Multi-hole grid thruster plume simulation model based on single grid aperture analytical model
Ziping Wang,
Daoman Han,
Guangqing Xia,
Yipeng Fan,
Chang Lu,
Bin Sun,
Chong Chen
Affiliations
Ziping Wang
State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis, Optimization and CAE Software for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Aerospace Vehicles of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Daoman Han
Lab of Advanced Space Propulsion and Beijing Engineering Research Center of Efficient and Green Aerospace Propulsion Technology, Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, China
Guangqing Xia
State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis, Optimization and CAE Software for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Aerospace Vehicles of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory of Trans-media Aerial Underwater Vehicle of Hebei Province, North China Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Langfang 065000, China
Yipeng Fan
State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis, Optimization and CAE Software for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Aerospace Vehicles of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory of Trans-media Aerial Underwater Vehicle of Hebei Province, North China Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Langfang 065000, China
Chang Lu
State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis, Optimization and CAE Software for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Aerospace Vehicles of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory of Trans-media Aerial Underwater Vehicle of Hebei Province, North China Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Langfang 065000, China; Corresponding author.
Bin Sun
State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis, Optimization and CAE Software for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Aerospace Vehicles of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory of Trans-media Aerial Underwater Vehicle of Hebei Province, North China Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Langfang 065000, China
Chong Chen
State Key Laboratory of Structural Analysis, Optimization and CAE Software for Industrial Equipment, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Aerospace Vehicles of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
This paper presents a plume divergence angle prediction model for ion thruster. Firstly, an analytical model using Gaussian distribution for single grid hole plume is proposed. The parameters of this single hole model are obtained from the particle simulation results of ion optics which utilizes the immersed finite element Particle-in-cell Monte Carlo collision (IFE-PIC-MCC) method. Then, by the extension of the single hole model, a three-dimensional plume model for the whole ion optics is proposed. This plume model can be used to predict the divergence angle of ion thruster plume. Finally, a numerical example with the simulation of a 217-hole ion optics is provided to demonstrate the features of the proposed method.
