Towards micropropulsion systems on-a-chip: Initial results of component feasibility studies

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 149-168

  Mueller, Juergen ^a   Chakraborty, Indrani ^a   Vargo, Stephen ^a   Marrese, Colleen ^a   White, Victor ^a   Bame, David ^a   Reinicke, Robert ^b   Holzinger, John ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Moog   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MICROCONTROLLERS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

JET PROPULSION LABORATORY; MICRO ION ENGINE; MICRO ISOLATION VALVE; MICRO PIEZO VALVE; MICROPROPULSION SYSTEMS; MICROTHRUSTER;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034431818     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2000.878383     Document Type: Article

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