As the satellite community attempts to reduce spacecraft size and cost, scaling of appropriate propulsion devices such as Hall thrusters has become of particular interest. Alongside the development of new propulsion technologies comes the need for advanced diagnostic capabilities to understand the dynamics of thruster operation. This work describes the implementation and continued use of a time-synchronized method of Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) velocimetry. The time-synchronized LIF method is applied to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed Diverging Cusped Field Thruster (DCFT) in an effort to better understand ion acceleration mechanism.
Time-Synchronized CW-Laser Induced Fluorescence Velocity Measurements of a Diverging Cusped Field Thruster
2013
52 pages
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Englisch