Modeling of Stationary Plasma Thruster-100 Thruster Plumes and Implications for Satellite Design

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 345-357

  Oh, David Y ^a   Hastings, Daniel E ^a   Marrese, Colleen M ^b   Haas, James M ^b   Gallimore, Alec D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; SATELLITES; THERMAL PLUMES;

ION ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; PLUME INDUCED SPUTTER EROSION; QUASINEUTRAL PLASMAS; STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTERS (SPT);

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 0033097344     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5432     Document Type: Article

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