Thermal Modeling and Validation Testing of a Miniature Xenon Ion Thruster
To support the research of miniature ion propulsion, Cal Poly's Miniature Xenon Ion (MiXI) thruster has been modeled and tested. Using ANSYS Fluent, a two- dimensional model of the transient thermal environment of MiXI-CP-V3 was created. Validation testing was conducted in order to assess the a...
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DigitalCommons@CalPoly
2013
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Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1115 https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2212&context=theses |