Particle simulations of the spt-100 plume

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Vangilder, Douglas B ^a   Boyd, Iain D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; IONS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SIMULATION; PROPULSION;

DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO METHOD; FLOW PROPERTIES; MEASUREMENTS OF; MULTIPLE PROCESSORS; PARTICLE IN CELL METHOD; PARTICLE SIMULATIONS; PLASMA DYNAMICS; STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTER;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84963831413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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