AE 435

spring 2018
 
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Electric Propulsion
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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Elements of electric propulsion as applied to near-earth and deep-space missions; impact on spacecraft design; physics of ionized gases; plasmadynamics; electrothermal, electromagnetic, and electrostatic acceleration of gases to high velocity; high-impulse thruster design and performance; the resistojet, arcjet, ion engine, Hall thruster, MPD arc thruster, and plasma gun.

3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: AE 433.

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