Accession Number:

AD1064754

Title:

Nascap-2k Version 4.3 Users Manual

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Technical Report]

Corporate Author:

LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC SAN DIEGO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Davis, V. A.
• Gardner, B. M.
• Mandell, M. J.

Report Date:

2016-12-31

Pagination or Media Count:

258

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 user interface, how to use the code, and some of the physical assumptions of the computation models included in the code.

Descriptors:

• computer programs
• computers
• electromagnetic fields
• operating systems
• spacecraft charging
• computational science
• geosynchronous orbits
• computer programming
• artificial satellites
• electric fields
• solar panels
• spreadsheet software
• user interface
• earth orbits
• electron density
• electron emission
• engineering
• engineers
• materials
• space environments

Subject Categories:

• Astronautics
• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]