Effects of ignition on discharge symmetry in gas-fed pulsed plasma thrusters

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

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Ziemer, J K ^a   Markusic, T E ^a   Choueiri, E Y ^a   Birx, Daniel ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Science Research Laboratory Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; GEOMETRY; IGNITION SYSTEMS; PLASMA DEVICES; PROPULSION; PULSED PLASMA THRUSTERS;

DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; DIFFERENT STAGES; DISCHARGE INITIATION; ELECTRODE GEOMETRIES; MULTIPLE DISCHARGES; RATE CAPABILITIES; RELIABLE IGNITION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 84963878038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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