Stabilization of an injected conducting layer for artificially enhancing drag on orbital debris

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• 作者：R.B. Dahlburg ; L. Rudakov ; C. Crabtree ; G. Ganguli
• 关键词：Orbital debris ; Magnetohydrodynamics ; Numerical solution
• 刊名：Advances in Space Research
• 出版年：1 December, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：52
• 期：11
• 页码：1987-1992
• 全文大小：643 K

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The evolution of a magnetized conducting medium suspended in magnetic and gravitational fields is examined. In this paper some effects of the influence of velocity fields on the linear stability properties of such layers are investigated. A fully compressible, three-dimensional analysis of the layer is described. The relevant equations are derived and then solved by the MagnetoHydroDynamic SPEctral Compressible Linear Stability (MHDSPECLS) algorithm, a Chebyshev collocation code. The code allows for the computation of magnetic and thermal effects. A complete stabilization of the system is found above a critical velocity of approximately 2500 m/s.