Validation of the DRACO Particle-in-Cell Code using Busek 200W Hall Thruster Experimental Data
This thesis discusses the recent developments to the electric propulsion plume code DRACO as well as a validation and sensitivity analysis of the code using data from an AFRL experiment using a Busek 200 W Hall Thruster. DRACO is a PIC code that models particles kinematically while using finite diff...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34460 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08102007-192056/ |