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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Magnetic nozzle"”.
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Radio-Frequency Plasma Expansion in Different Magnetic Nozzle Configurations
… Moa. The research focuses on the effects of magnetic field strength and orientation on plasma expansion and ion acceleration when the location of plasma excitation is decoupled from the magnetic nozzle (MN) throat with the aim to improve the efficiency of radio-frequency plasma thrusters and …
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Development of Magnetic Nozzle Simulations for Space Propulsion Applications
… using the channeling of plasma by a divergent magnetic field, referred to as a magnetic nozzle has been explored by a number of research groups. This research develops the capability to apply the high order accurate Runge-Kutta discontinuous Galerkin numerical method to the simulation of …
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A Computational Framework for Dimensionally Reduced Particle Dynamics in Magnetic Nozzle Fields: An Adiabatic Invariant Approach
… modeling charged particle trajectories in electromagnetic fields representative of magnetic nozzle expansion regions. By employing Julia’s DifferentialEquations.jl and Python’s scientific libraries, particle trajectories are integrated with high precision (achieving relative and absolute error …
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Plasma flow and acceleration in the magnetic mirror and nozzle geometries
… plasma flow within converging-diverging magnetic field (magnetic nozzle) configurations as used in fusion open mirror systems and plasma propulsion applications. In such configurations, plasma is accelerated from subsonic to supersonic velocities somewhat similar to the effects of the …
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Computational and experimental analysis of HIIPER MPD propulsion system
… expelling the plasma out of the system through a magnetic nozzle (MN). Currently, the first two stages are being studied experimentally and the third stage is in the design phase. Prior research has established HIIPER as an innovative concept for space propulsion with numerous advantages, some of …
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Theoretical studies of the VASIMR plasma propulsion concept
… Rocket (VASIMR) project. The VASIMR device has a magnetic mirror configuration and consists of three main components: a low energy helicon plasma source, which creates cold plasma via rf-discharge; an ion cyclotron-resonance heating (ICRH) section, which is used to deposit rf-power into the …
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Finite Ion Temperature, Plasma Rotation, and Electromagnetic Effects on Plasma Acceleration in the Magnetic Mirror Geometry
Converging-diverging magnetic field configurations (such as magnetic mirrors and mag-netic nozzles) are employed in various functions for nuclear fusion, electric propulsion, and material processing applications. The physics underlying the dynamics of plasmas in such geometries is not fully …