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Performance of a quasi-steady, multi megawatt, coaxial plasma thruster
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Scheuer, Jay T. Hoyt, Robert P. Schoenberg, Kurt F. Moses Jr., Ronald W. Garcia, Jose A. Black, Dorwin C. Gerwin, Richard A. Henins Sr., Ivars Mayo, Robert M. Gribble, Robert F. |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Description | The Los Alamos National Laboratory Coaxial Thruster Experiment (CTX) has been upgraded to enable the quasisteady operation of magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) type thrusters at power levels from 2 to 40 MW for 10 ms. Diagnostics include an eight position, three axis magnetic field probe to measure magnetic field fluctuations during the pulse; a triple Langmuir probe to measure ion density, electron temperature, and plasma potential; and a time-of-flight neutral particle spectrometer to measure specific impulse. Here we report on the experimental observations and associated analysis and interpretation of long-pulse, quasisteady, coaxial thruster performance in the CTX device. |
| File Size | 3557945 |
| Page Count | 88 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940028464 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t76t5kw3w |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1994-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Propulsion System Performance Electrostatic Probes Ion Density Concentration Plasma Engines Plasma Diagnostics Plasma Propulsion Plasma Potentials Time of Flight Spectrometers Specific Impulse Electron Energy Magnetic Fields Current Density Magnetoplasmadynamics Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
