Consideration of pressure gradients in electrothermal-chemical (ETC) guns

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 1997, Pages 356-361

  Wren, Gloria P ^a   Oberle, William F ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA FLOW; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

ELECTROTHERMAL CHEMICAL (ETC) GUNS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0030649114     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.560037     Document Type: Article

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