Performance of gas fed pulsed plasma thrusters using water vapor propellant

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

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Ziemer, John K ^a   Petr, Rodney A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Science Research Laboratory Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC VELOCITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACCELERATOR; EXHAUST VELOCITY; OPERATING CONDITION; PARALLEL-PLATE ELECTRODES; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; WATER VAPOR PROPELLANT;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS; WATER VAPOR;

ARGON;

EID: 84896832145     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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