Electromagnetic acceleration characteristics for a laser-electric hybrid thruster

44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Horisawa, Hideyuki ^a,c   Sasaki, Yusuke ^a,c   Funaki, Ikkoh ^a,d   Kimura, Itsuro ^b,d  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL ELECTRODES; COAXIAL LASERS; COPPER ANODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACCELERATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; IMPULSE BIT; LASER INDUCED PLASMA; LASER-PULSE ENERGY; MOMENTUM COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; THRUST EFFICIENCY;

CARBON FIBERS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PROPULSION;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77957843112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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