Model of an electrothermal pulsed plasma thruster

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 424-430

  Keidar, Michael ^a   Boyd, Iain D ^a   Beilis, Isak I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMAS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTROTHERMAL PULSED PLASMA THRUSTER; PLASMA ENERGY BALANCE;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

EID: 0038519157     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6125     Document Type: Article

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