Spot mode transition and the anode fall of pulsed magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1036-1042

  Diamant, Kevin D ^a,b,c,d   Choueiri, Edgar Y ^a,b,d   Jahn, Robert G ^a,b,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Elec Propuls Plasma Dynam Lab   (United States)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; IONIZATION; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DEVICES; PROPELLANTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

LARMOR RADIUS; PULSED MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC THRUSTERS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 0032206680     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5371     Document Type: Article

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