A thrust balance for low power hollow cathode thrusters

A hanging thrust balance has been designed, manufactured and tested at the University of Southampton. The current design allows for direct steady thrust measurements ranging from 0.1 mN to 3 mN but this can be easily extended to measure thrust in a different range. Moreover the chosen balance design...

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Main Authors: Frollani, Daniele (Author), Coletti, Michele (Author), Gabriel, Stephen (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014-05-12.
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