| Citation: | YANG Zhenyu, ZHANG Yuanzhe, FAN Wei, et al. Numerical investigation on energy coupling characteristics of ion cyclotron resonance heating stage in variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket[J]. Journal of Aerospace Power, 2026, 41（9）：20250341 doi: 10.13224/j.cnki.jasp.20250341
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The effective ion heating of the ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) stage is of vital importance for the variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket (VASIMR) to become an effective propulsion device. A multi-component fluid model in which the helicon plasma source (HPS) and the ICRH stage are connected in series was developed. The simulation was performed with different antenna length and different input frequency to analyze the ion energy coupling mechanism of the ICRH stage. The numerical results demonstrated that, the azimuthal ion current density resonated with the azimuthal electric field in the ICRH stage and ions can absorb energy from electromagnetic fields continuously due to the resonance. The resonant area got larger as the antenna length of the ICRH stage increased and ions could deposit energy from electromagnetic fields more efficiently. The input frequency of the ICRH stage had a great influence on the ion heating effect. Due to the existence of ion collisions, the optimum input frequency of the ICRH stage was lower than the ion cyclotron frequency and the heating efficiency decreased as the ion temperature increased.
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