A characteristic velocity for gas-fed PPT performance scaling

Physics & Astronomy

• pulsed plasma thrusters 100%
• scaling 46%
• exhaust velocity 36%
• gases 34%
• performance 29%
• inductance 23%
• electrodes 20%
• impulses 20%
• pulse rate 14%
• normalizing 14%
• propellants 12%
• parallel plates 11%
• accelerators 9%
• capacitance 8%
• argon 8%
• electromagnetism 7%
• geometry 6%
• curves 6%
• predictions 5%
• energy 3%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Gases 37%
• Electrodes 30%
• Inductance 24%
• Pulsed plasma thrusters 23%
• Argon 15%
• Propellants 14%
• Particle accelerators 13%
• Capacitance 11%
• Analytical models 11%
• Geometry 8%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• electrode 34%
• gas 33%
• propellant 16%
• argon 14%
• plasma 10%
• geometry 8%
• prediction 6%
• energy 6%
• test 5%
• rate 4%