Modeling of Ion Thruster Discharge Chamber Using 3D Particle-In-Cell Monte-Carlo-Collision Method
This thesis is aimed toward developing a method to simulate ion thruster discharge chambers in a full three dimensional environment and to study the effect of discharge chamber size on ion thruster performance. The study focuses solely on ring-cusped thrusters that make use of Xenon for propellant...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33510 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06102005-162947/ |