The inception of snapover on solar arrays: A visualization technique

36th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Ferguson, Dale C ^a   Hillard, G Barry ^a   Snyder, David B ^a   Grier, Norman T ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PLASMA SHEATHS; SECONDARY EMISSION; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SPACE STATIONS;

ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH SPEED COMPUTERS; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; NEUTRAL GAS PRESSURE; PLASMA DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSIONS; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

MAGNETOPLASMA;

EID: 85085848151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-1045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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