Performance and acceleration process of quasisteady magnetoplasmadynamic arcjets with applied magnetic fields

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 651-658

  Tahara, Hirokazu ^a,b,c   Kagaya, Yoichi ^a,b   Yoshikawa, Takao ^a,b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Engineering Science for Electronics and Materials   (Japan)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ARGON; CATHODES; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOPLASMA; NITROGEN; PLASMA JETS;

ALFVEN'S IONIZATION VELOCITY; HALL ACCELERATION; MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC ARCJETS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION;

EID: 0031235815     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5216     Document Type: Article

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