An evaluation of sources of erosion in hall thrusters

41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Yim, John T ^a,b   Keidar, Michael ^a,b   Boyd, Iain D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS; EROSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PROPULSION;

ACCELERATION CHANNELS; EROSION PROCESS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; NEAR-WALL EFFECTS; PLASMA DYNAMICS; SCATTERING COLLISIONS; SPUTTERING PROCESS; STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTER;

HALL THRUSTERS;

EID: 77957843811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-3530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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