Experimental verification of a PIC-DSMC model for hall thruster plumes

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Oh, David Y ^a   Hastings, Daniel E ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS; EROSION; HALL THRUSTERS; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROPULSION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AXISYMMETRIC SIMULATION; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; QUASI-NEUTRAL PLASMA; RETARDING POTENTIAL ANALYZER; STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTER; SURFACE EROSION RATE; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES;

PLASMA SIMULATION;

EID: 84961966522     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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