TY - GEN
T1 - An asynchronous free-running ARC, distributed energy railgun
AU - Karhi, R.
AU - Mankowski, J.
AU - Dickens, J.
AU - Kristiansen, M.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Experimental results comparing a breech-fed scheme and a distributed energy scheme for a free-running arc are presented. Analysis and observations of the issues associated with distributed energy switching of a plasma armature in the railgun will be explored. The use of a free running arc allows experiments to emulate a plasma armature railgun at high speeds (>5km/s) without the requirement of a large amount of stored energy. Numerous experimental tests were conducted to investigate the dynamics of plasma armatures within a distributed energy source railgun. Variations of switch timing, bore pressure, current amplitude, and current pulse length within each stage have been tested. These data are analyzed to determine the effectiveness of a distributed energy system to suppress the plasma restrike phenomenon and increase plasma armature railgun performance1.
AB - Experimental results comparing a breech-fed scheme and a distributed energy scheme for a free-running arc are presented. Analysis and observations of the issues associated with distributed energy switching of a plasma armature in the railgun will be explored. The use of a free running arc allows experiments to emulate a plasma armature railgun at high speeds (>5km/s) without the requirement of a large amount of stored energy. Numerous experimental tests were conducted to investigate the dynamics of plasma armatures within a distributed energy source railgun. Variations of switch timing, bore pressure, current amplitude, and current pulse length within each stage have been tested. These data are analyzed to determine the effectiveness of a distributed energy system to suppress the plasma restrike phenomenon and increase plasma armature railgun performance1.
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U2 - 10.1109/PPPS.2007.4652541
DO - 10.1109/PPPS.2007.4652541
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:57849127603
SN - 1424409144
SN - 9781424409143
T3 - PPPS-2007 - Pulsed Power Plasma Science 2007
SP - 1805
EP - 1809
BT - PPPS-2007
Y2 - 17 June 2007 through 22 June 2007
ER -