Improvements of flow characteristics for an advanced plasma thruster

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2005, Pages 191-196

  Inutake, M ^a   Hosokawa, Y ^a   Sato, R ^a   Ando, A ^a   Tobari, H ^a   Hattori, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; AXIAL FLOW; IONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SUPERSONIC FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FUSION-PLASMA THRUSTER; MAGNETIC NOZZLES; MAGNETO-PLASMA-DYNAMIC ARCJET (MPDA); MARS SPACE THRUSTER;

PLASMAS;

EID: 28144435184     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST05-A637     Document Type: Conference Paper

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