CURRENT SHEET TILT IN A RADIAL MAGNETIC SHOCK TUBE.

Abstract

This paper describes an experiment carried out in a radial (inverse pinch) shock tube with argon of 50 - 400 micron pressure and hydrogen of 100 micron pressure. The current sheet was found to be tilted so that the cathode side lagged the anode side. At the anode the shock has a tilt in the same direction as the current sheet. At the cathode the shock is normal. These phenomena can be correlated by physical models which assume that the current is predominantly carried by the ions. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0608147

Entities

People

  • Rolf B. Johansson

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast Tubes
  • Elements
  • Group 1 Elements
  • Hydrogen
  • Shock Tubes
  • Tubes

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.