Contactless steering of a plasma jet with a 3D magnetic nozzle

Merino Martínez, Mario; Ahedo Galilea, Eduardo Antonio

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Contactless steering of a plasma jet with a 3D magnetic nozzle

Author(s): Merino Martínez, Mario; Ahedo Galilea, Eduardo Antonio

Publisher: IOP Publishing

Issued date: 2017-08-04

Citation: Plasma sources science and technology, 26, 095001, 10 pp.

ISSN: 0963-0252
1361-6595 (online)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6595/aa8061

Sponsor: This work has been supported by the Spanish R&D National Plan under grant number ESP2016-75887-P.

Project: Gobierno de España. ESP2016-75887-P

Keywords: Electric space propulsion , Thrust vector control , Magnetic nozzles

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10016/29311

Abstract:

A 3D, steerable magnetic nozzle (MN) is presented that enables contactless thrust vector control of a plasma jet without any moving parts. The concept represents a substantial simplification over current plasma thruster gimbaled platforms, and requires only a [+]

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