Geometric optimization of a coaxial pulsed plasma thruster

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Laystrom, Julia K ^a   Burton, Rodney L ^a   Benavides, Gabriel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CU AEROSPACE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL GEOMETRY; COAXIAL PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC THRUST; ENERGY STORAGE UNIT; GEOMETRIC OPTIMIZATION; MATERIALS SELECTION; THRUST EFFICIENCY; THRUSTER MODELS;

PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 84897750637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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