Class Id: 9188
Days: MW
Start Time: 02:30 PM
End Time: 03:50 PM
Building: COMPU
Room: 102
Course Id: 4093
Departments and Numbers: AST 566, MAE 528
Area:
Title: Physics of Plasma Propulsion
Description: Focus of this course is on fundamental processes in plasma thrusters for spacecraft propulsion with emphasis on recent research findings. Start with a review of the fundamentals of mass, momentum & energy transport in collisional plasmas, wall effects, & collective (wave) effects, & derive a generalized Ohm's law useful for discussing various plasma thruster concepts. Move to detailed discussions of the acceleration & dissipation mechanisms in Hall thrusters, magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters, pulsed plasma thrusters, & inductive plasma thrusters, & derive expressions for the propulsive efficiencies of each of these concepts.
Prerequisites:
Professors: Edgar Y. Choueiri
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