Satellite operations in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO), altitudes below 250km, are highly appealing for flexible, high-performing and economical spacecraft operations to deliver low-cost communications and Earth observation data. However, the mission lifetime in VLEO is significantly limited due to the aerodynamic drag from the momentum exchange between the residual atmosphere and satellite. This article describes a recent research of S. Andrews that utilized our Starfish plasma simulation code. (May 25 2020)
This tutorial shows you how setup a DSMC simulation using Starfish. We model expansion of an atmospheric pressure gas to a low pressure reservoir and also compute self-diffusion coefficient of argon. (Apr 14 2017)
The final part of the multipart Startfish tutorial. In this part we discuss adding material interactions, including chemical reactions, Monte Carlo Collisions (MCC), and Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC). (Dec 12 2012)
Part 4 of the multi-part Starfish tutorial. In this part we add commands to export surface properties such as surface flux, learn about steady state, and setup data averaging. (Nov 21 2012)
Part 3 of Starfish plasma simulation solver tutorial. Here we introduce surface interactions and modify the input files to simulate the recombinations of ions at the surface of the cylinder. (Nov 12 2012)
The second part of the multi-part Starfish tutorial. In this part we add particle sources to simulate flow of plasma over a cylinder. We also introduce animations. (Nov 6 2012)
The first part of the multi-part Starfish tutorial. In this article we introduce the input files needed to setup a simulation for a flow of plasma over an infinitely long cylinder. (Oct 29 2012)