" and the solver. Vineyard enables satellite engineers to compute spacecraft charging with little knowledge of the numerical calculations. Functions include 3-D satellite modeling, parameter input such as material and orbit environment, data transfer, and visualization of numerical results. Fundamental physical processes of charged-particle-surface interaction are included in the solver. These functions enable MUSCAT to analyze spacecraft charging at geostationary orbit, low Earth orbit, and polar Earth orbit (PEO). The numerical solver code is parallelized for high-speed computation, and the algorithm is optimized to achieve analysis of large-scale PEO satellite in the design phase. Variable time steps are also used to calculate the rapid change of the spacecraft body potential and the gradual change of the differential voltage in a single simulation with a practical number of iterations. In this paper, the functionality, algorithms, and simulation examples of MUSCAT are presented.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2008.2003974
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000261363200015&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1109/TPS.2008.2003974
  • ISSN : 0093-3813
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000261363200015

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