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

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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
Rights: © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd.

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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