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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parker, Samuel R
Format: Others
Published: DigitalCommons@CalPoly 2013
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1115
https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2212&context=theses