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Direct thrust measurements and modelling of a radio-frequency expanding plasma thruster

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dc.contributor.authorLafleur, T.
dc.contributor.authorTakahashi, K.
dc.contributor.authorCharles, C.
dc.contributor.authorBoswell, R. W.
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T01:27:00Z
dc.date.available2015-12-07T01:27:00Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.updated2015-12-08T02:59:35Z
dc.description.abstractIt is shown analytically that the thrust from a simple plasma thruster (in the absence of a magnetic field) is given by the maximum upstream electron pressure, even if the plasma diverges downstream. Direct thrust measurements of a thruster are then performed using a pendulum thrust balance and a laser displacement sensor. A maximum thrust of about 2 mN is obtained at 700 W for a thruster length of 17.5 cm and a flow rate of 0.9 mg s1, while a larger thrust of 4 mN is obtained at a similar power for a length of 9.5 cm and a flow rate of 1.65 mg s1. The measured thrusts are in good agreement with the maximum upstream electron pressure found from measurements of the plasma parameters and in fair agreement with a simple global approach used to model the thruster.
dc.description.sponsorshipDr. K. Takahashi would like to thank the Faculty of Engineering at Iwate University (sabbatical year), the TEPCO Research Foundation in Japan, the MEXT in Japan (Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists A 22684031), and the SP3 laboratory (Australian Research Council Discovery Grant No. DP 1096653) for financial support.en_AU
dc.format4 pages
dc.identifier.issn1070-664Xen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/17050
dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Physics (AIP)
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP1096653
dc.rights©2011 AIP Publishing. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. The following article appeared in Physics of Plasmas and may be found at http://doi.org/10.1063/1.3610570 http://publishing.aip.org/authors/copyright-reuse http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1070-664X Author can archive publisher's version/PDF (Sherpa/Romeo as of 7/12/2015).
dc.sourcePhysics of Plasmas
dc.subjectthrust
dc.subjectplasma thruster
dc.subjectmaximum upstream electron pressure
dc.subjectplasma diverges downstream
dc.subjectpendulum thrust balance
dc.subjectlaser displacement sensor
dc.subject2 mN
dc.subject700 W
dc.subject17.5 cm
dc.subject0.9 mg s1
dc.titleDirect thrust measurements and modelling of a radio-frequency expanding plasma thruster
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.dateAccepted2011-06-14
local.bibliographicCitation.issue8en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage080701en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationLafleur, Trevor, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, CPMS Research School of Physics and Engineering, Plasma Research Laboratory, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationTakahashi, Kazunori, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, CPMS Research School of Physics and Engineering, Plasma Research Laboratory, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCharles, Christine, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, CPMS Research School of Physics and Engineering, Plasma Research Laboratory, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBoswell, Roderick, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, CPMS Research School of Physics and Engineering, Plasma Research Laboratory, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu4447025en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIES.en_AU
local.identifier.absfor020204en_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4695161xPUB11en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume18en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1063/1.3610570en_AU
local.identifier.essn1089-7674en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-80052396069
local.identifier.thomsonID000294486400001
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.aip.org/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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