Numerical Aspects of Particle-in-Cell Simulations for Plasma-Motion Modeling of Electric Thrusters
The present work is focused on a detailed description of an in-house, particle-in-cell code developed by the authors, whose main aim is to perform highly accurate plasma simulations on an off-the-shelf computing platform in a relatively short computational time, despite the large number of macro-par...
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doaj-8879b04c65e74982a4ab8822572c06652021-06-01T00:09:18ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102021-05-01813813810.3390/aerospace8050138Numerical Aspects of Particle-in-Cell Simulations for Plasma-Motion Modeling of Electric ThrustersGiuseppe Gallo0Adriano Isoldi1Dario Del Gatto2Raffaele Savino3Amedeo Capozzoli4Claudio Curcio5Angelo Liseno6Department of Industrial Engineering—Aerospace Division, University of Naples “Federico II”, Piazzale Tecchio, 80-80125 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Industrial Engineering—Aerospace Division, University of Naples “Federico II”, Piazzale Tecchio, 80-80125 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Industrial Engineering—Aerospace Division, University of Naples “Federico II”, Piazzale Tecchio, 80-80125 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Industrial Engineering—Aerospace Division, University of Naples “Federico II”, Piazzale Tecchio, 80-80125 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Claudio, 21-80125 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Claudio, 21-80125 Naples, ItalyDepartment of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Claudio, 21-80125 Naples, ItalyThe present work is focused on a detailed description of an in-house, particle-in-cell code developed by the authors, whose main aim is to perform highly accurate plasma simulations on an off-the-shelf computing platform in a relatively short computational time, despite the large number of macro-particles employed in the computation. A smart strategy to set up the code is proposed, and in particular, the parallel calculation in GPU is explored as a possible solution for the reduction in computing time. An application on a Hall-effect thruster is shown to validate the PIC numerical model and to highlight the strengths of introducing highly accurate schemes for the electric field interpolation and the macroparticle trajectory integration in the time. A further application on a helicon double-layer thruster is presented, in which the particle-in-cell (PIC) code is used as a fast tool to analyze the performance of these specific electric motors.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/8/5/138particle-in-cellnumerical modellingGPU computingplasma thruster |
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Giuseppe Gallo Adriano Isoldi Dario Del Gatto Raffaele Savino Amedeo Capozzoli Claudio Curcio Angelo Liseno Numerical Aspects of Particle-in-Cell Simulations for Plasma-Motion Modeling of Electric Thrusters Aerospace particle-in-cell numerical modelling GPU computing plasma thruster |
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Giuseppe Gallo Adriano Isoldi Dario Del Gatto Raffaele Savino Amedeo Capozzoli Claudio Curcio Angelo Liseno |
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Numerical Aspects of Particle-in-Cell Simulations for Plasma-Motion Modeling of Electric Thrusters |
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Numerical Aspects of Particle-in-Cell Simulations for Plasma-Motion Modeling of Electric Thrusters |
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Numerical Aspects of Particle-in-Cell Simulations for Plasma-Motion Modeling of Electric Thrusters |
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Numerical Aspects of Particle-in-Cell Simulations for Plasma-Motion Modeling of Electric Thrusters |
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Numerical Aspects of Particle-in-Cell Simulations for Plasma-Motion Modeling of Electric Thrusters |
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numerical aspects of particle-in-cell simulations for plasma-motion modeling of electric thrusters |
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The present work is focused on a detailed description of an in-house, particle-in-cell code developed by the authors, whose main aim is to perform highly accurate plasma simulations on an off-the-shelf computing platform in a relatively short computational time, despite the large number of macro-particles employed in the computation. A smart strategy to set up the code is proposed, and in particular, the parallel calculation in GPU is explored as a possible solution for the reduction in computing time. An application on a Hall-effect thruster is shown to validate the PIC numerical model and to highlight the strengths of introducing highly accurate schemes for the electric field interpolation and the macroparticle trajectory integration in the time. A further application on a helicon double-layer thruster is presented, in which the particle-in-cell (PIC) code is used as a fast tool to analyze the performance of these specific electric motors. |
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particle-in-cell numerical modelling GPU computing plasma thruster |
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