Experimental and numerical investigation of steady state MPD thrusters

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 398, 1997, Pages 431-439

  Winter, Michael ^a   Boie, Christian ^a   Auweter Kurtz, Monika ^a   Kurtz, Helmut L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

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EID: 5244247552     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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