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Theoretical and experimental studies on internal charging/discharging phenomena occurring spacecraft material

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14205140
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Aerospace engineering
Research InstitutionMusashi Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

TOMITA Nobuyuki  Musashi Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (90262302)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) WATANABE Rikio  Musashi Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Research Associate, 工学部, 助手 (20308026)
TANAKA Yasuhiro  Musashi Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (30227186)
TAKADA Tatsuo  Musashi Institute of Technology, Faculty of Environmental and Information Studies, Professor, 環境情報学部, 教授 (10061532)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥32,630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥25,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥7,530,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥10,790,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,490,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥19,630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥15,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,530,000)
KeywordsInternal charging / Monte-Carlo method / Electron beam / Dielectric material / モンテカルロ法
Research Abstract

In order to simulate the space radiation environment, the high vacuum chamber (2002) and the electron gun (2003) were installed. Electron irradiation tests on several dielectric materials such as Kapton and Teflon were carried out and the charge distributions inside the materials were obtained using the measurement technique previously developed by the present research group. Tests on glass material used for the cover glass on solar panels were also carried out. The results indicate that there exists a peak of charge density inside the dielectric material and high electric field and electric potential are induced due to the electron irradiation. The penetration depth of the charge becomes deeper as the incident electron energy increases. The charge density profiles inside glass materials vary according to the composition, but clear relationship between the profile and the component has not been revealed. The internal charging database is going to be organized using the data obtained. As for theoretical point of view, the physical model for collision between incoming electrons and atoms consisting the dielectric material was constructed based on consideration of the quantum theory. Numerical simulations based on the model were carried out using the Monte-Carlo methodology. Each electron injected onto the material surface is tracked based on the statistical estimations, and the trapped electrons are counted to construct charge density distribution. A PC-based parallel computer was installed in 2002 to execute this calculation because this type of simulation requires huge memories and high CPU performance. The simulation results show the electron accumulation process, but quantitative agreement of charge profile compared to that obtained by the experiments were not obtained. The detailed investigation clarified that the excessive ionization occurred among the collision processes and thus the positive charge near the irradiated surface were observed.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2004 2003

All Journal Article (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] 温度変化をともなう試料中の空間電荷分布測定法の確立2004

    • Author(s)
      石崎誠一
    • Journal Title

      電気学会論文誌A 124

      Pages: 902-908

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Establishment of Space Charge Measurement Techniques in Samples with Variation of Temperature2004

    • Author(s)
      Ishizaki et al.
    • Journal Title

      IEEJ Trans.FM Vol.124, No.10

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] ガラス材料の空問電荷蓄積特性2003

    • Author(s)
      三宅弘晃
    • Journal Title

      電気学会論文誌A 123

      Pages: 62-69

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Space Charge Distribution for Various Glass Materials under Stress2003

    • Author(s)
      Miyake et al.
    • Journal Title

      IEEJ Trans.FM Vol.123, No.1

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 2002-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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