Solid state MPD thruster with applied magnetic field
Solid state MPD thruster with applied magnetic field
A solid state MPD thruster with applied magnetic field has been investigated. The MPD
has been operated with applied fields up to 0.4 T. Current, impulse bit and ablated mass
have been measured. The thruster has shown a threshold value of the applied magnetic field
over which it does not work, this threshold value increases with the shot energy. Away from
this threshold value the current shows small variation with the applied field. The measured
values of the impulse bit are in accordance with the trends shown by previous investigations
and show a satisfactory agreement with the theoretical values calculated with one of the
authors’ theory.
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Coletti, M.
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Balsetra, A.
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Sensini, M.
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Paccani, G.
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Coletti, M.
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Balsetra, A.
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Sensini, M.
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Paccani, G.
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Coletti, M., Balsetra, A., Sensini, M. and Paccani, G.
(2007)
Solid state MPD thruster with applied magnetic field.
In Proceedings of the 30th International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC 2007).
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Abstract
A solid state MPD thruster with applied magnetic field has been investigated. The MPD
has been operated with applied fields up to 0.4 T. Current, impulse bit and ablated mass
have been measured. The thruster has shown a threshold value of the applied magnetic field
over which it does not work, this threshold value increases with the shot energy. Away from
this threshold value the current shows small variation with the applied field. The measured
values of the impulse bit are in accordance with the trends shown by previous investigations
and show a satisfactory agreement with the theoretical values calculated with one of the
authors’ theory.
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Published date: 2007
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IEPC-2007-158
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30th Electric International Propulsion Conference (IEPC 2007), Florence, Italy, 2007-09-17 - 2007-09-20
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Astronautics Group
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/52078
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M. Coletti
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A. Balsetra
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M. Sensini
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G. Paccani
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