Design, fabrication and testing of 30-cm dia. Dished carbon-carbon ion engine grids

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Mueller, Juergen ^a   Brophy, John R ^a   Brown, D Kyle ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ION ENGINES; PROPULSION;

AREA FRACTION; CARBON CARBONS; FIBER VOLUME FRACTIONS; FLEXURAL MODULUS; LASER CUTTING; PANEL MATERIALS; RADII OF CURVATURE; RADIUS OF CURVATURE;

FABRICATION;

EID: 85088769652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1996-3204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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