Current distribution and resistance characteristics in plasma injectors for electrothermal-chemical launch

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 218-223

  Powell, John D ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasma capillary; Plasma igniter; Plasma injector; Toms electrothermal launcher

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CALCULATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTROTHERMAL CHEMICAL LAUNCH; PLASMA CAPILLARY; PLASMA IGNITER; PLASMA INJECTORS;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0032680817     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.738407     Document Type: Article

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