Comparison of simulated plasma flowfields to experimental measurements for a gas-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster

Keyphrases

• Thruster 100%
• Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster 100%
• Flow Field 100%
• Electron Temperature 33%
• Electron Density 33%
• Physical Processes 33%
• Operating Conditions 33%
• Mass Flux 33%
• Physical Model 33%
• Current Density 33%
• Energy Dissipation 33%
• Existing Data 33%
• Parallelizing 33%
• Momentum Flux 33%
• Non-orthogonal Grid 33%
• Cathode Region 33%
• Ionization Fraction 33%
• Finite Volume Formulation 33%

Engineering

• Thruster 100%
• Experimental Measurement 100%
• Mass Fraction 20%
• Full Scale 20%
• Energy Dissipation 20%
• Physical Model 20%
• Electron Temperature 20%
• Momentum Thrust 20%
• Momentum Flux 20%
• Current Velocity 20%