Plasma analysis of a large-bore, arc-driven railgun

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 448-453

  Powell, John D ^a  

^a US Army Ballistic Research Laboratory ^*  (Moldova)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; ELECTRIC ARCS; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; PLASMA DEVICES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ACCELERATION TIME; RAILGUN CHECMATE;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 0024479297     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.22580     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. K.A. Jamison, H.S. Burden, and J.D. Powell, “Plasma Properties of a Large-Bore, Arc-Armature Railgun,” Ballistic Research Laboratory Report (in press). See also K.A. Jamison and H.S. Burden, “Measurements of Plasma Properties from a Large-Bore, Bore, Plasma-Armature Railgun,” presented at the 4th Symposium on Electromagnetic Launch Technology, Austin, TX, 12–14 April 1988.
2. J.P. Powell and J.H. Batteh, “Plasma Dynamics of an Arc-Driven, Electromagnetic Projectile Accelerator,” J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 52, pp 2717–2730, April 1981.
3. J.D. Powell and K.A. Jamison, “One-Dimensional Time-Dependent Model for Railgun Arcs,” Ballistic Research Laboratory Report No. BRL-TR-2779, February 1987.
4. J.H. Batteh, G.E. Rolader, J.D. Powell, and P.V. Desai, “A Time-Depdendent Model for Railgun Plasma Armatures,” Phys. Fluids (in press).
5. J.H. Batteh, “Momentum Equation for Arc-Driven Railguns,” J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 56, pp 3182–3186, December 1984.
6. A.B. Cambel, Plasma Physics and Magnetofluid-mechanics, mechanics, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963, Ch. 7, pp 152–195.
7. John P. Barber (private communication).