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Vacuum chamber pressure maps of a hall thruster cold-flow expansion

Publication ,  Journal Article
Walker, MLR; Gallimore, AD; Boyd, ID; Cai, C
Published in: Journal of Propulsion and Power
January 1, 2004

A technique for calibrating a vacuum chamber in terms of pressure to account for elevated back pressure while testing Hall thrusters was presented. As a first step in this process, a neutral gas background pressure map of the Large Vacuum Test Facility (LVTF) was created at a series of cold anode flow rates. The experimental results were used to validate a numerical model of LVTF with a cold-flow thruster. The computational model employs the direct simulation Monte Carlo method that includes the chamber walls and cryopumps.

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Published In

Journal of Propulsion and Power

DOI

EISSN

1533-3876

ISSN

0748-4658

Publication Date

January 1, 2004

Volume

20

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1127 / 1132

Related Subject Headings

  • Aerospace & Aeronautics
  • 4001 Aerospace engineering
  • 0913 Mechanical Engineering
  • 0901 Aerospace Engineering
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
 

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Walker, M. L. R., Gallimore, A. D., Boyd, I. D., & Cai, C. (2004). Vacuum chamber pressure maps of a hall thruster cold-flow expansion. Journal of Propulsion and Power, 20(6), 1127–1132. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.8973
Walker, M. L. R., A. D. Gallimore, I. D. Boyd, and C. Cai. “Vacuum chamber pressure maps of a hall thruster cold-flow expansion.” Journal of Propulsion and Power 20, no. 6 (January 1, 2004): 1127–32. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.8973.
Walker MLR, Gallimore AD, Boyd ID, Cai C. Vacuum chamber pressure maps of a hall thruster cold-flow expansion. Journal of Propulsion and Power. 2004 Jan 1;20(6):1127–32.
Walker, M. L. R., et al. “Vacuum chamber pressure maps of a hall thruster cold-flow expansion.” Journal of Propulsion and Power, vol. 20, no. 6, Jan. 2004, pp. 1127–32. Scopus, doi:10.2514/1.8973.
Walker MLR, Gallimore AD, Boyd ID, Cai C. Vacuum chamber pressure maps of a hall thruster cold-flow expansion. Journal of Propulsion and Power. 2004 Jan 1;20(6):1127–1132.

Published In

Journal of Propulsion and Power

DOI

EISSN

1533-3876

ISSN

0748-4658

Publication Date

January 1, 2004

Volume

20

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1127 / 1132

Related Subject Headings

  • Aerospace & Aeronautics
  • 4001 Aerospace engineering
  • 0913 Mechanical Engineering
  • 0901 Aerospace Engineering
  • 0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics