• DocumentCode
    1175791
  • Title

    Magnetic-probe diagnostics for railgun plasma armatures

  • Author

    Parker, Jerald V.

  • Author_Institution
    Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    6/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    487
  • Lastpage
    500
  • Abstract
    The author assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the various magnetic-probe techniques currently in use and provides recommendations for future improvements in magnetic probe diagnostics for plasma-armature railguns. Analytic approximations for the dependence of the probe signal on probe location and railgun geometry are presented. Rail current and armature current probes are compared and contrasted with respect to resolution and accuracy. Further improvements in measurement accuracy are predicted for close-spaced magnetic-probe arrays
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic launchers; plasma probes; armature current probes; close-spaced magnetic-probe arrays; diagnostics; magnetic-probe techniques; measurement accuracy; probe location; probe signal; railgun geometry; railgun plasma armatures; resolution; Accuracy; Geometry; Magnetic analysis; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Probes; Railguns; Rails; Signal analysis; Signal resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/27.32261
  • Filename
    32261
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1175791