Chamber design
Version 1.4 of the chamber CAD, shown in cutaway with its ring magnets.
Propellant ionization
Discharge Chamber
The Discharge Chamber subteam designs the stage where argon becomes plasma. Electrons from the hollow cathode enter an aluminum chamber alongside the propellant, and rings of magnets keep them off the walls so each one makes more ionizing collisions.
Magnetic field
3D magnetostatic simulation of the field produced by the chamber magnets.
Field in section
Simulated field strength through a section of the chamber.
Structural analysis
Mechanical finite element analysis of the chamber assembly.