An asynchronous free-running ARC, distributed energy railgun

PPPS-2007 - Pulsed Power Plasma Science 2007

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1805-1809

  Karhi, R ^a   Mankowski, J ^a   Dickens, J ^a   Kristiansen, M ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT AMPLITUDE; CURRENT PULSE; DISTRIBUTED ENERGIES; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SOURCES; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; PLASMA ARMATURE RAILGUN; PLASMA ARMATURES; STORED ENERGY;

CAVITY RESONATORS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; GUNS (ARMAMENT); PLASMA THEORY; SWITCHING THEORY;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 57849127603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PPPS.2007.4652541     Document Type: Conference Paper

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