Electric Propulsion Development
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1963
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Ernst Stuhlinger
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 0 5 4 1 8 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 6 3 3 8 - 5
Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Volume 9: Electric Propulsion Development covers the proceedings of the Second Electric Propulsion Conference of the American Rocker… Read more
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Request a sales quoteProgress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Volume 9: Electric Propulsion Development covers the proceedings of the Second Electric Propulsion Conference of the American Rocker Society, held in Berkeley, California on March 14-16, 1962. The conference focuses on the existing problems in electric propulsion and their possible solutions. This book is organized into four sections encompassing 35 chapters. The first section deals with the thermodynamics of arcs; the problems of heat and momentum transfer; the chemical processes within arcs; the arc system materials; and the arc jet design problems. The second section considers the problems of ion systems, the various ion sources, and the neutralization of ion beams. This section also looks into the basic ionization processes, the production and charging of heavy particles, the corrosive properties of cesium, and the ion-optical designs. The third section describes various plasma systems, including helical transmission lines, pulsed pinch accelerators, coaxial systems, and j x B accelerators. The theoretical analyses of these systems are briefly examined. The fourth section includes papers on flight testing of electric propulsion models, on vertical rocket probes, and on satellites, This section also discusses some advanced concepts in electric propulsion, such as air scooping during ascent through the atmosphere, systems design and optimization, and planetary and interplanetary missions. This book is of great value to physicists, space engineers and designers, as well as researchers in the fields of astronautics and aeronautics.
Electric Propulsion Committee
Editorial Committee
Preface
A. Electrothermal Propulsion
Objectives and Design of a 1-kw Arc-Jet Engine for Space Flight Testing
Development Work on Plasma Arc Jet Engines
Arc Jet Engine Performance - Experiment and Theory IV
Arc Jet Design
Materials Problems Related to the Electric Arc Jets
A Chemical Arc-Jet Rocket Feasibility Study
Chemical Nonequilibrium Effects in Thermal Arc Jet Propulsion
Magnetically Diffused Radial Electric-Arc Air Heater Employing Water-Cooled Copper Electrodes
B. Electrostatic Propulsion
Field Emission Microscope Study of the Kinetics of Cesium Layers on a Tungsten Surface
Experimental Evaluation of Porous Materials for Surface Ionization of Cesium and Potassium
Experiments on Atom and Ion Emission From Porous Tungsten
Ionization, Emission, and Collision Processes in the Cesium Ion Engine
Negative Iodine Formation on Metal Hexaboride Surfaces
Electron Bombardment Ion Source
Electron Transfer Discharge Ion Source
In-Flight Generation of Fuel for Cesium Ion Engines: The Cesium Hydride System
Corrosivity and Contamination of Cesium in Ion Propulsion
Analysis of Neutralization Problems Using the Ion Accelerator Computer Program
Neutralization of Ion Beams
Onboard Colloidal Particle Generator for Electrostatic Engines
Glycerol Droplets for Electrostatic Propulsion
C. Electromagnetic Propulsion
Plasma Thermodynamics II, Complex Equilibria in Nonideal Systems
Three-Fluid Nonequilibrium Plasma Accelerators (Part 1)
Characteristics of the Pinch Discharge in a Pulsed Plasma Accelerator
Experimental Studies of a Repetitively Fired Two-Stage Coaxial Plasma Engine
Plasma Propulsion by Means of a Helical Transmission Line
Inductive High-Field Plasma Accelerators
Measurements of Impulse of a Pulsed Plasma Accelerator
D. Space Testing and Space Missions
Limitations on the Space Test of a Cesium Ion Engine at Altitudes Below 1500 km
Flight Test Concept for a Pulsed Plasma Pinch Engine
Payload Optimization for Power-Limited Vehicles
Concept for a Manned Mars Expedition With Electrically Propelled Vehicles
Nuclear Electric Spacecraft for Unmanned Planetary and Interplanetary Missions
A Nuclear-Electric Spacebus for Planetary Landing Missions
Potentialities of Air-Scooping Electrical Space Propulsion Systems
Contributors to Volume 9
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1963
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 762
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124054189
- eBook ISBN: 9780323163385