Propellant charring in pulsed plasma thrusters

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 978-984

  Keidar, Michael ^a   Boyd, Iain D ^a   Antonsen, Erik L ^b   Gulczinski III, Frank S ^c   Spanjers, Gregory G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b United States of America   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLUXES; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PROPELLANTS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL PLUMES;

ABLATION RATE; PROPELLANT CHARRING; PULSE PLASMA THRUSTERS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 10244260365     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.2471     Document Type: Article

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