Rail gun performance and plasma characteristics due to wall ablation

Ray, P. K.

The experiment of Bauer, et al. (1982) is analyzed by considering wall ablation and viscous drag in the plasma. Plasma characteristics are evaluated through a simple fluid-mechanical analysis considering only wall ablation. By equating the energy dissipated in the plasma with the radiation heat loss, the average properties of the plasma are determined as a function of time.

Document ID

19870031461

Document Type

Reprint (Version printed in journal)

External Source(s)

doi:10.1109/TMAG.1986.1064701

Authors

Ray, P. K. (Tuskegee Institute AL, United States)

Date Acquired

August 13, 2013

Publication Date

November 1, 1986

Publication Information

Publication: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volume: MAG-22

ISSN: 0018-9464

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Public

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