A mathematical model which describes the transient thrust chamber pressure profile of an idealized Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster (EHT) was developed. The model predicts the minimum pressure rise and decay times obtainable from pulsed thruster operation. Predicted and experimentally measured performance of a prototype EHT are compared, and it is shown that the simplified model provides a useful measure against which a thruster's experimental pulsed performance can be judged. Suggestions to improve experimental performance are made.


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    Title :

    Simplified Appraisal of the Pulsed Performance of Electrothermal Hydrazine Thrusters


    Contributors:
    S. P. Field (author)

    Publication date :

    1985


    Size :

    26 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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