Modeling of the electrothermal ignitor metal vapor plasma for electrothermal-chemical guns

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 1997, Pages 316-321

  Raja, Laxminarayan L ^a   Varghese, Philip L ^a   Wilson, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION; IGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; PLASMA FLOW; SOLID PROPELLANTS; VAPORIZATION; VAPORS;

ELECTROTHERMAL IGNITOR METAL VAPOR PLASMA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0030705758     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.559976     Document Type: Article

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