LOSS MECHANISMS OF A LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA ACCELERATOR

Abstract

Any comparison of the performance of various thrust devices must incorporate an analysis of loss mechanisms involved. The occurrence of large losses due to dissociation and ionization in high performance thermal thrust devices has led to considerable interest in low temperature plasma accelerators. The principle loss mechanisms in these accelerators are those due to the electrode boundary layer and to Hall current effects. An experimental and theoretical investigation has been carried out, using argon seeded with potassium, operating at a free stream temperature of 3000 K and at a pressure of about one atmosphere. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0263156

Entities

People

  • Gordon C. Oates
  • J. Kenneth Richmond

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Dissociation
  • Electrodes
  • Free Stream
  • Ionization
  • Layers
  • Low Temperature
  • Plasma Accelerators
  • Potassium

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.