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.
Physics of rail gun plasma armatures
Physik der Railgun-Plasma-Armaturen
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics ; 22 , 6 ; 1747-1752
1986
6 Seiten, 3 Bilder, 8 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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