DocumentCode
1020086
Title
Plasma-pulse-accelerator
Author
Salge, Juergen G H ; Loeffler, Markus ; Weise, Thomas H G G ; Witt, Wolfram
Author_Institution
Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Federal Republic of Germany
Volume
22
Issue
6
fYear
1986
fDate
11/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1730
Lastpage
1732
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Electromagnetic propulsion; Electrothermal materials/devices; Acceleration; Boring; Capacitors; Circuits; Insulation; Plasma accelerators; Plasma materials processing; Plasma measurements; Railguns; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TMAG.1986.1064657
Filename
1064657
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