Numerical study on thrust production mechanism of a magneto plasma sail

40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Asahi, R ^a,c   Funaki, I ^a,c   Fujita, K ^a,c   Yamakawa, H ^a,c   Ogawa, H ^a,c   Nonaka, S ^a,c   Sawai, S ^a,c   Nishida, H ^a,c   Nakayama, Y ^b,d  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Kyoto University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY; ION THRUSTER; MAGNETO PLASMA SAIL; MHD MODELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; POWER RATIO; PROPULSION SYSTEM;

AIRCRAFT PROPULSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOS; MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 77957851394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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