Electrode design for magnetohydrodynamic power panels on reentering space vehicles

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 5233-5243

  Steeves, Craig A ^a,b   Shneider, Mikhail N ^a,b   Macheret, Sergey O ^a,b   Wadley, Haydn N G ^c   Miles, Richard B ^a,b   Evans, Anthony G ^d  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c University of Virginia   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODES; IONIZATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; POWER GENERATION;

ELECTRODE DESIGN; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC POWER PANELS; SPACE VEHICLES (SV); THERMAL PROTECTION;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 30744446746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-1340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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