Electrodynamics of the current melt-wave erosion boundary in a conducting half-space

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 66-71

  Merrill, Robert ^a   Stefani, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Current melt wave; Electrodynamics; Moving boundary; Solid armature erosion

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SKIN EFFECT; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

CURRENT MELT WAVE; MAGNETIC DIFFUSIVITY; SOLID ARMATURE EROSION;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0037232934     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805907     Document Type: Article

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