The Environment-Power System Analysis Tool development programThe Environment Power System Analysis Tool (EPSAT) is being developed to provide engineers with the ability to assess the effects of a broad range of environmental interactions on space power systems. A unique user-interface-data-dictionary code architecture oversees a collection of existing and future environmental modeling codes (e.g., neutral density) and physical interaction models (e.g., sheath ionization). The user-interface presents the engineer with tables, graphs, and plots which, under supervision of the data dictionary, are automatically updated in response to parameter change. EPSAT thus provides the engineer with a comprehensive and responsive environmental assessment tool and the scientist with a framework into which new environmental or physical models can be easily incorporated.
Document ID
19900051034
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Jongeward, Gary A. (Maxwell Labs., Inc. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Kuharski, Robert A. (Maxwell Labs., Inc. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Kennedy, Eric M. (Maxwell Labs., Inc. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Wilcox, Katherine G. (Maxwell Laboratories, Inc. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Stevens, N. John (Maxwell Labs., Inc. La Jolla, CA, United States)
Putnam, Rand M. (TRW, Inc. Redondo Beach, CA, United States)
Roche, James C. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)