Arcjet anode plasma measurements using electrostatic probes

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 560-567

  Tiliakos, Nicholas T ^a,b,c   Burton, Rodney L ^a,c   Krier, Herman ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b GASL Inc   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA JETS; PLASMA PROBES; PLASMA SHEATHS;

ARCJET ANODE PLASMA; ELECTROSTATIC PROBES;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 0032118224     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5315     Document Type: Article

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