Accession Number:

AD1052188

Title:

Nascap 2k Version 4.3 Scientific Documentation

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,19 Sep 2011,31 Dec 2016

Corporate Author:

Leidos, Inc. San Diego United States

Personal Author(s):

• Davis,V A.
• Mandell,M J

Report Date:

2016-12-31

Pagination or Media Count:

88.0

Abstract:

Nascap-2k is a spacecraft charging and plasma interactions code designed to be used by spacecraft designers, aerospace and materials engineers, and space plasma environments experts to study the effects of both the natural and spacecraft-generated plasma environments on spacecraft systems. This document describes the physics and numeric models used in the surface charging, potential solution, and particle tracking portions of the code.

Descriptors:

• computer program documentation
• space environment
• spacecraft charging
• computational modeling
• plasmas (physics)

Subject Categories:

• Spacecraft Trajectories and Reentry
• Unmanned Spacecraft
• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics
• Astrophysics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE