Experimental performance of plasma engine shows strong accelerative coupling between moving transverse magnetic field and plasma propellants; there were 160 kw of power transferred to helium plasma with 50% of this initially appearing as axially directed kinetic energy; however, at present, half of energy given to plasma is ultimately lost to propulsion tube walls causing serious degrading of useful efficiency.
Transverse traveling wave plasma engine
AIAA J
AIAA Journal ; 3 , n 6
1965
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Transverse traveling wave plasma engine
AIAA | 1965
|Theoretical studies on traveling wave plasma engines
AIAA | 1966
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