Title :
Discharge of the plasma generator in electrothermal-chemical launchers
Author :
Shengyi, Song ; Zhikui, Zhou ; Chengwei, Sun
Author_Institution :
Southwest Inst. of Fluid Phys., Chengdu, China
fDate :
1/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes characteristics of discharge for the plasma generator in electrothermal-chemical (ETC) launchers by means of both experiments and numerical simulations. The dependence of plasma properties on the pulse forming network (PFN) and especially, the capillary size has been investigated. It has been concluded that there is an optimized design of plasma generator when the caliber of ETC launcher and the initial energy stored in PFN are given
Keywords :
arcs (electric); electrothermal launchers; military equipment; plasma jets; plasma production; plasma temperature; ETC launcher; caliber; capillary size; discharge characteristics; electrothermal-chemical launchers; initial energy; numerical simulations; plasma generator; pulse forming network; Character generation; Electrothermal launching; Plasma chemistry; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma simulation; Plasma temperature; Sun; Voltage; Wire;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
