Electric Propulsion Research at AFRL

Abstract

These viewgraphs contain the following topics: Air Force electric propulsion research emphasis, micro-PPT technical approach, hall thrusters, high performance Hall system overview, risk reduction testing, technology transition, colloid thrusters, modelling and simulation of propulsion/spacecraft interaction, ground measurement needed for thruster emissions, spacecraft effects and basic physics, Hall thruster source modeling, and thruster interaction modeling and simulation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 2001
Accession Number
ADA410755

Entities

People

  • John M. Fife

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Data Rights
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Export Controls
  • Hall Thrusters
  • Military Research
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Sensitivity
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Three Dimensional
  • Thrusters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster