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A thrust balance for low power hollow cathode thrusters

A thrust balance for low power hollow cathode thrusters
A thrust balance for low power hollow cathode thrusters
A hanging thrust balance has been designed, manufactured and tested at the University of Southampton. The current design allows for direct steady thrust measurements ranging from 0.1 mN to 3 mN but this can be easily extended to measure thrust in a different range. Moreover the chosen balance design and the thrust measurement procedure allow for the cancellation of thermal drifts. The thrust balance was tested with a T6 hollow cathode thruster providing measurements with an uncertainty of about 9.7%. The thrust data were compared to those obtained with another direct thrust balance, and they are in quantitative agreement being the maximum difference only 6%.
1361-6501
Frollani, Daniele
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Coletti, Michele
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Frollani, Daniele
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Coletti, Michele
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Frollani, Daniele, Coletti, Michele and Gabriel, Stephen (2014) A thrust balance for low power hollow cathode thrusters. Measurement Science and Technology. (doi:10.1088/0957-0233/25/6/065902).

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A hanging thrust balance has been designed, manufactured and tested at the University of Southampton. The current design allows for direct steady thrust measurements ranging from 0.1 mN to 3 mN but this can be easily extended to measure thrust in a different range. Moreover the chosen balance design and the thrust measurement procedure allow for the cancellation of thermal drifts. The thrust balance was tested with a T6 hollow cathode thruster providing measurements with an uncertainty of about 9.7%. The thrust data were compared to those obtained with another direct thrust balance, and they are in quantitative agreement being the maximum difference only 6%.

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Accepted/In Press date: 28 March 2014
Published date: 12 May 2014
Organisations: Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering

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Local EPrints ID: 384406
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/384406
ISSN: 1361-6501
PURE UUID: cd0f364d-ee4b-4735-a845-ed9b8f1a0182

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Author: Daniele Frollani
Author: Michele Coletti
Author: Stephen Gabriel

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