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Accession Number:

AD1064754

Title:

Nascap-2k Version 4.3 Users Manual

Author(s):

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

Author Organization(s):

• LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC SAN DIEGO CA

Report Date:

2016-12-31

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.

Document Type:

Conference:

Journal:

Pages:

258

File Size:

13.06MB

Contracts:

Grants:

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

Identifiers:

• Nascap-2k
• Spacecraft Charging
• Space Environment
• ATS-6(Applications Technology Satellite 6)
• BEM(Boundary Element Method)
• Double Maxwellian distribution function
• Single Maxwellian distribution function

SubjectCategory:

• Space Technology
• Physics

Communities of Interest:

• Space

Distribution Statement:

Approved For Public Release

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