Date Approved
4-2019
Graduate Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Engineering (M.S.E.)
Degree Program
School of Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Jeffrey Ward
Second Advisor
Dr. Karl Brakora
Third Advisor
Dr. Greg Wolffe
Academic Year
2018/2019
Abstract
This thesis paper talks about the study of current distributions on dipole antenna immersed in collisional plasma. Analytical models like Balmain’s[6] one dimensional triangular current distribution, Staras[8] proposed and developed by Nikitin’s[10] threedimensional exponential current distribution and the PF-FDTD (Plasma Fluid- Finite Difference Time Domain) model[11] are compared against the Auroral Space Structure Probe (ASSP) flight data in order to show how data analysis can benefit. PF-FDTD model is used to study the antenna in weakly collisional plasma and the comparisons of the analytical and numerical solutions show that numerical model match better for data analysis of flight data sweeps than the analytical models. Advantages and disadvantages of these different models are discussed.
ScholarWorks Citation
Moravineni, Sindhuja, "To Study the Current Distributions of an Antenna in Magnetized Collisional Plasma via PFFDTD Simulations" (2019). Masters Theses. 932.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/932
