Biefeld-Brown Effect: Misinterpretation of Corona Wind Phenomena

AIAA Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 315-318

  Tajmar, M ^a,b,c  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b Space Propulsion ^*  (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CAPACITORS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GRAVITATION; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TETHERLINES;

BIEFELD-BROWN EFFECT; CORONA WIND EFFECTS; PROPULSION THRUSTERS;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 1542711390     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.9095     Document Type: Article

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