Publication

Updated on June 23, 2022

Journal papers (peer-review)

  1. Shougo Yamashita, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, "Performance of Gas-Generator-Type Hybrid Thruster using a Laser Ignition," Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 802-806, DOI: 10.2322/tastj.19.802, September 4, 2021.

  2. Kenshin NAGAMINE, Haruki TAKEGAHARA, Akira KAKAMI, Naoji YAMAMOTO, and Taichiro TAMIDA, "Application of Pulsating Voltage Drive to Anode-Layer-Type Hall Thruster," Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 621-628, DOI: 10.2322/tastj.19.621, September 9, 2021.

  3. KenshinNAGAMINE, HarukiTAKEGAHARA, AkiraKAKAMI, and TaichiroTAMIDA, Application of Spread Spectrum for Discharge Current Oscillation in TAL-type Hall Thruster, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 20, pp. 91–96, DOI: 10.2322/astj.20.91, August 13, 2021.

  4. Yuusuke Matsuura, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Magneto Plasma Dynamic Thruster using Water Propellant,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 523-528, DOI: 10.2322/tastj.19.523, July 4, 2021.

  5. Satoshi Ikuta, Daichi Haraguchi, Yasuyuki Yano, and Akira Kakami, “Performance of a Throttleable Solid Propellant Microthruster using Laser Heating,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 523-528, DOI: 10.2322/tastj.19.598, July 4, 2021.

  6. Atsushi Kuranaga, Riku Sato, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “N₂O/DME Bipropellant Thruster with Premixer,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp.442-445, DOI: 10.2322/tastj.19.442, May 5, 2021.

  7. Daichi Haraguchi, Shota Isakari, Yasuyuki Yano, and Akira Kakami, “Performance evaluation of Throttleable 0.1-N Class Solid Propellant Microthruster,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, DOI: 10.2322/tjsass.64.65, March 2021.

  8. Akira Kakami, Kosuke Hanyu, Yasuyuki Yano, “Magnetically-levitated thrust stand for evaluating 6-component thrust vector of 1-N class onboard propulsion devices,” Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 104, 105896, Vol. 64, No. 2, pp.65-70, DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2020.105896, September 2020.

  9. Akira Kakami, Atsushi Kuranaga, Yasuyuki Yano, “Premixing-type liquefied gas bipropellant thruster using nitrous oxide/dimethyl ether,” Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol.94, 105351, DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2019.105351, November 2019.

  10. Akira Kakami, Yasuhisa Kishida, Yasuyuki Yano, "Application of Segmented Cathode with Flow Passage to Arcjet Thruster for Reducing Electrode Erosion, " Journal of IAPS, Vol. 27-1, pp. 3-8, September 2019.

  11. Kinya Miyagi, Akira Kakami, Takeshi Tachibana, “Characterization of a Liquid Propellant Pulsed Plasma Thruster Using Various Nozzle Configurations” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 184–191, DOI: 10.2322/tjsass.62.184, 2019.

  12. Toshihisa Kishida, Hiroaki Murata, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “400-V Bus-Direct Driven High-Power Arcjet Thruster Using Dimethyl ether as Additive for Extending Lifetime” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 17, Issue 2, pp. 155-159, March 04 2019.

  13. Yusuke Yamauchi, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “A Horizontal Pendulum-type Thrust stand for Evaluating Higher Frequency Variation by Applying Acceleration Measurement to Null-balance Method” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 17, Issue 2, pp. 175-180, January 2019.

  14. Akira Kakami, Yuuta Nakatake, and Yasuyuki Yano, "Water Propellant Magnetoplasma Dynamic Thruster," Journal of IAPS, Vol. 26, Issue 2, pp. 73-78, December 2018. (In Japanese)

  15. Daichi Haraguchi, Shota Isakari, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Effect of Carbon Black Diameter on Performance for a Throttleable Solid Propellant Microthruster Using Laser Heating,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 16, Issue 7, pp. 668-672, November 4 2018. .

  16. Takamasa Asakura, Shouta Hayashi, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Influence of Injector for Performance of N2O/DME Bipropellant Thruster,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 16 Issue 2, pp. 177-180 , March 2018.

  17. Shota Isakari, Takamasa Asakura, Daichi Haraguchi, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, "Performance evaluation and thermography of solid-propellant microthrusters with laser-based throttling,” Aerospace Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2017.08.027, pp. 99-108, December 2017.

  18. Akira Kakami, Hitoshi Asakawa, Hiroshi Saida, Yasuyuki Yano, Influence of variation in combustion chamber pressure on combustion-assisting arcjet plasma source, Journal of IAPS, Vol. 25, Issue 1, pp.21-26, June 2017. (In Japanese)

  19. Hitoshi Asakawa, Yasuyuki Yano, Hiroaki Murata, Akira Kakami, “Response of the Arc Plasma Source to Combustion Chamber Pressure Fluctuation of the Small Size Thruster Using Plasma Support Combustion,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 14, ISTS30, pp. Pb_83-Pb_88.

  20. Naoji YAMAMOTO, Kohei TAKASE, Yuya HIRANO, Kimiya KOMURASAKI, Akira KAKAMI, Ryudo TSUKIZAKI, Satoshi HOSODA, Hitoshi KUNINAKA, Shigeru YOKOTA, "Thrust Performance in a 5 kW Class Anode Layer Type Hall Thruster, " Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol.14, ISTS30, Pb_183-Pb_187, December 2016.

  21. Akira Kakami, Kenji Kashihara, Shota Takeshida, Yasuyuki Yano, “A new thrust measurement method for evaluating higher frequency variation by applying acceleration measurement to null-balance method,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 14, ISTS30, pp. Pb_123-Pb_130.

  22. Shota Isakari, Shingo Onizuka, Yasuyuki Yano, and Akira Kakami, “Performance Evaluation of a Throttleable Solid Propellant Thruster using Laser Heating,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 14, ISTS30, pp. Pa_61-Pa_66.

  23. Tasuku Uraoka, Yoshikazu Iwao, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Improvement of Combustion Stability of N2O/DME Bipropellant in Vacuum,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 14, ISTS30, pp. Pa_73-Pa_81.

  24. Masakatsu Nakano, Akira Kakami，”Burning Rate Measurements of Φ 3.2mm BKNO3 pellets in Low Pressures”，The Journal of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Vol. 64，No. 2，pp.139-143, DOI:10.2322/jjsass.64.139, 2016．(In Japanese)

  25. Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “Heat balance evaluation of double-base solid propellant combustion using thermography and laser heating on a burning surface,” Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 47, pp. 86-91, 10.1016/j.ast.2015.09.013, December 2015.

  26. Akira Kakami, Takuya Muto, Yasuyuki Yano and Takeshi Tachibana, "A method for evaluating the thrust of a space propulsion device with wide range time variations using a disturbance observer, " Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 86, Issue 11, pp. 115114-1 - 115114-8, November 2015.

  27. Akira Kakami, Takuya Ishibashi, Keisuke Ideta and Takeshi Tachibana, “One-Newton class thruster using arc discharge assisted combustion of nitrous oxide/ethanol bipropellant,” Vacuum, Vol.110, pp.172-176, December 2014.

  28. Akira Kakami, Takuya Shibashi, Nobuyuki Shimoda, Tachibana Takeshi, "Arcjet ignition for a 1-N class hybrid rocket for spacecraft," Journal of IAPS, Vol. 22-1, pp. 9-14, June 2014. (In Japanese)

  29. Souichi Masui, Akira Kakami, and Takeshi Tachibana, “Effect of Capacitance on the Performance of a Di-methyl Ether Pulsed Plasma Thruster,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 12, ISTS 29, pp. Tb_1-Tb_4, DOI: 10.2322/tastj.12.Tb_1, JOI DN/JST.JSTAGE/tastj/12.Tb_1, March 29 2014.

  30. Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “Thrust Evaluation in Wide Frequency Range using Active Control and Disturbance Observer,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 29, Issue 6, pp. 1274-1281, DOI: 10.2514/1.B34849, November 2013.

  31. Akira Kakami, Seizou Hisaoka, Hiroshi Sasayama, and Takeshi Tachibana, "Application of Nitrogen Gas to Dimethyl Ether Arcjet Thruster for Stabilizing Electric Discharge, " Journal of IAPS, Vol. 21-1, pp. 51-55, June 2013. (In Japanese)

  32. Souichi Masui, Terumasa Okada, Makoto Kitadomi, Akira Kakami, Takeshi Tachibana, “A Parallel-Plate Pulsed Plasma Thruster Using Dimethyl Ether Propellant“,The Journal of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 47-50, April 2013. (In Japanese)

  33. Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “Measurement of Thrust with Wide-Frequency Range Variation by Applying Active Control and Disturbance Observer,”The Journal of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Vol. 60, No. 5, pp. 203-211, October 2012.

  34. Souichi Masui, Terumasa Okada, Makoto Kitatomi, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “A Pulsed Plasma Thruster Using Dimethyl Ether as Propellant,” Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 10, pp. Pb_65-Pb_69, August 7 2012.

  35. Akira Kakami, Keisuke Ideta, Takuya Ishibashi, Takeshi Tachibana, ”Thrust Evaluation for a HAN-Based Monopropellant Small Thruster Using and Plasma Assisted Combustion,” Journal of IAPS, Vol.20-1, pp.21-26, June 2012. (In Japanese)

  36. Akira Kakami, Shinji Beppu, Muneyuki Maiguma and Takeshi Tachibana, "Performance of Dimethyl Ether Arcjet Thrusters and its Dependence on Electrode Configurations," Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 603-608, May June 2012.

  37. Yohei Hatada, Masayuki Kiguchi, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana,“Reducing emission for diesel engines using hybrid combustion,” Science and Technology of Energetic Materials, Vol. 73, No. 2, pp. 53-57, April 2012.

  38. Akira Kakami, Natsuki Yamamoto, Keisuke Ideta and Takeshi Tachibana, “Design and experiments of a HAN-based monopropellant thruster using arc-discharge assisted combustion,” Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 10, pp. Pa_13-Pa_17, March 2012.

  39. Akira Kakami, Shinji Beppu, Muneyuki Maiguma and Takeshi Tachibana, “Performance characteristics of a DME propellant arcjet thruster,” Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 10, No.2, pp. Pb_1-Pb_6, March 2012.

  40. Akira Kakami, Shinji Beppu, Muneyuki Maiguma and Takeshi Tachibana, “Thrust Evaluation of an Arcjet Thruster Using Dimethyl Ether as Propellant,” Transactions of The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Vol. 55, No.2 , pp. 116-122, March 2012．

  41. Yohji Yamamoto, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “Conversion of Utmost Rich Mixtures to Reducing Gases by Plasma-assisted Reaction,” Frontier of Applied Plasma Technology, December 2011.

  42. Akira Kakami, Masato Fukunaga, Taizo Wakatsuki, Souichi Masui, Takeshi Tachibana, ”Performance of a Pulsed Plasma Thruster Using Dimethyl Ether Propellant”,The Journal of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Vol. 59, No. 693, pp. 266-272, October 2011. (In Japanese)

  43. Akira Kakami,Natsuki Yamamoto, Keisuke Ideta, Takeshi Tachibana, ”A HAN-based Monopropellant Small Thruster using and Plasma Assisted Combustion,” Journal of IAPS, Vol. 19, No. 1,pp. 23-28, June 2011. (In Japanese)

  44. Yohji Yamamoto, Tasuku Suzuki, Hiroaki Nakasaki, Kiyotaka Shuzenji, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “Production of Reducing Gases by Plasma Assisted Combustion,” Advances in Applied Plasma Science, Vol. 8, pp. 127-128 , September 2011．

  45. Masato Fukunaga, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “Design of a Pulse Injector for DME Propellant,” Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 8, pp. Pb_45-Pb_50, March 2011．

  46. Yohji Yamamoto, Kouhei Shimotani, Kiyotaka Shuzenji, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “Compatibility of Fuels and Radicals Found in Plasma Jets for Improved Premixed Combustion,” Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 9, pp. 9-14, March 2011.

  47. Akira Kakami, Shinji Beppu, Muneyuki Maiguma and Takeshi Tachibana, “Thrust measurement of dimethyl ether arcjet thruster,” Acta Astronautica, Vol. 86, No. 7-8, pp. 1228–1233, April/May 2011.

  48. Akira Kakami, Shinji Beppu, Muneyuki Maiguma, and Tachibana Takeshi, “Thrust Evaluation of an Arcjet Thruster Using Dimethyl Ether as Propellant," Journal of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, No. 59, Vol.684, pp. 1-5, January 2011.

  49. Akira Kakami, Shinji Beppu, Muneyuki Maiguma and Takeshi Tachibana, “Design and Thrust Evaluation of Arcjet Thruster using Dimethyl Ether Propellant,” Frontier of Applied Plasma Technology, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 74-78, July 2010.

  50. Akira Kakami, Taku Egawa, Natsuki Yamamoto, and Takeshi Tachibana, “Design and Experiment of Nitrous Oxide/Ethanol propellant chemical thruster using Arc Discharge Assisted Combustion”, Journal of IAPS, Vol. 18, No.1,pp. 29-36, July 2010. (In Japanese)

  51. Yohji Yamamoto, Takashi Iwamoto, Kiyotaka Shuzenji, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “An Experimental Approach using Plasma Jets to Realize the Radicals' Effects for Improving Ignition and Combustion,” Transactions of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology Japan, Vol. 8, pp.9-14, May 2010.

  52. Akira Kakami, Shota Terashita and Takeshi Tachibana, “A Laser Heating Method for Estimating Thermal Balance of Burning Solid Propellants,” Science and Technology of Energetic Materials, Vol. 70, No. 6 , pp.145-151, December 2009.

  53. Akira Kakami, Shinji Beppu and Takeshi Tachibana, “An Arcjet thruster using DME as propellant,” Advances in Applied Plasma Science, Vol. 7, pp. 79-82, September 2009.

  54. Akira Kakami, Shinji Beppu, and Takeshi Tachibana, “Electric Discharge Characteristics of Dimethyl Ether Arcjet Thruster, ” Journal of IAPS, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 17-32, June 2009. (In Japanese)

  55. Akira Kakami, Jun Yokote, Isao Ebara, Kiyotaka Shuzenji, and Takeshi Tachibana, “Design and Experiment of Thrusters using Dimethyl Ether," Journal of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Vol. 57, No. 664, pp. 190-195, May 2009.

  56. Akira Kakami, Ryoma Hiyamizu, Kiyotaka Shuzenji and Takeshi Tachibana, “Laser-Assisted Combustion of Solid Propellant at Low Pressures,”Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 1355-1360, November 2008.

  57. Akira Kakami, Shuhei Okabe, Masakatsu Nakano, and Takeshi Tachibana, “Application of Boron-Potassium Nitrate to Pulsed Plasma Thruster,”Journal of IAPS, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 21-26, June 2008. (In Japanese)

  58. Akira Kakami, Isao Ebara, Jun Yokote and Takeshi Tachibana, “Application of dimethyl ether to arcjet thruster as propellant,” Vacuum, Volume 83, Issue 1, pp. 77-81, September 2008.

  59. Akira Kakami, Jun Yokote, Isao Ebara and Takeshi Tachibana, “A Dimethyl ether Propellant Arcjet Thruster,” Advances in Applied Plasma Science, Vol. 6, pp.85-88, September 2007.

  60. Junichiro Aoyagi, Jun Yokote, Akira Kakami, Takeshi Tachibana, and Haruki Takegahara, "Decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by discharge plasma for plasma chemical thruster,” Journal of IAPS, Vol. 14,pp. 23-33,December 2006. (In Japanese)

  61. Akira Kakami, and Takeshi Tachibana,“An Experimental Study on a Combustion Controllable Solid Propellant Thruster Using Arc Discharge,” Journal of IAPS, Vol. 14, pp. 29-34, December 2006. (In Japanese)

  62. Akira Kakami, Ryoma Hiyamizu, Shinichiro Masaki and Takeshi Tachibana, “A Preliminary Study on an Active-controlled Thrust Stand for Thrust Variation Measurement,” Selected paper of 25th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, ISTS2006-b-19, pp. 212-217, June 2006.

  63. Hiroaki Noma，Eizo Ushijima，Yasunobu Ooishi，Morito Akiyama，Noriko Miyoshi，Kazushi Kishi，Tatsuo Tabaru，Ichiro Ohshima，Akira Kakami and Toshihiro Kamohara，“Development of High-Temperature Acoustic Emission Sensor Using Aluminum Nitride Thin Film,” Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 13-14, pp. 111-116, September 2006.

  64. Ichiro Ohshima, Morito Akiyama, Akira Kakami, Tatsuo Tabaru, Toshihiro Kamohara, Yasunobu Ooishi and Hiroaki Noma, “Piezoelectric Response to Pressure of Aluminum Nitride Thin Films Prepared on Nickel-based Superalloy Diaphragms,” Japan Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 45, No.6, pp.5169-5173, June 2006.

  65. Akira Kakami, Shinichiro Masaki, Hiyamizu Ryoma, Hideyuki Horisawa, and Takeshi Tachibana, “Application of a laser to solid propellant microthruster for combustion control with variable thrust," Science and Technology of Energetic Materials, Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 96-101,2006. (In Japanese)

  66. Hideto Mashidori, Akira Kakami, Tadanobu Muranaka and Takeshi Tachibana, “A Coaxial Pulsed Plasma Thruster using Chemical Propellants,” Vacuum, Vol. 80, Issues 11-12, pp. 1229-1233, September 2006.

  67. Hideto Mashidori, Akira Kakami, Takanobu Muranaka and Takeshi Tachibana, “Characteristics of a Coaxial Pulsed Plasma Thruster with Chemical Propellants,” Advances in Applied Plasma Science, Vol. 5, pp. 151-156, October 2005.

  68. Junichiro Aoyagi,Akira Kakami, Haruki Takegahara, Takeshi Tachibana, Hiroyuki Mishima, Kenkich Saito, Ryuichi Nakajima, Kyoichi Kuriki, “Feasibility Study on Hydrazine Decomposition by Discharge Plasma for Spacecraft Propulsion System," Space Technology, Vol. 4,pp. 1-6, March 2005. (In Japanese)

  69. Junichiro Aoyagi, Akira Kakami, Haruki Takegahara, Kyouichi Kuriki, Takeshi Tachibana, Hiroyuki Mishima, Kenkich Saito, Ryuichi Nakajima, Consideration on Application of Discharge Plasma for Monopropellant Decomposition,”Journal of IAPS, Vol. 13,pp. 42-48, May 2006. (In Japanese)

  70. Hideto Mashidori, Akira Kakami, and Takeshi Tachibana, “Use of Electric Discharge for Solid Propellant Ignition and Combustion Control,”Journal of IAPS, Vol. 12,pp. 35-40,December 2004.(In Japanese)

  71. Akira Kakami, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “Performance Characteristics of Liquid Propellant Pulsed Plasma Thruster,” 24th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, ISTS 2004-b-08, June 2004.

  72. Akira Kakami, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “Design and performance of liquid propellant pulsed plasma thruster,” Vacuum, Vol. 73, pp. 419-425, April 2004.

  73. Akira Kakami, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Yohei Furuta, Kimiya Komurasaki, Yoshihiro Arakawa, “Performance of Liquid Propellant Pulsed Plasma Thruster,” Journal of IAPS, Vol. 11,pp. 53-59,December 2003. (In Japanese)

  74. Akira Kakami, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “Design and Performance of a Pulsed Plasma Thruster with Liquid Propellants,” Advances in Applied Plasma Science, Vol. 4, pp. 127-132, September 2003.

  75. Hiroyuki Koizumi, Akira Kakami, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa,“A thrust stand for low-power electric propulsion,” Journal of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Vol. 51,No. 593, pp. 270-275, June 2003. (In Japanese)

  76. Akira Kakami, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “>Design and experiments of a pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) using liquid propellants”,Journal of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Vol. 51, No. 589, pp. 85-88,February 2003.(In Japanese)

  77. Hiroyuki Koizumi, Akira Kakami, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “Experimental Study of Liquid Propellant injection for a Pulsed Plasma Thruster,”Journal of IAPS, Vol. 9,pp. 172-176,December 2001. (In Japanese)

  78. Akira Kakami, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “Liquid Propellant PPT Performance, ”23rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, ISTS 2002-b-15, May 2002.

  79. Hiroyuki Koizumi, Akira Kakami, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “A Thrust Stand for Liquid Propellant Pulsed Plasma Thrusters,” 23rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, ISTS 2002-b-13, June 2002.

International Conference

  1. Taisei Nakajima and Akira Kakami, “Performance Evaluation of a Double-Channel TAL-Type Hall Thruster,” 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC-2022-354, June 19-23, 2022.

  2. Daisuke Komatsu and Akira Kakami, “Evaluation of MW-Class Quasi-steady MPD thruster using water propellant,” 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC-2022-477, June 19-23, 2022

  3. Yumina Iwata, Akira Kakami, “Design of an Electric-Chemical Dual-Mode thruster of Green Propellant,” 33rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2022-a-22, March 2, 2022.

  4. Yuki Furuya, Akira Kakami, “Influence of L* on combustion stability of N2O/DME thruster,” 33rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2022-a-26, March 2, 2022.

  5. Shougo Yamashita, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Performance of Gas-Generator-Type Hybrid Thruster using a Laser Ignition,” 32nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2019-a-85, Fukui, Japan, June 15-21, 2019.

  6. Yuusuke Matsuura, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Magneto Plasma Dynamic Thruster using Water Propellant,” 32nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2019-b-048, Fukui, Japan, June 15-21, 2019.

  7. Atsushi Kuranaga, Riku Sato, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “N₂O/DME Bipropellant Thruster with Premixer,” 32nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2019-a-59, Fukui, Japan, June 15-21, 2019.

  8. Satoshi Ikuta, Daichi Haraguchi, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Performance of a Throttleable Solid Propellant Microthruster using Laser Heating,” 32nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2019-a-40, Fukui, Japan, June 15-21, 2019.

  9. Kazuma Takayama, Takuya Watanabe, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Performance of Hybrid Microthruster using Powder Fuel,” 32nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2019-a-30, Fukui, Japan, June 15-21, 2019.

  10. Yuichi Fujihara, Akira Kakami, Yasuyuki Yano, “Design and Performance of Dual-mode Microwave Thruster using of N₂O/DME,” 32nd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2019-a-05, Fukui, Japan, June 15-21, 2019.

  11. Akira Kakami, Daichi Haraguchi, Yusuke Matsuura and Yasuki Yano, "Effect of carbon black on performance of laser-controlled solid propellant microthruster," Joint Propulsion Conference, Cincinnati Ohio USA, July 9-12 2018.

  12. Takuya Watanabe, Yoshikazu Iwao, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Design and Performance of 0.4 N Class Hybrid Microthruster using Powder Fuel,” 31st International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Ehime, Japan, 2017-a-44, June 3-9, 2017.

  13. Daichi Haraguchi, Shota Isakari, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Effect of Carbon Black Diameter on Performance for a Throttleable Solid Propellant Microthruster Using Laser Heating,” 31st International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2017-a-43, June 3-9, 2017.

  14. Takamasa Asakura, Shouta Hayashi, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Influence of Injector for Performance of N2O/DME Bipropellant Thruster,” 31st International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Ehime, Japan, 2017-a-37, June 3-9, 2017.

  15. Toshihisa Kishida, Hiroaki Murata, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “400-V Bus-Direct Driven High-Power Arcjet Thruster Using Dimethyl ether as Additive for Extending Lifetime,” 31st International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2017-b-43, June 3-9, 2017.

  16. Yusuke Yamauchi, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “A Horizontal Pendulum-type Thrust stand for Evaluating Higher Frequency Variation by Applying Acceleration Measurement to Null-balance Method,” 31st International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Ehime, Japan, 2017-b-17, June 3-9, 2017.

  17. Kinya Miyagi, Akira kakami, and Takeshi Tachibana, “Characteristics of a coaxial pulsed plasma thruster using liquid propellant,” 52nd AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, AIAA 2016-4847, July 4-10 2015.

  18. Akira Kakami, Kenji Kashihara, Shota Takeshida, and Yasuyuki Yano, "A new thrust measurement method for evaluating higher frequency variation by applying acceleration measurement to null-balance method," International Electric Propulsion Conference 2015, IEPC-2015-256/ISTS-2015-b-256, 2015/7/9, July 4-10 2015, Kobe, Japan.

  19. Hitoshi Asakawa, Yasuyuki Yano, Hiroaki Murata, Akira Kakami, “Response of the Arc Plasma Source to Combustion Chamber Pressure Fluctuation of the Small Size Thruster Using Plasma Support Combustion,“ 30th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2015-a-67, 2015/7/10, July 4-10 2015, Kobe, Japan.

  20. Tasuku Uraoka, Yoshikazu Iwao, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “Improvement of Combustion Stability of N2O/DME Bipropellant in Vacuum,” 30th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2015-a-65, 2015/7/10, July 4-10 2015, Kobe, Japan.

  21. Shota Isakari, Shingo Onizuka, Yasuyuki Yano, and Akira Kakami, “Performance Evaluation of a Throttleable Solid Propellant Thruster using Laser Heating,” 30th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2015-a-09 , 2015/7/7, July 4-10 2015, Kobe, Japan.

  22. Kinya Miyagi, Shotaro Kuroki, Takeru Tagawa, Soichi Masui, Akira Kakami, and Takeshi Tachibana, “Influence of Electrode Configuration of a Liquid Propellant PPT on Its Performance,” International Electric Propulsion Conference 2015, IEPC-2015-138/ISTS-2015-b-138, 2015/7/8, July 4-10 2015, Kobe, Japan.

  23. Naoji Yamamoto, Kohei Takase, Akira kakami, Yuya Hirano, Kimiya Komurasaki, Ryudo Tsukizaki, Satoshi Hosoda, Hitoshi Kuninaka, and Shigeru Yokota, “Thrust Performance in a 5 kW Class Anode Layer Type Hall Thruster,” International Electric Propulsion Conference 2015, IEPC-2015-459p/ISTS-2015-b-459p, 2015/7/8, July 4-10 2015, Kobe, Japan.

  24. Haruki Takegahara, Hitoshi Kuninaka, Ikkoh Funaki, Akira Ando, Kimiya Komurasaki, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Tony Schönherr, Shunjiro Shinohara, Takao Tanikawa, Masakatsu Nakano, Yoshinori Nakayama, Akihiro Sasoh, Takeshi Miyasaka, Hirokazu Tahara, Naoji Yamamoto, and Akira Kakami, “OVERVIEW OF ELECTRIC PROPULSION RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN,” International Electric Propulsion Conference 2015, IEPC-2015-01/ISTS-2015-b-01, 2015/7/7, July 4-10 2015, Kobe, Japan.

  25. Hitoshi ASAKAWA, Yasuyuki YANO, and Akira KAKAMI, “Response of arcjet plasma source to variation in downstream pressure,” The 5th International Symposium on Energetic Materials and their Applications, PP-08, 2014/11/15, November 15-17 2014, Fukuoka, Japan.

  26. Shingo Onizuka, Shota Isakari, Yasuyuki Yano, and Akira Kakami, “A throttleable solid propellant thruster by laser heating,” The 5th International Symposium on Energetic Materials and their Applications, PP-14, 2014/11/15, November 15-17 2014, Fukuoka, Japan.

  27. Tasuku Uraoka, Yoshikazu Iwao, Yasuyuki Yano, and Akira Kakami, “Performance evaluation of N2O/DME bipropellant thruster in vacuum,” The 5th International Symposium on Energetic Materials and their Applications, PP-12, 2014/11/15, November 15-17 2014, Fukuoka, Japan.

  28. Kousuke Hirata, Yasuyuki Yano, Akira Kakami, “A fine-powder feeder using gas flow for chemical reaction device,” The 5th International Symposium on Energetic Materials and their Applications, O39, 2014/11/16, November 15-17 2014, Fukuoka, Japan.

  29. Kenji KASHIHARA, Yasuyuki YANO, Akira KAKAMI, “Extending measurable frequency range of thrust evaluation device by use of disturbance observer,” The 5th International Symposium on Energetic Materials and their Applications, O58, 2014/11/17, November 15-17 2014, Fukuoka, Japan.

  30. Keisuke Bando, Shinpei Watanabe, Akira Kakami, Takeshi Tachibana, “Characteristics of a micro thruster using N2O/DME as propellant,” The 5th International Symposium on Energetic Materials and their Applications, O13, 2014/11/15, November 15-17 2014, Fukuoka, Japan.

  31. Masato YOSHIYUKI, Akira KAKAMI, Kazuhito TERACHI, Chikara TANGO, and Yasuyuki YANO “Design of a Device for Evaluating Arcjet Response to Downstream Pressure Variation,” IAPS Meeting 2014 / International Workshop, P-7, March 7-10 2014, Hong Kong, China.

  32. Marika Chiba, Souichi Masui, Akira Kakami, Takeshi Tachibana, “Characteristics of a Pulsed Plasma Thruster Using Dimethyl Ether as Liquid Propellant,” 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, AIAA 2013-4123, June 17 2013, San Jose, California.

  33. Naoji Yamamoto, Takeshi Miyasaka, Kimiya Komurasaki, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Tony Schőnherr, Hirokazu Tahara, Haruki Takegahara, Junichiro Aoyagi, Masakatsu Nakano, Ikkoh Funaki, Hiroki Watanabe, Yasushi Ohkawa, Akirai Kakami, Yoshiyuki Takao, Shigeru Yokota, Toshiyuki Ozaki, and Hiroyuki Osuga, "Developments of Robust Anode-layer Intelligent Thruster for Japan IN-space propulsion system, " 33rd International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC-2013-244, October 6-10 2013Washinigton, USA.

  34. Akira Kakami, Motoki Yamanaka, Tatsuya Matsushita and Takeshi Tachibana, “Performance of 1-N class liquefied gas propellant thruster,” 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, AIAA 2013-3986, June 15 2013, San Jose, California.

  35. Akira Kakami, Hamada Taketoshi, Masayuki Shimoda and Takeshi Tachibana, “Throttleable solid propellant microthruster using laser-assisted combustion,” 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, AIAA 2013-4078, June 15 2013, San Jose, California.

  36. Souichi Masui, Akira Kakami, and Takeshi Tachibana, “Effect of Capacitance on the Performance of a Di-methyl Ether Pulsed Plasma Thruster,” 29th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2013-b-29, June 6 2013, Nagoya Japan.

  37. Masayuki Shimoda, Taketoshi Hamada, Akira Kakami, and Takeshi Tachibana, "Prototype of 0.1 N-class Solid Propellant Thruster with Laser-Controlled Combustion," 29th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2013-a-06, June 5 2013, Nagoya Japan.

  38. Miyasaka, Kimiya Komurasaki, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Tony Schönherr, Naoji Yamamoto, Hirokazu Tahara, Haruki Takegahara, Masakatsu Nakano, Junichiro Aoyagi, Ikkoh Funaki, Hiroki Watanabe, Yasushi Okawa, Akira Kakami, Yoshiyuki Takao, Shigeru Yokota, Toshiyuki Ozaki, Hiroyuki Osuga, “Overview on Developments of High-Power Anode Layer Thruster in Japan,” 29th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, 2013-o-1-01, June 5 2013, Nagoya Japan.

  39. Akira Kakami, Hamada Taketoshi, Shigeki Ishihara and Takeshi Tachibana, “Laser assisted combustion of solid propellant for a 100 mN class variable thrust rocket motor,” 48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, AIAA-2012-4042, July 31 2012.

  40. Akira Kakami, Keisuke Ideta, Takuya Ishibashi and Takeshi Tachibana, “One Newton thruster by plasma-assisted combustion of HAN-based monopropellant,” 48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, AIAA-2012-3756, July 31 2012.

  41. Yohei Hatada, Masayuki Kiguchi, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “Reducing emission for diesel engines using hybrid combustion,” The 4th International Symposium on Energetic Materials and their Applications, 18-B-2, 18 November, 2011.

  42. Shigeki Ishihara, Masahiro Morita, Taketoshi Hamada, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “Design of a laser-control solid propellant thruster,” The 4th International Symposium on Energetic Materials and their Applications, 16-PP-18, 17 November 2011.

  43. Keisuke Ideta, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “An Arc-Plasma Assisted Combustion Thruster using HAN-based Propellant,” The 4th International Symposium on Energetic Materials and their Applications, 16-PP-17, 17 November 2011.

  44. Akira Kakami, Shinji Beppu, Muneyuki Maiguma and Takeshi Tachibana, “Performance characteristics of a DME propellant arcjet thruster,” 28th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), Naha, Okinawa, ISTS 2011-b-50, 9 June 2011.

  45. Akira Kakami, Natsuki Yamamoto, Keisuke Ideta and Takeshi Tachibana,“Design and experiments of a HAN-based monopropellant thruster using arc-discharge assisted combustion,” 28th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), Naha, Okinawa, ISTS 2011-a-26, 9 June 2011.

  46. Souichi Masui, Terumasa Okada, Makoto Kitatomi, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “A Pulsed Plasma Thruster Using Dimethyl Ether as Propellant,” 28th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), Naha, Okinawa, ISTS 2011-b-04, 6 June 2011.

  47. Akira Kakami, Taku Egawa, Natsuki Yamamoto and Takeshi Tachibana, “Plasma-assisted combustion of N2O/Ethanol propellant for Space Propulsion,” 46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, AIAA-2010-6806, July 27 2010.

  48. Akira Kakami, Shota Terashita and Takeshi Tachibana, “Application of laser-assisted combustion to solid propellant for space propulsion,” 46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, AIAA-2010-6584, July 26 2010.

  49. Akira Kakami, Shinji Beppu and Takeshi Tachibana, “Thrust Evaluation of Dimethyl Ether Arcjet Thruster,” IAPS Meeting 2010 / International Workshop ’10, B-6, pp.31-32, Bussan Korea, March 2010.

  50. Akira Kakami, Tsutomu Takai and Takeshi Tachibana, “Solid propellant combustion under laser heating,” 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Hartford, USA, AIAA-2008-4788, July 21 2008.

  51. Shuhei Okabe, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “Use of Solid Chemical Propellants for Higher Thrust/Power Ratio of a Pulsed Plasma Thruster,” Proceedings of 2007 JSASS-KSAS Joint International Symposium on Aerospace Engineering, Kitakyushu, Japan No. 053, pp.212-215, October 11 2007.

  52. Takaaki Oda, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “A micro-thruster using HAN/DME propellant,” 2007 JSASS-KSAS Joint International Symposium on Aerospace Engineering, Kitakyushu, Japan, No.051, pp.204-207, October 11 2007.

  53. Akira Kakami, Ryoma Hiyamizu, Kiyotaka Shuzenji and Takeshi Tachibana, “Laser assisted-combustion of solid propellants,” 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, AIAA-2007-5783, July 11 2007.

  54. Akira Kakami, Jun Yokote, Kiyotaka Shuzenji and Takeshi Tachibana, “Arc-discharge-assisted HAN/DME thruster,” 43rd AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, AIAA-2007-5574, July 10 2007.

  55. Junichiro Aoyagi, Jun Yokote, Akira Kakami, Kyoichi Kuriki, Takeshi Tachibana and Haruki Takegahara, “FEASIBILITY STUDY OF PLASMA CHEMICAL THRUSTER,” International Electric Propulsion Conference 2007, Florence, Italy, IEPC-2007-223, September 18 2007.

  56. Hiroaki Noma, Eizo Ushijima, Yasunobu Ooishi, Morito Akiyama, Noriko Miyoshi, Kazushi Kishi, Tatsuo Tabaru, Ichiro Ohshima, Akira Kakami and Toshihiro Kamohara, “Development of High-Temperature Acoustic Emission Sensor Using Aluminum Nitride Thin Film,” 27th European Conference on Acoustic Emission Testing, Cardiff, England, September 20th - 22nd 2006.

  57. Hiroaki Noma, Eizo Ushijima, Yasunobu Ooishi, Morito Akiyama, Noriko Miyoshi, Tatsuo Tabaru, Kazushi Kishi, Akira Kakami, Ichiro Ohshima, Toshihiro Kamohara, Yukio Imaizumi and Toshihiko Furue, “High-Temperature Acoustic Emission Sensor Using Thin Film,” Progress in Acoustic Emission XIII (Proceedings of 18th International Acoustic Emission Symposium), Sagamihara, Japan, pp. 69-74, July 25 2006.

  58. Akira Kakami, Ryoma Hiyamizu, Shinichiro Masaki and Takeshi Tachibana, “A Preliminary Study on an Active-controlled Thrust Stand for Thrust Variation Measurement,” 25th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, ISTS2006-b-19, Kanazawa, Japan, June 1, 2006.

  59. Junichiro Aoyagi, Akira Kakami, Haruki Takegahara, Takeshi Tachibana, Hiroyuki Mishima, Noriyoshi Saitoh, Ryuichi Nagashima and Kyoichi Kuriki, “A Preliminary Study on Hydrazine Decomposition by Discharge Plasma,” International Astronautical Congress, IAC-05-C4.P.07, Fukuoka, Japan, October 21 2005.

  60. Akira Kakami, Junichiro Aoyagi, Haruki Takegahara, Takeshi Tachibana, Hiroyuki Mishima, Noriyoshi Saitoh, Ryuichi Nagashima and Kyoichi Kuriki, “A Preliminary Study on Hydrazine Thrusters Using Propellant Decomposition by Electrical Discharges,” 2nd Asian Joint Conference of Propulsion and Power, Kitakyushu, Japan, January 28 2005.

  61. Hideto Mashidori, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “Preliminary Study toward a Discharge-Controlled Solid Propellant Microthruster,” 2nd Asian Joint Conference of Propulsion and Power, Kitakyushu, Japan, January 28 2005.

  62. Shinichiro Masaki, Ryoma Hiyamizu, Akira Kakami, Hideyuki Horisawa and Takeshi Tachibana, “Preliminary Experiment on Solid Propellant Microthruster Using Laser-Controlled Combustion,” 2nd Asian Joint Conference of Propulsion and Power, Kitakyushu, Japan, January 28 2005.

  63. Akira Kakami, Shinichiro Masaki, Hideyuki Horisawa and Takeshi Tachibana, “Design and Preliminary study on a laser-controlled solid propellant microthruster,” 24th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Miyazaki, Japan, ISTS 2004-b-41, June 2 2004.

  64. Akira Kakami, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “Performance characteristics of Liquid Propellant Pulsed Plasma Thruster,” 24th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, ISTS 2004-b-08, Miyazaki, Japan, June 1 2004.

  65. Hideto Mashidori, Takanobu Muranaka, Akira Kakami and Takeshi Tachibana, “OPERATION OF A PULSED PLASMA THRUSTER USING SOLID CHEMICAL PROPELLANTS,” 24th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Miyazaki, Japan, ISTS 2004-b-07, June 2 2004.

  66. Akira Kakami, Shinichiro Masaki, Hideyuki Horisawa and Takeshi Tachibana, “Solid Propellant Microthruster using Laser-assisted combustion,” 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, AIAA-2004-3797, July 14 2004.

  67. Akira Kakami, Shinichiro Masaki, Hideyuki Horisawa and Takeshi Tachibana, “Design of a Microthruster using Laser-Sustained Solid Propellant Combustion,” 1st Asian Joint Conference of Propulsion and Power, Seoul, Korea, March 4 2004.

  68. Akira Kakami, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “Performance Study on Liquid Propellant Pulsed Plasma Thruster,” 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Huntsville, Alabama, USA, AIAA-2003-5021, June 23 2003.

  69. Hiroyuki Koizumi, Akira Kakami, Yohei Furuta, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “Liquid Propellant Pulsed Plasma Thruster,” 28th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Toulouse, France, IEPC-03-087, March 17-21, 2003.

  70. Akira Kakami, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “Liquid Propellant PPT Performance,” 23rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, ISTS 2002-b-15, Matsue, Japan, May 28 2002.

  71. Hiroyuki Koizumi, Akira Kakami, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “ A Thrust Stand for Liquid Propellant Pulsed Plasma Thrusters,” 23rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, ISTS 2002-b-13, Matsue, Japan, May 26-June 2, 2002.

  72. Akira Kakami, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Kimiya Komurasaki and Yoshihiro Arakawa, “A Preliminary Study on Liquid Propellant PPT,” 23rd International Electric Propulsion Conference, Pasadena, California, USA, IEPC-01-149, October 15 2001.

Books

  1. Kean How Cheah ed., Space Micropropulsion for Nanosatellites, Progress, Challenges, and Future, eBook ISBN: 9780128190388, Paperback ISBN: 9780128190371, March, 2022, Chapters 3 and 8.

Japanese domestic conference

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