Comparison of simulated magnetoplasmadynamic thruster flowfields to experimental measurements

Engineering & Materials Science

• Electron temperature 100%
• Carrier concentration 81%
• Ionization 74%
• Cathodes 57%
• Current density 55%
• Anodes 55%
• Momentum 52%
• Mass transfer 51%
• Energy dissipation 49%
• Geometry 34%

Physics & Astronomy

• magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters 92%
• thrust 65%
• anodes 16%
• grids 15%
• cathodes 15%
• energy dissipation 15%
• electron energy 14%
• electromagnetism 13%
• current density 13%
• ionization 13%
• momentum 13%
• formulations 13%
• geometry 10%
• simulation 7%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• thrust 49%
• code 44%
• electron density 41%
• comparison 24%
• current velocity 22%
• energy dissipation 20%
• density current 19%
• ionization 18%
• physical process 17%
• momentum 16%
• experimental study 15%
• geometry 12%
• simulation 8%
• temperature 7%