Characterization of the SPT-70 plume using electrostatic probes

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

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Fife, John Michael ^a   Martinez Sanchez, Manuel ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRONS; FLOW RATE; MASS TRANSFER; PLASMA DENSITY; PROBES; PROPULSION;

BOLTZMANN EQUILIBRIUM; DISCHARGE VOLTAGES; ELECTROSTATIC PROBE; EXPECTED VALUES; FLOWING PLASMAS; LINEAR VARIATION; OPERATING CONDITION; PLASMA POTENTIAL;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85087239289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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