• DocumentCode
    563294
  • Title

    Application of flyer acceleration by pulsed ion beam ablation to deep space thruster

  • Author

    Harada, Nobuhiro ; Sakurada, Hiroshi ; Kashine, Kenji ; Jiang, Weihua ; Yatsui, Kiyoshi

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1 Kamitomioka, N940-2188, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    23-28 June 2002
  • Firstpage
    441
  • Lastpage
    444
  • Abstract
    Flyer acceleration by ablation plasma pressure produced by irradiation of intense pulsed ion beam has been studied. Acceleration process including expansion of ablation plasma was simulated based on fluid model. In experiments, flyer velocities of 5.6 km/s and ablation plasma pressure of 15 GPa were demonstrated and these results agree well with numerical simulation. Finally, applicability of ablation propulsion was discussed. Specific impulse of 7000∼8000 seconds and time averaged thrust of up to 5000∼6000N can be expected.
  • Keywords
    Acceleration; Plasmas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High-Power Particle Beams (BEAMS), 2002 14th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • ISSN
    0094-243X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7354-0107-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6219483
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=563294