Modeling of a pulsed plasma thruster from plasma generation to plume far field

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 399-407

  Boyd, Iain D ^a   Keidar, Michael ^a   McKeon, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORINE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; ROCKET ENGINES;

PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS;

REUSABLE ROCKETS;

EID: 0033688267     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3574     Document Type: Article

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