A computational study of grid erosion through ion impact

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

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Boyd, Iain D ^a   Crofton, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ION BOMBARDMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PROPULSION;

COLLISION DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; COMPUTER MODELING; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD; ELECTROSTATIC THRUSTERS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; IN- CELL METHODS; OPERATING POINTS;

EROSION;

EID: 84896482224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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