Ionization model results of ionocraft

2014/10/27 by Chen Ma, Ma Chen, Guo Jia +10
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn) #Ion-surface interactions and analysis #Metal and Thin Film Mechanics #Plasma Diagnostics and Applications #physics.flu-dyn

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1410.7114

7 pages, 5 figures

openalex publication_date 2014/10/27 · arxiv created 2014/11/20 · arxiv updated 2014/11/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

An ionocraft is a small instrument that generates net vertical force from electrostatic field. A model of ionization and flow is built to explain this force. The assumption of a threshold field density and the constant charge density is applied to simplify the flow model. With these assumptions, corresponding simulation results and comparison with experimental data, we have shown that this model is sufficient to explain the force on the ionocraft.

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