Numerical simulations of ion thruster accelerator grid erosion

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Brophy, John R ^a   Katz, Ira ^b   Polk, James E ^a   Anderson, John R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM VOLTAGE; CHARGE EXCHANGES; COMPUTER CODES; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GRID EROSION; HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE; ION ACCELERATOR; SPECIFIC IMPULSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PROPULSION;

ION PROPULSION;

EID: 84896693718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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