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ON THE SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION OF A COMBINATION OF CHEMICAL AND ELECTRICAL ROCKET ENGINES.

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Abstract

A propulsion system, which is a combination of both the chemical and the electrical propulsion, can be operated sequentially or simultaneously. In this paper only the simultaneous operation is investigated. After an analysis, which shows, that the tandem mode does deliver the highest equivalent jet velocity for a given electrical power input a specific tandem propulsion system is discussed in some detail. Finally the combined propulsion system is compared with the Ackeret-Cycle and the maximum acceleration that is obtainable is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)195-211
Number of pages17
JournalJBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
Volume29
Issue number3
StatePublished - 1976

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