Thrust efficiency calculation for magnetic nozzle in laser fusion rocket

Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 161, 2005, Pages 180-182

  Sakaguchi, Nobuyasu ^a   Kajimura, Yoshihiro ^a   Nakashima, Hideki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser Fusion Rocket; Magnetic Nozzle; Thrust Efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748308979     PISSN: 05493811     EISSN: 05493811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2322/tjsass.48.180     Document Type: Article

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