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Preliminary Study of Micro Cold Gas Thruster  

Seonghwan Moon (충남대학교 대학원 항공우주공학과)
Hwayoung Oh (충남대학교 대학원 항공우주공학)
Hwanil Huh (충남대학교 항공우주공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.8, no.2, 2004 , pp. 54-61 More about this Journal
Abstract
Miniaturization of subsystems including propulsion systems is recent trends in spacecraft technology. Small space vehicle propulsion is not only a technological challenge of a scaling system down, but also a combination of fundamental flow/combustion constraints. In this paper, physical constraints of micronozzle for cold gas micro-thruster are reviewed and discussed. Method to measure small thrust are also described.
Keywords
Micro Propulsion; Thrust Measurement;
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