Numerical simulation of A 15 kW ARC-JET thruster

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Laufer, B ^a,b   Kaminska, A ^a   Dudeck, M ^b,c  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PLASMA JETS; PROPULSION;

ARC JET THRUSTER; CALCULATION CODE; CALCULATION TIME; CHEMICAL NONEQUILIBRIUM; EXPANDING PLASMAS; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; MASS CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; THRUSTER PERFORMANCE;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

EID: 84962890421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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