Analysis of physical effects on the electrode surfaces in rail launchers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 82-85

  Shvetsov, Gennady A ^a   Anisimov, Alexander G ^a   Matrosov, Alexander D ^a  

^a LAVRENTYEV INSTITUTE OF HYDRODYNAMICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arc discharges; Electromagnetic launching; Magnetohydrodynamic instabilities

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRODES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA GUNS;

ARCH DISCHARGES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; PLASMA ARMATURE;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0037230434     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805903     Document Type: Article

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