Plasma Engineering

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “f” refer to figures, respectively.

A

Ablation-controlled discharge model, 189–195

pulsed plasma thruster (PPT), plasma in, 191–193

quasi-neutral plasma analyses, 190–191

Teflon ablation, 189–190

thruster performance, 193–195

Ablation modes, 187

Ablation phenomena and Knudsen layer, 174–178

Ablation-produced plasma, 185–187

Ablation rate, 74

Ablative plasma thrusters, space propulsion plasma in, 240–241, 272

ablation phenomena and Knudsen layer, 174–178

plasma acceleration, in hydrodynamic region, 179–181

numerical examples, 181

regular sonic transition, 180–181

small plasma acceleration, 180

Alfven, Hannes, 1

critical speed, 176–177

Ambipolar diffusion, 111, 136–137, 139

Ampere’s law, 335

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