2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Experimental Visualization of Ion Engine Beam Optics for Simulation Code Validation
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21760661
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Aerospace engineering
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| Research Institution | 防衛大学校 |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 推進・エンジン / イオンエンジン / ビーム軌道 / 可視化 / 計算解析 / 解精度検証 |
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| Research Abstract |
An ion thruster, which is the one of space propulsion system, was two-dimensional visualized. The visible area of this thruster ion flows is larger than conventional ion thruster, and the luminance of the flows was improved with higher density ion production. With approved construction of optical measurement system, clear and high-resolution photo-images of the ion flows were experimental obtained. Their geometry data with experimental condition data are unique in both our country and overseas, and worth a lot to objectively-validate the ion thruster endurance simulation codes from various perspectives, for the efficiently development of the thrusters.
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