A Simple Model of the Plasma Deflagration Gun Including Self-Consistent Electric and Magnetic Fields
Abstract
At the Air Force Weapons Laboratory , interest has continued for some time in energetic plasma injectors. A possible scheme for such a device is the plasma deflagration gun. When the question arose whether it would be possible to scale a deflagration gun to the multi-megajoule energy level, it became clear that a scaling law which described the gun as a circuit element and allowed one to confidently scale gun parameters would be required. We sought to develop a scaling law which self-consistently described the current, magnetic field, and velocity profiles in the gun. We based this scaling law on plasma parameters exclusively, abandoning the fluid approach used by Cheng.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA636217
Entities
People
- C L Enloe
- R. E. Reinovsky
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory