No AccessDirect Grid-Based Vlasov Simulation of Collisionless Plasma Expansion of Ion Thruster PlumeChen Cui, Yuan Hu and Joseph WangChen CuiUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this author, Yuan HuUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this author and Joseph WangUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this authorAIAA 2019-3992Session: Ion and Hall Thruster SimulationsPublished Online:16 Aug 2019https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-3992SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookXLinked InRedditEmail About Previous chapter Next chapter FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byGrid-based Vlasov simulation of collisionless plasma expansion1 Sep 2021 | Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 28, No. 9 What's Popular AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2019 Forum 19-22 August 2019Indianapolis, INhttps://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-3992 CrossmarkInformationCopyright © 2019 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. All rights reserved. TopicsElectric PropulsionHeat FluxHeat TransferIon ThrusterPropellantPropulsion and PowerSpacecraft PropulsionThermodynamic PropertiesThermodynamicsThermophysics and Heat Transfer KeywordsThruster PlumesHeat FluxVelocity Distribution FunctionHall ThrusterElectric PropulsionPoisson's EquationElectric PotentialDirichlet Boundary ConditionThermal PropertiesAcoustic VelocityDigital Topics Energy Conversion Technology