Bare electrodynamic tether ground simulations in a dense, high-speed plasma flow

35th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Gilchrist, Brian E ^a   Bilén, Sven G ^b   Patrick, Travis A ^a   Van Noord, Jonathan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA JETS;

BARE ELECTRODYNAMIC TETHERS; CLOSEST DISTANCE; CURRENT COLLECTION; CURRENT COLLECTION THEORY; CURRENT INCREASE; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; ELECTRO-DYNAMIC TETHER; ORBITAL MOTION LIMITEDS;

TETHERLINES;

EID: 85088186144     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-3869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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