Space station freedom structure floating potential and the probability of arcing

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 830-834

  Hastings, Daniel E ^a,b   Cho, Mengu ^a,b   Wang, Jiong ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CHARGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PROBABILITY;

CURRENT COLLECTION; ELECTRIC ARCING; SPACE STATION FREEDOM; STRUCTURE FLOATING POTENTIAL;

SPACE STATIONS;

EID: 0026945472     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.25538     Document Type: Article

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