Numerical Plasma Simulation on Advanced Space Propulsion Systems
JAXA Supercomputer System Annual Report February 2022-January 2023
Report Number: R22EU0904
Subject Category: Space and Astronautical Science
- Responsible Representative: Ikkoh Funaki, Professor, ISAS
- Contact Information: Ikkoh Funaki(funaki.ikkoh@jaxa.jp)
- Members: Yuki Murayama, Ryoka Hayashi
Abstract
Due to the limitation of the existing spacecraft technology level, it is very difficult to enable solar system explorations in a quick and cost-effective mannger. Objective of this study is to obtain a breakthrough spacecraft propulsion technology that enables solar system exploration of the next generations.
Reference URL
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Reasons and benefits of using JAXA Supercomputer System
Design optimization of spacecraft propulsion requires a huge computer resource, hence supercomputer usage is very important.
Achievements of the Year
Magsail is a space propulsion system using the interactions between the solar wind and the magnetic field generated by the onboard coils. Magnetoplasma sail is a propulsion system that increases thrust by expanding the magnetosphere through plasma injection from the spacecraft. There are two mechanisms on the magnetospheric inflation: method using frozen-in of magnetic field to carry magnetic field lines by high dynamic pressure plasma and method using the diamagnetic current by thermal plasma, which is called the ring current. We investigated the effect of the dynamic pressure and thermal pressure on the MPS thrust performance used electromagnetic hydrodynamic simulation. It was shown that the ring current is enhanced by adding dynamic pressure to the thermal plasma and increases thrust gain. The high thrust gain over 2.25 was obtained at beta_th=0.5 to 2 and beta_k=4 to 8. However, the thrust is reduced because the super magneto acoustic wave region is generated in the magnetosphere, which prevents the propagation of thrust in large beta conditions. The wide parameter survey reveals injection plasma parameter regions where thrust reduction is restrained and high thrust gain is obtained.
Publications
– Non peer-reviewed papers
Yuki MURAYAMA, Ryota HARA, Yoshiki YAMAGIWA, Yuya OSHIO, Hiroyuki NISHIDA and Ikkoh FUNAKI, Magnetohydrodynamic Analysis of Magnetoplasma Sail for Plasma Injection Angle considering Thermal Pressure and Dynamic Pressure, Journal of Evolving Space Activities, in press.
Usage of JSS
Computational Information
- Process Parallelization Methods: N/A
- Thread Parallelization Methods: Automatic Parallelization
- Number of Processes: 1
- Elapsed Time per Case: 10 Hour(s)
JSS3 Resources Used
Fraction of Usage in Total Resources*1(%): 0.00
Details
Please refer to System Configuration of JSS3 for the system configuration and major specifications of JSS3.
System Name | CPU Resources Used(Core x Hours) | Fraction of Usage*2(%) |
---|---|---|
TOKI-SORA | 95933.72 | 0.00 |
TOKI-ST | 771.93 | 0.00 |
TOKI-GP | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-XM | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-LM | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-TST | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-TGP | 0.00 | 0.00 |
TOKI-TLM | 0.00 | 0.00 |
File System Name | Storage Assigned(GiB) | Fraction of Usage*2(%) |
---|---|---|
/home | 130.00 | 0.12 |
/data and /data2 | 800.00 | 0.01 |
/ssd | 800.00 | 0.11 |
Archiver Name | Storage Used(TiB) | Fraction of Usage*2(%) |
---|---|---|
J-SPACE | 0.00 | 0.00 |
*1: Fraction of Usage in Total Resources: Weighted average of three resource types (Computing, File System, and Archiver).
*2: Fraction of Usage:Percentage of usage relative to each resource used in one year.
ISV Software Licenses Used
ISV Software Licenses Used(Hours) | Fraction of Usage*2(%) | |
---|---|---|
ISV Software Licenses(Total) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
*2: Fraction of Usage:Percentage of usage relative to each resource used in one year.
JAXA Supercomputer System Annual Report February 2022-January 2023