Review of Component Erosion in Electric Launcher Technology

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 678-683

  Bourham, Mohamed A ^a   Gilligan, John G ^a   Huebschman, Michael L ^b   Lianos, Demitrios ^c   Aalto, Peter D ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Benet Laboratories   (United States)

^c Ballistic Missile Defense Organization   (United States)

^d US Army Space and Missile Defense Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CORROSION; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT FLUX; MATERIALS TESTING; PLASMA DEVICES; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS;

COMPONENT EROSION; ELECTRIC LAUNCHER TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSMISSION FACTOR; LAUNCH VELOCITY; LAUNCHER BORE LIFETIME; OPERATIONAL LIMITS; PLASMA ARMATURES; SURFACE EROSION; VAPOR SHIELDING LAYER;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0029230308     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.364612     Document Type: Article

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