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Tesi etd-01252025-001634


Tipo di tesi
Tesi di laurea magistrale
Autore
SFAR, ANDREA JEBER
URN
etd-01252025-001634
Titolo
Design of a B-dot probe for RF plasma thrusters
Dipartimento
INGEGNERIA CIVILE E INDUSTRIALE
Corso di studi
INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE
Relatori
relatore Prof. Andreussi, Tommaso
supervisore Prof. Navarro Cavallé, Jaume
Parole chiave
  • b-dot probe
  • calibration
  • helicon thruster
  • helicon wave
  • Helmholtz coil
  • network analyzer
Data inizio appello
10/02/2025
Consultabilità
Completa
Riassunto
In this work, a B-dot probe was studied, designed, built, and employed to measure the time-varying magnetic field within the plume of a Helicon thruster. The probe was manually constructed and calibrated using a network analyzer. The experiments have been done in a vacuum chamber on the prototype HPT05M and the various measurements have been taken using an oscilloscope. Following the experimental part, the collected data were processed to determine with a specific code to get the intensity and direction of the magnetic field at various positions within the plume.
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