Technology and application aspects of applied field magnetoplasmadynamic propulsion

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 754-763

  Krülle, Gerd ^a,d,e   Auweter Kurtz, Monika ^b,f   Sasoh, Akihiro ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Turbomachinery and Flight Propulsion   (Germany)

^e Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme ^*  (Germany)

^f Institut fur Raumfahrtsysteme   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT;

APPLIED FIELD MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC (AF-MPD) THRUSTERS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0032166784     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5338     Document Type: Article

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