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
fDate :
11/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.1986.1064657
