Title :
Modeling of ETC plasma cartridges and their effect on propellant combustion
Author :
Sakthivel, N. ; Sarkar, P. ; Chaturvedi, S.
Author_Institution :
Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar - 382428, Gujarat, INDIA
Abstract :
A one-dimensional, time-dependent fluid code has been developed for modeling an electro-thermal chemical (ETC) plasma cartridge. The power flow out of the cartridge is coupled to the interior ballistics code IBHVG2. For given pulse-forming network and gun parameters, the projectile velocity is maximized with respect to cartridge dimensions. In this paper, we report details of the computational model and results of optimization.
Conference_Titel :
High-Power Particle Beams (BEAMS), 2002 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7354-0107-5
