Pasma Erosion Opening Switch Research at NRL

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 635-648

  Weber, B V ^a   Commisso, R J ^b   Cooperstein, G ^b   Grossmann, J M ^b   Hinshelwood, D D ^a   Mosher, D ^b   Neri, J M ^b   Ottinger, P F ^b   Stephanakis, S J ^b  

^a TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY STORAGE - SWITCHING; PLASMAS - ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PULSE GENERATORS;

BIBLIOGRAPHIES; INDUCTIVE ENERGY STORAGE; PLASMA EROSION OPENING SWITCH (PEUS); PULSED POWER GENERATOR; VACUUM SWITCHES;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 0023602737     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.1987.4316773     Document Type: Article

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