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Windows XP SP2 (32bit), SPIS 3.6

Wake formation in LEO: No secondaries LEO enviroment: e- 0.1eV; p+ 0.05eV N: 1e12/m3 Vs/c=7700m/s

GMSH or Ultraedit

edit wakesimwake.geo Point (1) = { 4.000, 4.000, 6.000, 0.5}; Point (2) = { 4.000, 4.000, -6.000, 0.5}; Point (3) = {-4.000, 4.000, -6.000, 0.5}; Point (4) = {-4.000, 4.000, 6.000, 0.5}; Point (5) = { 4.000, -4.000, 6.000, 0.5}; Point (6) = { 4.000, -4.000, -6.000, 0.5}; Point (7) = {-4.000, -4.000, -6.000, 0.5}; Point (8) = {-4.000, -4.000, 6.000, 0.5}; Point (9) = {-1.040, 1.040, 2.600, 0.5}; Point (10)= {-1.040, 1.040, -2.600, 0.5}; Point (11)= {-1.560, 1.040, -2.600, 0.5}; Point (12)= {-1.560, 1.040, 2.600, 0.5}; Point (13)= {-1.040, -1.040, 2.600, 0.5}; Point (14)= {-1.040, -1.040, -2.600, 0.5}; Point (15)= {-1.560, -1.040, -2.600, 0.5}; Point (16)= {-1.560, -1.040, 2.600, 0.5}; Line (1) = {1, 2}; Line (2) = {2, 3}; Line (3) = {3, 4}; Line (4) = {4, 1}; Line (5) = {5, 6}; Line (6) = {6, 7}; Line (7) = {7, 8}; Line (8) = {8, 5}; Line (9) = {1, 5}; Line (10) = {2, 6}; Line (11) = {3, 7}; Line (12) = {4, 8}; Line (13) = {9, 10}; Line (14) = {10, 11}; Line (15) = {11, 12}; Line (16) = {12, 9}; Line (17) = {13, 14}; Line (18) = {14, 15}; Line (19) = {15, 16}; Line (20) = {16, 13}; Line (21) = {9, 13}; Line (22) = {10, 14}; Line (23) = {11, 15}; Line (24) = {12, 16}; Line Loop (38) = {1, 2, 3, 4}; Plane Surface (38) = {38}; Line Loop (40) = {5, 6, 7, 8}; Plane Surface (40) = {40}; Line Loop (42) = {1, 10, -5, -9}; Plane Surface (42) = {42}; Line Loop (44) = {3, 12, -7, -11}; Plane Surface (44) = {44}; Line Loop (46) = {4, 9, -8, -12}; Plane Surface (46) = {46}; Line Loop (48) = {2, 11, -6, -10}; Plane Surface (48) = {48}; Line Loop (50) = {13, 14, 15, 16}; Plane Surface (50) = {50}; Line Loop (52) = {17, 18, 19, 20}; Plane Surface (52) = {52}; Line Loop (54) = {13, 22, -17, -21}; Plane Surface (54) = {54}; Line Loop (56) = {15, 24, -19, -23}; Plane Surface (56) = {56}; Line Loop (58) = {16, 21, -20, -24}; Plane Surface (58) = {58}; Line Loop (60) = {14, 23, -18, -22}; Plane Surface (60) = {60}; Surface Loop (74) = {44, 38, 42, 48, 40, 46, 50, 54, 60, 56, 58, 52}; Volume (74) = {74}; Physical Surface (76) = {50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60}; Physical Surface (78) = {38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48}; Physical Volume (79) = {74};

2 SPIS-UI (1) File->Save project wakesim (2) GEOM->Geometry/CAD Manager

  1. Add file wakesimwake.geo
b. Choose wake.geo and Click "Set as main" c. Update project (3) LOAD GEOM (4) Properties->Load Default Properties Catalog (5) Properties->Editing Properties->Material Editor NONE ??? (6) Properties->Editing Properties->ElecNode Editor NONE ??? (7) Properties->Editing Properties->Plasma Editor NONE ??? (8) Groups->Edit Groups
  1. 76 SURFACE Material: Al oxyde; ElecNode: Spacecraft ground (ElecNode-0) ; Plasma: Spacecraft, default.
b. 78 SURFACE Material: NONE; ElecNode: NONE; Plasma: Boundary, default. c. 79 VOLUME Material: NONE; ElecNode: NONE; Plasma: Plasma Model in Volume, default. default. d. OK (9) Call the mesher (10)Convert the GEOM (CAD) groups into mesh groups (11)Map the fields on the mesh according to groups (12)Call the global parameters editor
  1. Spacecraft
  1. CSat 1.0e-9 default
2. electricCircuitFilename clear all content of circuit.txt or leave this Blank 3. electricCircuitIntergrate 1 for floating potential 4. initPot 0.0 5. initPotFlag 1 default 6. sourceFlag1/2/3/4 0.0 default 7. Others default b. Surface Interactions
  1. electronSecondaryDensification 1.0 default
2. electronSecondaryEmission 0 3. erosion 0 default ; erosion* default 4. inducedConductivity 0 default 5. photoEmission 0 default; photoElectron* default 6. protonSecondaryEmission 0 ;proton* default 7. secondaryDt -1 default; secondary* default 8. sunX/Y: default sunZ: 0.0 9. surfaceConductivity/volumeConductivity: 0 default 10. Others default c. Poisson equation all default d. Outputs all default e. Plasma

electronDensity 1e12;

2 electronTeperature 0.1; 3 ionDensity 1e12; 4 ionTemperature 0.05; 5 ionVx 7700; 6 Other default f. Simulation control duration 1.0e-4; all default
  1. B Field
all default
  1. Volume Interactions
volInteract 0.0 default; all default
  1. Save and Quit
(13)Convert Data form UI to NUM data structure (14)launch SOLVER till time is up. (15)Fields->DataFields Manager

Maybe It can be a tutorial, why does the simulation show particles number density is nearly zero?

posted by wang ji at Feb 28, 2008 6:31 AM