Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Baker, J. C..
As a part of it restructuring of the space mission design process, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory is investigating a model-driven concept for capturing system level requirements for space missions.
The high inclination orbit for the International Space Station poses a risk to astronauts on EVA during occasional periods of enhanced high energy particle flux from the sun known as Solar Particle Events. We are currently unable to predict these events within the few-hour lead time required for evasive action. Compounding the threat is the fact that station construction occurs during increasing solar activity and through the peak of the solar cycle. In this paper we present an overview of the risk, the current methods to provide forecasts of SPEs, and potential risk mitigation options.
Inhomogeneous plasma oscillations in counterstreaming plasmas analyzed for electric fields and resonant frequencies from Vlasov equation
Inhomogeneous plasma containing weak electron beam using Vlasov equation, noting wave-wave coupling effect
Computer experiment on 9000 particle plasma to test temporal echo theoretical prediction
Reiterative method for determining boundary shape between plasma and magnetic field