A ballistic-pendulum test stand to characterize small cold-gas thruster nozzles

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 64, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 615-625

  Lugini, Claudio ^a,b   Romano, Marcello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Space Systems Academic Group ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZERS; BALLISTICS; NAVIGATION; PENDULUMS; PRESSURE REGULATORS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; PROPULSION; SPACE SIMULATORS; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; TESTING;

AIR TANKS; AUTONOMOUS DOCKING; COLD-GAS THRUSTERS; DIGITAL TIMERS; GAS NOZZLES; GUIDANCE , NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS; INELASTIC COLLISIONS; LASER SENSORS; LATERAL OSCILLATIONS; MASS FLOW RATES; MODEL-BASED; PENDULUM TESTS; PROPULSION SYSTEMS; QUASI ONE-DIMENSIONAL; SOLENOID VALVES; SPACECRAFT SIMULATORS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; SUPERSONIC NOZZLES; TEST STANDS;

NOZZLES;

EID: 58949093587     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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