In this chapter, after reconsidering the motion of plasmas when influenced by electric and magnetic fields, particularly the generation and acceleration of plasmas in such fields and the Child–Langmuir law and its applications to developing relations for the generated thrust, typical plasma thruster technologies such as gridded ion engines, pulsed plasma thrusters, Hall current thrusters, field effect emission–based electric thrusters, colloid propulsion and electrospray-driven thrusters are briefly discussed. The physics of cone and droplet formation is also briefly considered.
Space Vehicle Electro-static and Electro-magnetic Propulsion
Space Vehicle Maneuvering, Propulsion, Dynamics and Control ; Kapitel : 11 ; 451-482
28.09.2024
32 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Plasma behaviour , Electro-static acceleration , Electro-magnetic acceleration , Child–Langmuir law , Plasma thrusters , Gridded ion engines , Pulsed plasma thrusters , Hall current thrusters , Field effect electric , Colloid propulsion , Electrospray thrusters Engineering , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics , Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology , Control and Systems Theory , Control, Robotics, Mechatronics , Complexity , Mechanical Engineering
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