PARA: A Computer Simulation Code for Plasma Driven Electromagnetic Launchers,

Abstract

A computer code for simulation of rail-type accelerators utilizing a plasma armature has been developed and is described in detail. Some time varying properties of the plasma are taken into account in this code thus allowing the development of a dynamical model of the behavior of a plasma in a rail-type electromagnetic launcher. The code is being successfully used to predict and analyse experiments on small calibre rail-gun launchers. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA131024

Entities

People

  • Y.-c. Thio

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Armatures
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Current Density
  • Electromagnetic Guns
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Guns
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • ballistics.