The use of serrated bore surface has the potential to overcome the velocity performance limitations of railgun plasma armatures. The authors evaluated several serrated bore configurations to determine their effect on plasma armature length, stability and velocity performance. They found that plasma armature length and stability are significantly influenced by bore serrations. Plasma armatures in serrated rail-serrated insulator bores are very compact and stable. Many small serrations in the rail also cause compact armatures. These micro serrations gave extremely stable armatures that were highly repeatable. The authors were unable to demonstrate the effect of serrated bores on plasma armature velocity performance


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    Title :

    The effect of serrated bore surfaces on plasma armatures


    Additional title:

    Der Einfluß gezackter Bohrungsoberflächen auf Plasmaarmaturen


    Contributors:
    Maas, B.L. (author) / Bauer, D.P. (author)


    Publication date :

    1995


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 3 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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