Plasma-propellant interactions studies: Measurements of heat flux produced by hydrocarbon ablation-supported plasmas

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 203-206

  Williams, A W ^a   White, K J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ETC; Heat flux; Plasma; Propellant

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HYDROCARBONS; IONIZATION; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA FLOW; PLASMAS; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

COPPER DISK; ELECTRICAL NOISE INTERFERENCE; ENERGY FLUX; PLASMA PROPELLANT INTERACTION; PROPELLANT GRAINS;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 0035030599     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.911821     Document Type: Article

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