NASA GRC and MSFC space plasma arc testing procedures

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5 II, 2006, Pages 1948-1958

  Ferguson, Dale C ^a   Vayner, Boris V ^b   Galofaro, Joel T ^c   Hillard, G Barry ^c   Vaughn, Jason ^a   Schneider, Todd ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospace simulation; Arc discharges; Environmental testing; Plasma measurements

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT; STANDARDIZATION;

AEROSPACE SIMULATION; ARC DISCHARGES; PLASMA MEASUREMENT; SPACE PLASMA;

PLASMAS;

EID: 33750384647     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2006.879093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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