A preliminary 2-D computational model of an ion thruster discharge chamber

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Wirz, Richard ^a   Katz, Ira ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MESH; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; MAGNETIC CHANNELS; MAGNETIC POTENTIALS; THERMAL TRANSPORT; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

ATOMS; CATHODES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRONS; ION PROPULSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROPULSION;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84897788164     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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