Abstract: The NEXT Long-Duration Test is part of a comprehensive thruster service life assessment intended to…
Author: New NASA STI
Facility Effect Characterization Test of NASA’s HERMeS Hall Thruster
Abstract: A test to characterize the effect of varying background pressure on NASA's 12.5-kW Hall Effect…
Post-Test Inspection of NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster Long Duration Test Hardware: Ion Optics
Abstract: A Long Duration Test (LDT) was initiated in June 2005 as a part of NASA's…
CFD Based Design of a Filming Injector for N+3 Combustors
Abstract: An effort was undertaken to perform CFD analysis of fluid flow in Lean-Direct Injection (LDI)…
Experimental Evaluation of the Scale Model Method to Simulate Lunar Vehicle Dynamics
Abstract: As compared to driving on Earth, the presence of lower gravity and uneven terrain on…
Modeling Droplet Heat and Mass Transfer during Spray Bar Pressure Control of the Multipurpose Hydrogen Test Bed (MHTB) Tank in Normal Gravity
Abstract: A CFD model for simulating pressure control in cryogenic storage tanks through the injection of…
Vortex Generators in a Two-Dimensional, External-Compression Supersonic Inlet
Abstract: Vortex generators within a two-dimensional, external-compression supersonic inlet for Mach 1.6 were investigated to determine…
Performance of a High-Fidelity 4kW-Class Engineering Model PPU and Integration with HiVHAc System
Abstract: The High Voltage Hall Accelerator (HiVHAc) propulsion system consists of a thruster, power processing unit…
A Network Scheduling Model for Distributed Control Simulation
Abstract: Distributed engine control is a hardware technology that radically alters the architecture for aircraft engine…