Computational modeling of stationary plasma thrusters

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Koo, Justin W ^a   Boyd, Iain D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LOCATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DEVICES; PROPULSION;

ACCELERATION CHANNELS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; NEAR FIELD REGION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; STATIONARY PLASMA THRUSTER; THRUSTER PERFORMANCE;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 85085403902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-4705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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