In a microwave beaming thruster with a 1‐dimensional nozzle, plasma and shock wave propagates in the nozzle absorbing microwave power. In this study, pressure histories in the thruster are measured using pressure gauges. Measured pressure history at the thruster wall shows constant pressure during plasma propagation in the nozzle. The result of measurement of the propagating velocities of shock wave and plasma shows that both propagate in the same velocity. These result shows that thrust producing model of analogy of pulse detonation engine is successful for the 1D thruster.
Pressure History Measurement in a Microwave Beaming Thruster
BEAMED ENERGY PROPULSION: Fourth International Symposium on Beamed Energy Propulsion ; 2005 ; Nara (Japan)
AIP Conference Proceedings ; 830 , 1 ; 341-348
2006-05-02
8 pages
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Pressure History Measurement in a Microwave Beaming Thruster
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