An investigation into the behaviour of a combined triggering and propellant injection system for use in a pulsed plasma rail thruster, operating on mercury, is described. The thruster is intended to produce a mean force of .0005 N, controllable by altering the pulse repetition frequency, and is triggered by a discharge from a tungsten pin to a nearby mercury meniscus. It was found that this system was adequate for experimental work, but insufficiently reliable for operational use: some alternative triggering systems are also described. (Author)


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    Titel :

    An Investigation of a Combined Discharge Triggering and Propellant Injection System for Use in a Rail Thruster


    Beteiligte:
    T. J. Punter (Autor:in) / D. G. Fearn (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1971


    Format / Umfang :

    48 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch







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