An axial- azimuthal hybrid simulation of coaxial hall thrusters

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE 42nd Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 261-267

  Fernandez, Eduardo ^a,c,d   Knoll, Aaron ^b,d,e   Cappelli, Mark A ^b,d,e  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Natural Sciences Department   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

^e Mechanical Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HALL EFFECT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

COAXIAL HALL THRUSTERS; DRIFT VELOCITY;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

EID: 34248996196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-4329     Document Type: Conference Paper

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