Quasisteady ablative magnetoplasmadynamic thruster performance with different propellants

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 254-260

  Paccani, Giorgio ^a,c,e   Chiarotti, Ugo ^a   Deininger, William D ^b,d,e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AVIO S P A   (Italy)

^c Dept of Mechanics and Aeronautics ^*  (Italy)

^d Manager Electric Propulsion   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ETHYLENE; IONIZATION OF SOLIDS; MAGNETOPLASMA; POLYETHYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SOLID PROPELLANTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

ETHYLENE CHLOROTRIFLUOROETHYLENE RESINS; QUASISTEADY ABLATIVE MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC THRUSTERS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0032025131     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5275     Document Type: Article

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