The current melt-wave model

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 1997, Pages 152-156

  Woods, Leslie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; SKIN EFFECT;

CURRENT MELT WAVE MODEL; MAGNETIC DIFFUSIVITY; OHMIC HEATING; SOLID ARMATURES; VELOCITY SKIN EFFECT;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0030643326     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.559933     Document Type: Article

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