Kinetic simulation / modeling of plasma sails

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Omidi, N ^a   Karimabadi, H ^a  

^a SciberNet Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOW WAVES; EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE; ION KINETIC EFFECT; KINETIC SIMULATION; PLASMA INJECTION; PLASMA SAIL; PROPULSION MECHANISMS; TWO FLUID MODEL;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASMA SIMULATION; PROPULSION; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

KINETICS;

EID: 84897585757     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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