Computational simulation of initiation and implosion of circular arrays of wires in two and three dimensions

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2 II, 2002, Pages 593-603

  Frese, Michael H ^b   Frese, Sherry D ^b   Rosenthal, Stephen E ^a,c   Douglas, Melissa R ^c   Roderick, Norman F ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b NUMEREX   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational simulations; MHD; Rayleigh Taylor instability; Wire array; Z pinches

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PLASMAS;

WIRE ARRAYS;

WIRE;

EID: 0036545341     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2002.1024294     Document Type: Article

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