Electron beam generated plasmas in hypersonic MHD channels

33rd Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Macheret, Sergey O ^a   Shneider, Mikhail N ^a   Miles, Richard B ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; HYPERSONIC FLOW; IONIZATION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

ANODE VOLTAGES; CHARGE PARTICLE DENSITY; ELECTRON-BEAM-GENERATED PLASMAS; FULL CONTROL; IONIZATION PROCESS; NOVEL CONCEPT; STABLE OPERATION; STRONG COUPLING;

HYPERSONIC BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 84968616787     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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