Accession Number:

ADA411187

Title:

Electric Micropropulsion

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Dec 1998-30 Nov 2000

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS

Personal Author(s):

• Martinez-Sanchez, Manuel

Report Date:

2003-01-08

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

We report here results obtained from our research in two areas fully kinetic modeling of the plasma in Hall thrusters, and fluid modeling plus time-of-flight experiments on cone-jet colloid emitters for micropropulsion.

Descriptors:

• *PROPULSION SYSTEMS
• *ELECTRIC PROPULSION
• *THRUSTERS
• ELECTRIC ENGINES
• COLLOIDS
• SMOKELESS PROPELLANTS
• ELECTRIC POWER
• VACUUM APPARATUS
• HALL EFFECT
• KINETICS

Subject Categories:

• Electric and Ion Propulsion
• Rocket Engines

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE