Design and testing of mega-bit microthruster arrays

NanoTech 2002 - "At the Edge of Revolution"

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Takahashi, Koji ^a   Ebisuzaki, Hideyo ^a   Kajiwara, Hayato ^a   Achiwa, Tetsushi ^a   Nagayama, Kunihito ^a   Asano, Tanemasa ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSATELLITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; ROCKETS;

ARRAY SYSTEMS; FLUENCES; IGNITER CIRCUITS; IGNITION MODEL; LONG-TERM MISSION; MEMS TECHNOLOGY; MICROTHRUSTER; NANOSATELLITE;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 85085402673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-5757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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