DocumentCode
1020463
Title
Experimental measurement of ablation effects in plasma armature railguns
Author
Parker, Jerald V. ; Parsons, W. Mark
Author_Institution
Los Almos National Laboratory, Los Almos, NM
Volume
22
Issue
6
fYear
1986
fDate
11/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1633
Lastpage
1640
Abstract
Experimental evidence supporting the importance of ablation in plasma armature railguns is presented. Experiments conducted using the HYVAX and MIDI-2 railguns are described. Several indirect effects of ablation are identified from the experimental results. An improved ablation model of plasma armature dynamics is proposed which incorporates the restrike process.
Keywords
Ablation; Electromagnetic propulsion; Assembly; Boring; Conducting materials; Degradation; Insulation; Loss measurement; Performance analysis; Plasma measurements; Railguns; Rails;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TMAG.1986.1064690
Filename
1064690
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