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pdFoam
pdFoam is a hybrid electrostatic particle-in-cell (PIC) — direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) code for near-Earth plasma-body interactions. Understanding the interaction of the near-Earth space environment with orbiting bodies is critical, both from a design and scientific perspective. In low-Earth orbit (LEO), the interaction between the ionosphere and orbiting objects is well studied from a charging perspective. Not well understood is the effect of the ionosphere on the motion of LEO objects, i.e., ionospheric aerodynamics. pdFoam is the self-consistent modelling tool to take up these challenges.
| This code has been developed at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Canberra, Australia. | |
| Volunteering work from 2018 onwards. | |