The focus of this project was to design and fabricate magnetic field configurations to be used on the micro-ion thruster currently in development at the Jet Propulsion Lab. Using available material, six configurations were designed and magnetic vector plots were produced for each. A suggested working design was developed and two configurations were tested on the thruster in the vacuum chamber. The results will assist in developing the optimal thruster design.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Matter, Amy Page.
• Baccheschi, Nancy Lynne.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 00B019M

Advisor

• Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.

Year

• 2000

Sponsor

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Date created

• 2000-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright