A miniature electrothermal thruster using microwave-excited microplasmas: Thrust measurement and its comparison with numerical analysis

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Takao, Yoshinori ^a,b   Eriguchi, Koji ^a   Ono, Kouichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b THine Electronics Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITED STATES; FLOW RATE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMAS;

ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTERS; MICRONOZZLE; MICROWAVE EXCITED MICROPLASMAS; PROPELLANT GAS;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 34547346887     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2749336     Document Type: Article

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