Search Results - "Kahnfeld, Daniel"
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Miniaturization perspectives of electrostatic propulsion for small spacecraft platforms
Published in Progress in aerospace sciences (01-10-2021)“…In-space electric propulsion technologies have advanced significantly in the last decade, while there has been increasing interest in economical propulsion…”
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Particle‐in‐cell simulation of an optimized high‐efficiency multistage plasma thruster
Published in Contributions to plasma physics (1988) (01-10-2019)“…Electric propulsion attracts increasing attention in contemporary space missions as an interesting alternative to chemical propulsion because of the high…”
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PIC Simulations of the MS4 Thruster
Published in Frontiers in physics (25-02-2022)“…Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulations are used to model the MS4 test thruster of Thales Deutschland. Given as input the geometric shape, material components,…”
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PIC simulations of capacitively coupled oxygen rf discharges
Published in The European physical journal. D, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics (01-05-2018)“…Capacitively coupled discharges with a radio-frequency operated voltage (ccrf) are important for plasma assisted material processing. Experiments with…”
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Numerical modeling of high efficiency multistage plasma thrusters for space applications
Published in Reviews of modern plasma physics (01-07-2019)“…The high efficiency multistage plasma-thruster (HEMP-T) represents an ion thruster technology that was developed by Thales Deutschland GmbH beginning in the…”
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Improved modeling for design optimization of cusped field thrusters with support of kinetic analysis
Published in Acta astronautica (01-06-2022)“…Electric propulsion draws increasing attention in space missions as an alternative to chemical propulsion due to its high efficiency. The cusped field…”
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Similarity scaling‐application and limits for high‐efficiency‐multistage‐plasma‐thruster particle‐in‐cell modelling
Published in Contributions to plasma physics (1988) (01-08-2020)“…To suit a wide variety of space mission profiles, different designs of ion thrusters were developed, such as the High‐Efficiency‐Multistage‐Plasma thrusters…”
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