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Preliminary analysis of the MER magnetic properties experiment using a computational fluid dynamics model |
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| Authors: | KM Kinch JP Merrison P Bertelsen P Nørnberg |
| Institution: | a Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark b Center for Planetary Science, Danish Space Research Institute and Niels Bohr Institute for Astronomy, Physics and Geophysics, Copenhagen University, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark c Department of Earth Sciences, Aarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark |
| Abstract: | Motivated by questions raised by the magnetic properties experiments on the NASA Mars Pathfinder and Mars Exploration Rover (MER) missions, we have studied in detail the capture of airborne magnetic dust by permanent magnets using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model supported by laboratory simulations. The magnets studied are identical to the capture magnet and filter magnet on MER, though results are more generally applicable.The dust capture process is found to be dependent upon wind speed, dust magnetization, dust grain size and dust grain mass density. Here we develop an understanding of how these parameters affect dust capture rates and patterns on the magnets and set bounds for these parameters based on MER data and results from the numerical model. This results in a consistent picture of the dust as containing varying amounts of at least two separate components with different physical properties. |
| Keywords: | Mars Magnets Dust Wind Computational fluid dynamics |
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