Plasma-Gas Interaction Studies in a Hybrid Plume Plasma Rocket.
Abstract
This report discusses the progress in the fluid modeling of a hybrid plume plasma rocket and the heating of plasma in a tandem mirror device. In the theoretical area three tasks have been accomplished: 1) A major advance has been made in the development of a numerical method for solving the time dependent fluid equations for both ions and electrons in the plasma. 2) A mathematical model has been formulated for studying the radio frequency heating of the hot plasma in cylindrical geometry. 3) An analysis on the performance characteristics of the hybrid plume rocket has been carried out. Under the funding of the instrumentation program the component fabrication is on progress. The coils have been delivered. Keywords: Plasma propulsion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA190310
Entities
People
- F. R. Chang-diaz
- T. F. Yang
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology