A fundamental study of a newly developed rectangular pulsed laser‐electromagnetic hybrid thruster was conducted, in which laser‐ablation plasma was induced through laser beam irradiation onto a solid target and accelerated by electrical means instead of direct acceleration only by using a laser beam. The performance of the thruster was evaluated by measuring the mass per shot and impulse bit. As results, significantly high specific impulse ranging from 5,000 ∼6,000 sec were obtained at energies of 0.1 and 8.6 J, respectively. In addition, the typical thrust efficiency varied from 17% to 19% depending on the charge energy.
A Pulsed Laser‐Electromagnetic Hybrid Accelerator For Space Propulsion Application
BEAMED ENERGY PROPULSION: 6th International Symposium ; 2009 ; Scottsdale (Arizona)
AIP Conference Proceedings ; 1230 , 1 ; 338-347
2010-05-06
10 pages
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
A Pulsed Laser-Electromagnetic Hybrid Accelerator for Space Propulsion Application
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