New type of pulsed thruster is described, and measurements of momentum communicated to pendulum by gas blast are reported; with use of honeycomb collector on pendulum, error introduced by reflecting particles was eliminated; at maximum total electrical discharge energy of 2800 j, of which 1700 j were dissipated in thruster, momemtum of 8150 g-cm/sec was measured; measurements of mass consumption/shot yielded values ranging from 2 to 8 mg shot, depending on operation; momentum and mass consumption measurements point to effective specific impulse values of 1000 sec.
Performance measurements on pulsed ablating thruster
AIAA J
AIAA Journal ; 4 , n 1
1966
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Performance measurements on a pulsed ablating thruster.
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