Torsional thrust stand for characterization of microthrusters

K. H. Cheah; K. S. Low

doi:10.1088/1757-899X/152/1/012019

Torsional thrust stand for characterization of microthrusters

K. H. Cheah, K. S. Low

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Abstract

This paper describes the setup of a precise thrust stand based on torsional pendulum design for characterizing the performance of microthrusters. Calibration has been carried out by using an improved version of electrostatic calibrator, which produces a wide range of accurate and repeatable calibration force. After the calibration, the thrust stand can resolve constant force from 40μN to 3.4mN and impulse bit from 7μNs to 340μNs. The usefulness of the thrust stand has been demonstrated by measuring the performance of two different microthrusters: a pulsed plasma thruster that produces impulse bit of 23.15μNs and a vaporizing liquid microthruster that produces steady state thrust of 633.5μN.

Original language	English
Article number	012019
Journal	IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Volume	152
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/152/1/012019
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	6th Innovation in Aerospace Engineering and Technology, AEROTECH 2016 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 8 Nov 2016 → 9 Nov 2016

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