Sentences with phrase «magnetic nozzle»

The study has implications for the understanding of magnetic nozzle plasma thrusters used to propel spacecraft in space, since the energy conversion is the essential process to determine the thruster performance.

This implies that classical thermodynamic principles can be extended to the expansion of a collisionless electron gas, being far away from the equilibrium, in a magnetic nozzle.

Some new concepts of plasma thrusters involve an expanding magnetic field called magnetic nozzle (MN), where the plasma is spontaneously accelerated to propel a spacecraft, when exhausted into space.

One of his main achievements was inventing a «magnetic nozzle» that could spray the plasma particles in a high - speed jet.

Not exact matches

It worked like the nozzle on a garden hose, except his version was invisible, regulating the flow of ions with magnetic fields.

In Vader's device, an electrically - pulsed magnetic field permeates liquid metal in an ejection chamber and creates circulating electrical currents that interact with the magnetic field to produce a pressure that squeezes a droplet out of the ejector nozzle.