Assessment of the blast wave generated by a low-energy plasma igniter and spectroscopic measurements

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 212-217

  Caillard, Jean ^a   De Izarra, Charles ^b   Brunet, Luc ^a   Vallée, Olivier ^b   Gillard, Philippe ^b  

^a Nexter Munitions   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Blast wave; Electron density; Electrothermal chemical (ETC); Emission spectroscopy; Plasma arc; Pressure; Sedov Taylor

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CAPACITORS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BLAST WAVE GENERATION; PLASMA IGNITER; SEDOV-TAYLOR BLAST WAVE THEORY; THERMODYNAMIC CALCULATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 0037227337     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805950     Document Type: Article

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