Computation of current to a moving bare tether

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Onishi, Tatsuo ^a   Martinez Sanchez, Manual ^a   Cooke, David L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMA SHEATHS; PROPULSION;

ELECTRODYNAMIC BARE TETHERS; ELECTRON CURRENTS; LOCAL POTENTIALS; MAGNETIZED PLASMAS; MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTION; ORBITAL MOTIONS; ORBITAL VELOCITIES; PARTICLE IN CELL METHOD;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 84896373717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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