Particle/fluid modeling of pulsed plasma thruster plumes

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Gatsonis, Nikos A ^a   Yin, Xuemin ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FORECASTING; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NASA; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA SIMULATION; PROPULSION; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS;

CHARGE EXCHANGE COLLISION; CHARGE EXCHANGE REACTIONS; COLLISIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS; DIRECT SIMULATION MONTE CARLO; ION-ELECTRON COLLISION; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; ON-BOARD SPACECRAFTS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT;

COLLISIONAL PLASMAS;

EID: 84963877453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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