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Comparison of computational algorithms for simulating an electrospray plume with a n-body approach

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dc.creator Hampl, Sebastian K.
dc.creator Waggoner, Marshall T.
dc.creator Gallud Cidoncha, Ximo
dc.creator Petro, Elaine M.
dc.creator Lozano, Paulo C.
dc.date 2022-10-11T17:11:53Z
dc.date 2022-10-11T17:11:53Z
dc.date 2022-10-07
dc.date 2022-10-09T03:12:38Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-17T20:02:30Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-17T20:02:30Z
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145777
dc.identifier Journal of Electric Propulsion. 2022 Oct 07;1(1):17
dc.identifier PUBLISHER_CC
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/242093
dc.description Abstract In order to better evaluate the trade-offs between different simulation options for an electrospray thruster plume, we have developed a multi-scale n-body code to compute the evolution of a single emitter electrospray plume in the pure ionic regime. The electrostatic force computations in the simulation are captured through the use of three different computational algorithms with various degrees of approximation. The results of the simulations for a simple test case are compared in terms of computational speed and accuracy. The test case utilizes a single operating point (323nA) for a stable meniscus solution for the ionic liquid EMI-BF4 firing in the positive pure ion mode. Complex species and probabilistic fragmentation processes are neglected. An overview is provided of the trade-off between accuracy and computational speed for the three algorithms in the context of simulating the electrostatic interactions between particles. For a large number of particles, the faster algorithms show a significant reduction in computational time while maintaining a high level of accuracy with a proper choice of tuning parameters.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer International Publishing
dc.relation https://doi.org/10.1007/s44205-022-00015-w
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution
dc.rights https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.source Springer International Publishing
dc.title Comparison of computational algorithms for simulating an electrospray plume with a n-body approach
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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