High current rail gun plasma armatures are appropriately described by the MHD equations of motion, supplemented by radiation transport and Saha equilibrium. Procedures which allow accurate 3-D solutions to the governing equations are presented, as well as investigations of plasma-only projectile characteristics. Current research areas of concern, including turbulence effects, wall thermal loading, and magnetic diffusion processes are also discussed.


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    Title :

    Physics of rail gun plasma armatures


    Additional title:

    Physik der Railgun-Plasma-Armaturen


    Contributors:
    Sloan, M.L. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 3 Bilder, 8 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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