Progress in thrust measurements from micro pulsed plasma discharges

Collection of Technical Papers - 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2980-2994

  Emhoff, Jerold W ^a,b,c   Simon, Daniel H ^a,b,c   Land, H Bruce ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Research and Technology Development Center   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; PLASMA WAVES; PROPELLANTS; SPACE STATIONS;

IMPULSE BIT MEASUREMENTS; STATIONKEEPING; THRUST MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTRIC PROPULSION;

EID: 36749088438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-5299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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