The paper gives first results of experiments with a Plasma-Pulse-Accelerator (PPA). It consists of a metallic barrel with an inner concentric pin. The mass to be accelerated is located in front of the pin. By discharging a capacitor bank into the small volume between the bottom of the mass and the pin a high pressure plasma is generated accelerating the mass. The PPA has a length of 0.6 m and a bore of 14 mm. Velocities up to 1600 m/s and system efficiencies of 10 % were obtained with masses between 3 and 40 g.
Plasma-pulse-accelerator
Plasma-Puls-Beschleuniger
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics ; 22 , 6 ; 1730-1732
1986
3 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 2 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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