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TSB. Development of a modelling tool for performance optimization in pulsed plasma thruster

Research groups:
Lead researchers:

Emeritus Professor Alun Vaughan
Other researchers:

Dr Igor Golosnoy,

Professor Stephen Gabriel
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

AV

Emeritus Professor Alun Vaughan

Connect with Alun

Email: asv@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Doctor Igor Golosnoy

Dr Igor Golosnoy

Associate Professor

Research interests

numerical modelling of various coupled electrical
thermal and mechanical phenomena with emphasis on free and moving boundaries problems: gaseous discharges and arcs
electric propulsion systems for spacecraft, e.g. Pulsed Plasma Thrusters, Gridded Ion Engines, Hollow Cathodes

Connect with Igor

Email: I.Golosnoy@soton.ac.uk

SG

Professor Stephen Gabriel

Professor of Aero And Astro

Connect with Stephen

Email: sbg2@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Electrical Power Engineering

The Electrical Power Engineering (EPE) Research Group is part of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton. Our expertise ranges from nanoscale insulation materials and plasma, through to electrical power systems and sustainable energy generation: from nanometres to megavolts.

Research outputs