Ablation Measurements on EML Insulators Using Free-arcs

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 294-299

  Nornoo, K B ^a   King, T L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ACCELERATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS; PLASMAS; VELOCITY;

ABLATION MEASUREMENTS; FREE ARCS;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0032657336     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.738420     Document Type: Article

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