Temperature estimates for a railgun plasma armature

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 230-241

  Kowalenko, Victor ^b   Clark, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a Aero and Mar Research Laboratory ^*  (Australia)

^b AERO AND MAR RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IONIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

FREE FLOWING PLASMA; RAILGUN PLASMA ARMATURE; THERMOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONS; TRANSPORT COEFFICIENTS;

PLASMA GUNS;

EID: 0034614960     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/33/3/309     Document Type: Article

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