Comparison of simulated magnetoplasmadynamic thruster flowfields to experimental measurements

Engineering & Materials Science

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

Physics & Astronomy

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

Earth & Environmental Sciences

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