Micro Newton Thruster Development: Direct Thrust Measurements and Thruster Downscaling

by Franz Georg Hey

Book Overview

Franz Georg Hey summarises the development and testing of a micro-Newton thrust balance, as well as the downscaling of a High Efficiency Multistage Plasma Thruster to micro-Newton thrust levels. The balance is tailored to fully characterise thruster candidates for the space based gravitational wave detector LISA. Thus, thrust noise measurements in sub-micro-Newton regime can be performed in the overall LISA bandwidth. The downscaled thruster can...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 365821208X
• ISBN13: 9783658212087
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Springer Vieweg
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"