A Coupled Power-Plasma Model and Application to Electrothermal-Chemical Guns

Abstract

A coupled power-plasma cartridge model of the electrothermal-chemical gun has been developed to investigate the dependence of plasma properties on the pulse-forming network (PFN) and on geometric variations. The model is validated against experimental data and parametrically varied to suggest the functional dependence of the plasma properties on the PFN and plasma components.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA250595

Entities

People

  • G. P. Wren
  • P. K. Tran

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Data Sets
  • Electric Power
  • Electrothermal Chemical Guns
  • Energetic Materials
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Experimental Data
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Propellants
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Research Facilities
  • Resistance

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • ballistics.