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Wu, X.

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NASA NTRS2003

Jupiter Icy Moons Tidal Signatures and Ocean Mapping from Orbit

Following the Galileo spacecraft encounters with Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, evidence emerged suggesting that these Galilean moons of Jupiter may have liquid oceans underneath their icy shells. Detection of the oceans on one or all three moons will have profound implications on probability of life beyond the Earth. The icy satellites also have tidal environments that are among the strongest in the solar system. The leading time-varying tidal forcing term on the surface of Europa is at least 9 times larger than those on the inner planets. Tidal forcing on the surfaces of Ganymede and Callisto are about 10% and 7%, respectively, of that on Europa. Since a planetary body with internal fluid deforms more than an otherwise solid body, tidal measurements offer exciting opportunities to detect the oceans.

Wu, X.↗
NASA NTRS2003

Integrated RANS-LES Computations of Turbomachinery Components: Generic Compressor/Diffuser

The goal of the current study is to apply the coupled RANS-LES approach to a compressor-diffuser geometry of a gas turbine. This flow configuration is important, since the outflow of the compressor alters the flow field in the subsequent diffuser. A detailed knowledge of the flow field in this section allows to optimize the difuser design in order to to achieve a decrease of pressure loss. Here, the NASA stage 35 compressor is coupled with a generic diffuser in order to assess the integrated RANS-LES approach.

Schlueter, J. U.↗
NASA NTRS2000

Investigating the Role of the Earth's Ionosphere in Space Weather: Modeling and Observations of High-Latitude Ionospheric Outflows

We will present what we believe to be the first reported observations of up- and downflows of topside ionospheric thermal plasmas from multiple near-simultaneous tracks through the high-latitude topside ionosphere. From several Southern polar passes, it has been possible to construct plots of field-aligned flows of 0+ observed by the Thermal Ion Dynamics Experiment(TIDE) on the POLAR spacecraft near 5000 km altitude together with vertical ion flow observations from one or more DMSP spacecraft near 800 km altitude. We also will present simultaneous observations of POLAR auroral LTVI images with field-aligned flows. We will further show new fluid-kinetic simulations of auroral ionospheric flows in the altitude range 120 km to several R-E as subjected to the synergistic auroral effects of soft electron precipitation, transverse wave-driven ion heating, and hot plasma-driven electric potentials.

Horwitz, J. L.↗