Thrust-Performance Maximization of Microwave Rocket Sustained by Resonant Magnetic Field

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<p>Thrust-generation processes were numerically reproduced using a computational fluid dynamics code in a microwave-rocket system. The nozzle-shape dependence of the thrust performance was evaluated when an external magnetic field satisfying electron cyclotron resonance heating condition was applied to the rocket nozzle to enhance shock waves induced by the microwave irradiation. A larger-radius nozzle could not cancel out a negative thrust after a positive thrust because compression waves reflected from an open end of the rocket nozzle became weaker. Utilizing the smaller-radius nozzle is better to achieve the higher thrust performance because the faster and stronger pressure restoration is obtained from the open end of the rocket nozzle.</p>

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